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KUG 48 (P283905)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	KUG 48
ID	P283905
Museum no.	UG —
Collection	Universitätsbibliothek, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
Genre	Letter
Find spot	Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates	38.8517, 35.6365

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	um-ma a-szur-i-di2-ma a-na	Thus Assur-idi: to
2	a-szur-na-da qi2-bi4-ma / a-szu-mi3	Speak to Ašur-nāda!
3	i-di2-su2-en6 sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni	As to what you wrote me,
4	i-di2-su2-en6 as,-ba-at-ma	I seized him, and
5	i-ma-ha-ar a-hi-ni um-ma a-na-ku-ma	he will accept our brother, thus I:
6	_ku3-babbar_ i-na ba-a-ba-ti2-a ta-al-ta-qe2	you took the silver from my account.
7	_ku3-babbar_-pi3 di2-nam um-ma szu-ut-ma	of silver, a lawsuit, thus he:
8	mi3-ma _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 la2 al-qe2	I have not taken anything of your silver.
9	u2 ni-ka3-si2 u2-ni-a-ni-ma _ku3-babbar_	and ni-kasi he brought, and silver
10	1(disz) _ma-na_ u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ i-s,e2-ri-a	1 mina and 2 minas of oil
11	il5-qe2 _an-na_ 1(asz) _gu2 ki_ sza-lim-a-hi-im	1 talent of lead from Šalim-aḫum
12	a-na u4-me ni-il5-qe2-ma a-na	We will take it for a day and
13	bu-ru-usz-ha-tim u2-sze2-ri-ib-ma	he brought forth the turušḫātum offerings, and
14	ih-ta-al-qa2-ni a-wa-at	has stolen, the word
15	a-lim{ki} la2 ti2-de8 a-na-kam	Bison, what did you not bring?
16	a-ba-u2-szu im-ti2-du-ma	his father he knew, and
17	a-hi-ni nu-sze2-szi2-ib-ma	we did not settle our brother, and
18	a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ a-na-kam	Ašumi silver to me
19	ra-ka3-si2 ni-isz a-lim{ki}	the rakasi of the life of the city
reverse
1	u2-ta-mi3-u2-ni-a-ti2-ma	they have sworn, and
2	a-na 6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ u2-ma-gi5-ru-ni-a-ti2	for 6 minas of silver they shall redeem.
3	isz-tu3 _iti 1(disz)-kam_ kan2-bar-ta li-mu-um	From the 1st month of the kanbartu-offering, eponymy of
4	ib-ni-{d}iszkur _dumu_ ba-qu2-ni-im	Ibni-Adad, son of Baqunum
5	1(disz) _ma-na-ta_ i-na sza-tim	1 mina in the year
6	_ku3-babbar_ sza-al-ma-am i-na a-lim{ki}	the silver was balanced in the city
7	i-sza-qa2-la2-kum sza _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_	he shall weigh out to you. For 1 mina of silver
8	u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ szi2-ma-am na-szi2	and 2 minas of šimâm are to be taken.
9	a-ma-kam s,a-ba-su2-ma ki-ma a-wi-lu-ti2-ka3	“It is the word, it seizes him, like your man,
10	e-pu-usz a-pu-tum	he built. Aputum
11	ra-ma-ka3 za-ki-a-ma	“I am the one who is free, and
12	i-na ha-ar-pe3 isz-ti2 a-szur-ma-lik	In the ḫarpi canal with Ašur-malik
13	ti2-ib-a-ma a-tal-kam szu-ma	“Come, I will come, that išum̂
14	_an-na_ a-na e-bu-t,im <<a-na>>	the tin for the ebūtum-disease
15	<<e-bu-t,im>> ta-al-ti2-qi2-i	<You have taken> the ebbuṭum-demon.
16	a-na u4-me i-s,e2-er _dam-<gar3>_	in days to come the merchant
17	i-di2-szu a-pu-tum i3-li2-a-lum2	his helper, Aputum Ilī-alum,
18	isz-ti2 isz-te2-en6	with each other
left
1	a-li-ki-im t,ur4-dam	the city of Ṭurdam,

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