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VS 26, 056 (P333891)

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

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Designation	VS 26, 056
ID	P333891
Museum no.	VAT 09222
Collection	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, 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	a-na puzur4-a-szur qi2-bi-ma	Speak to Puzur-Assur:
2	um-ma su2-e-a-ma / a-na-kam ki-ma	Thus Su'ea: "What is it that you want to say?
3	e-ru-ba-ni-ni / i-na wa-ab-ru-ti2-a-ma	when I entered,
4	a-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im	to the granary
5	u2-sze2-ri-bu-ni / u2-ta-bi-bu-ni	they brought in and brought in,
6	um-ma szu-nu-ma / a-ma-la2 t,up-pi2-im	Thus (says) Amala, the scribe.
7	sza ka3-ri-im / ka3-ni-isz	of Karim, Kaniš,
8	_tug2 / hi-a sag10_ u3 lam-nu-tim ma-la2	garments of red and black, as many as there are
9	tu3-ub-la2-ni / sze2-ri-ba-ma	When you bring it, send it to me!
10	lu ne2-mu-ur / a-na-kam ma-ma-an	May it be a nēmur! Why is there nobody?
11	uz2-ni la2 ip-te2-te2-ma / _tug2 hi-a_	he did not open the uznu-vessel and the garment
12	ka3-la2-szu-nu-ma a-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im	all of them to the granary
13	a-na-pa2-al um-ma a-na-ku-ma	I will ask, thus I:
14	a-ma _tug2 / hi_{ti2}-a ta-ta-am-ra	“O mother, you have smeared me with a cloth.
15	mi3-ta-ag-ra-ma _ku3-babbar_-pi2	Itagrama the silver
16	la2-ad-gu5-ul um#-ma szu-nu-ma	Ladgul, thus they:
17	_tug2 hi_-ti2-ka3 a-na _e2-gal_-lim	your good garments to the palace
18	lu nu-sze2-li-ma isz-ti2	may he not be negligent, and with
reverse
1	_e2-gal_-lim mi3-it-ga-ar	the palace he shall return.
2	_tug2 hi_-ti2-a / a-na _e2-gal_-lim	a good garment for the palace
3	u2-sze2-li-ma i-s,u2-ur-tam2	he raised up, and a torch
4	_e2-gal_-lum2 / a-di2-ni / la2 i-di2-nam	the palace before me did not give
5	a-na ka3-ri-im / um-ma a-na-ku-ma	to the kārīm-official, thus I:
6	i-nu-mi3 / a-na _e2-gal_-lim	when to the palace
7	te3-li-a-ni / u3 a-na-ku	and I,
8	isz-ti2-ku-nu le-li-ma ra-mi3-ni	Come with me and love me!
9	lu-ha-si2-is _e2-gal_-lum2 i-a-ti2	let me tear out the palace of mine,
10	i-da-ba-ba-ni / a-s,e2-er	When he speaks, the aṣer priest
11	lu-qu2-ti2 / a-na _e2-gal_-lim u2-ga-mi3-ru-ni	the luqūtu-tax to the palace imposed,
12	u3 szu-nu-ma / i-na-zu-mu /	and they know
13	um-ma szu-nu-ma / mi3-szu-um isz-ti2-ni	Thus they: what is with us?
14	e-ta-na-li a-bi a-ta a-ma-kam	“My father, why is he here?‭
15	i-na li-bi-ka3 a-ta-la2-ak-ma	in your presence I have gone, and
16	szu-ma dam-qa2-ku-um / a-mi3-isz-li-im#	He is Damqākum, son of Amišlum
17	sza-zi-zi-ma / 2(disz) ku-ta-ni	šazizi, and 2 kutani
18	sza a-ma-kam / a-di2-u2 / a-na	which I have written to you, until
19	e-ri-ib-ti2-a li-isz-du-du	may he pacify my heart.
20	u3 a-szu-mi3 _uruda_-szu-nu	and Ašumi, their copper
left
1	sza i-na ha-tim / na-ad-u2 te2-er-ta-ka3	(Sum) The one who in the midst of a flood, your rejoicing,
2	isz-ti2 / a-da-da / _dub-sar_ / li-li-kam-ma	with Adada the scribe may he come and
3	a-na sza-du-a-ti2-im / la2 u2-sza-am-ru-s,u2-ni	(Sum) They did not send me to the šadūtum priesthood (Akk) To the high priesthood they did not let me go out

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