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VS 26, 017 (P333922)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333922 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09249 |
| 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 | um-ma a-szur3-ma-lik | Thus Assur-malik: |
| 2 | u3 sza-lim-a-szur3-ma | and Šalim-Assur |
| 3 | a-pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4-ma | Apušu-kēn speak! |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 szi2-im / _tug2_ sza a-ki-di2-e | Ašumi, the šīm / garment of the akidû priestess |
| 5 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | that you wrote to me |
| 6 | isz-tu3 / tu3-us,-u2 a-ki-di2-u2 | After you have sat down, the Akidu |
| 7 | a-na a-lim{ki} u2-la e-ru-bu-nim | to the city they did not enter |
| 8 | ma-su2-nu / sa2-hi-a-at-ma | “It is a heaped-up heap, |
| 9 | szu-ma a-ku-s,i2 im-ta-aq!-tu3-nim-ma | “If he has sinned against me, |
| 10 | szi2-mu-um sza ba-la-t,i2-ka3 | the fate of your life |
| 11 | i-ba-szi2 ni-sza-a-ma-ku-um | there is, we shall eat. |
| 12 | u3! _ku3-babbar_ / i-ra-mi3-ni-ni | and silver he shall love, |
| 13 | ni-sza-qal _ku3-babbar_ i-hi-id-ma | he weighed out the silver and |
| 14 | sze2-bi4-lam | send! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-szur3-ma-lik | Thus Assur-malik: |
| 2 | a-hi a-ta ki-ma ta-hi-du-ma | “My brother, like you, |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ i-na ba-ab2-ti2-a | 1 mina of silver from Bābtiya |
| 4 | tu3-sze2-s,i2-a e-ne2-a | he brought out, he spoke. |
| 5 | ta-ap2-te2 u2 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | taptu and 10 minas of silver |
| 6 | sza puzur4-esz18-dar _dumu_ a-szur3-ma-lik | belonging to Puzur-Ištar, son of Assur-malik. |
| 7 | i-hi-id-ma i-na pa2-ni-e-ma | he hired, and in the presence |
| 8 | sze2-bi4-lam _dub_-ka3 asz2-me-ma | send me your tablet! |
| 9 | li-bi4 / ih-du um-ma sza-lim-a-szur-3(disz)-ma | The libi priestess rejoiced, thus Šalim-Assur-dibbi: |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ra-am isz-ti2 | ṣuḫarām with |
| 11 | en-na-su2-en6 at,-ru-ud | Ennasuen, I have sent. |
| 12 | u3 a-na 1(u) ku-ta-ni-ka3! | and for 10 kutānu (measures) |
| 13 | sza a-di2-nu-szu-ni en-na-su2-en6 | that I have given to him, I am keeping watch for him. |
| 14 | ra-ku-s,a-am a-hi a-ta | “It is painful, my brother, |
| 15 | szu-ma ta-ta-gal-ma | “He, you have turned, and |
| 16 | s,u2-ha-ra-am u2-sza-am-ra-[su2] | ṣuḫarām he made him sing. |
| left | ||
| 1 | s,u2-ha-ra-um isz-ti2-ka3 lu-szi2-ib _ta ku3-babbar_ | ṣuharum with you may I live. From the silver |
| 2 | a-na ku-ta-ni-a en-na-su2-en6 | to Kutania I will send. |
| 3 | ra-ku-us, | to smite |
Sources & licences
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