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TCL 04, 003 (P357338)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357338 |
| Museum no. | AO 07052 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 2 | um-ma a-szur3-ma-lik-ma | Thus Assur-malik: |
| 3 | i-na ha-am-szi2-im u4-mi3-im | in the morning, the day |
| 4 | sza e-ru-bu a-wi-la2-tum | who enters a man |
| 5 | sza _e2_ a-szur3-ma-lik / a-lam | of the house of Assur-malik, the city |
| 6 | im-hu-ra-ma / a-lum2{ki} | received, and Lum |
| 7 | di2-nam / i-di2-in-ma | he gave judgment, and |
| 8 | lu-qu2-tam2 / sza 3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | surplus of 30 minas of silver |
| 9 | sza iq-ri-bi4 / a-szur3-ma-lik | of Iqribi, Aššra-malik, |
| 10 | ma-ma-an is,-bu-tu3 | nobody has seized |
| 11 | u2-szar / u3 sza il5-qe2-u2 | and that he took |
| 12 | u3-ta-ar / la2 sza | he will return. |
| 13 | u2-szi2-ru / u3 | he brought, and |
| 14 | la2 sza u2-ta-e-ru | not that he has returned |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-sza-ri-iq-szum | Išariq-Šum |
| 2 | t,up-pa2-am / da-nam | a valid tablet |
| 3 | sza a-lim{ki} / ni-il5-qe2 u3 | of the city we took and |
| 4 | ra-bi4-s,a-am / ne2-hu-uz2 | “Great one, calm, |
| 5 | ka3-ru-um / e-mu-uq-szu | The karûm-priest, his army |
| 6 | a-na la2 1(u) u4-me / ha-mu-usz-tum | for less than 10 days of Habuštum |
| 7 | sza te2-i-na-tim | of incantations, |
| 8 | ra-bi4-s,u2-um / u3 i3-li2-ba-ni | Rabi-ṣum and Ili-bani |
| 9 | u2-s,u2-nim u3 a-na szu-mi3 | he brought out, and to my name |
| 10 | sza _dingir_-mu-ta-bi4-il5 | belonging to Ilī-mutabbil, |
| 11 | a-li-ki ak-szu-ud-ma | I reached your city and |
| 12 | mi3-szu / isz-ti2 / a-li-ki | What is it that he has with you? |
| 13 | u2-la i-la2-ak / u2-sza-il5-ma | If he does not go, he shall carry it, and |
| 14 | a-na ti-me-el-ki-a / i-ta-la2-ak | he went to the sea. |
| 15 | isz-ti2 / a-hi-szu a-na | with his brother to |
| 16 | _tug2 / hi-a_ sza ti2-me-el-ki-a i-ta-am-gar | the garments of the sea he set aside. |
| 17 | szu-ma a-na a-lim{ki} i-tal-kam | he went to the city. |
| 18 | a-na ma-la2 sza tu3-na-hi-di2-ni | for as much as you have given me, |
| 19 | a-na-ku-ma a-wa-tam2 | I, the word |
| 20 | a-da-szum la2 ta-na-hi-da | Adašum, do not be afraid! |
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