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TCL 04, 010 (P357345)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357345 |
| Museum no. | AO 07059 |
| 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 | um-ma szu-esz18-dar | Šū-Ishtar, |
| 2 | u3 {d}en-lil2-ba-ni-ma | and Enlil-bani |
| 3 | a-na ba-zi-a qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Baziya: |
| 4 | i-sza-am-szi2 sza t,up-pi2-ni | he will send. of our tablet |
| 5 | ta-sza-me-u2 szu-ma na-t,u3-ma | “You will hear, he is sick, and |
| 6 | a-na sza-mu-ha u2 ku-sza-ra | for šamuḫa and kušara |
| 7 | a-na t,up-pi2-ka3 la2 ta-sza-hu-ut-ma | Do not turn away from your tablet! |
| 8 | ta-la2-ak t,up-pe3-ka3 a-na 3(disz)-szi2#-szu ma-ha-as,-ma | You will go and break your tablet three times. |
| 9 | i-na pa2-ni-ka3 | in your presence |
| 10 | lu-sze2-ti2-qu2-ma u3 a-ta | let me pass, and y[ou] |
| 11 | ur!-ka3-tam2 a-lik | Ur-ka-tam, the one who marches |
| 12 | szu-ma la2 na-t,u3-ma | “If he is not a naṭû-demon, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na sza-mu-ha | to Šamuḫa |
| 2 | u2 ku-sza-ra la2 ta-la2-ak | You do not eat grass and kušaru. |
| 3 | t,up-pi2-ka3 a-na 3(disz)-szi2-szu | Your tablet for three times |
| 4 | ma-ha-as,-ma a-na | “I have been seized, and to |
| 5 | ti2-li-im-ra lu-sze2-ti2-qu2-ma | let me pass by in joy, and |
| 6 | u3 a-ta isz-ti2 | and you with |
| 7 | ur-ki-u2-tim et-qam | a future ruler will inherit. |
| 8 | u3 a-ma-at-ka3 s,i2-li-ma | and your word is exalted, |
| 9 | a-na hu-ra-ma lu-sze2-ti2-qu2-ma | let me pass on to the road, and |
| 10 | u3 a-ta | and Aya |
| 11 | [a]-ni-sza-am | Anisham |
| 12 | er!-ba-am | of Erbam |
| left | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-ta-ma ur-ki-szu-[nu] | Thus (says) the following: |
| 2 | [la2] e-ti2-qam | he did not pass. |
Sources & licences
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