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TCL 04, 020 (P357355)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357355 |
| Museum no. | AO 07069 |
| 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] i-na-a qi2-bi-ma / um-ma | Say to him thus: |
| 2 | [{d}]en-lil2-ba-ni-ma / a-na-kam sza | Enlil-bani, what |
| 3 | _dingir#_-ba-ni _dumu_ ma-ni-a / a-na-ku i-ku-pi2-[a] | Ili-bani, son of Mania, am I. Ikupia |
| 4 | u3 e-la2-li2 / a-wa-ti2-szu / nu-ga-me-er-ma | and Elali, his words cannot be changed, and |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am / sza 2(u) 8(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza | A tablet of 28 minas of silver belonging to |
| 6 | dingir-ba-ni / a-na u4-me / ni-ih-ri-im-ma | Ilum-bani, in days to come, |
| 7 | _dam-gar3_ / nu-di2-ma / t,up-pa2-am / szu-a-ti2 [a-na] | the merchant we did not know, and that tablet to |
| 8 | a-szur-tak2-la2-ku / _dumu_ i-ka3 / ni-di2-szu-ma# | Assur-taklāku, son of Ika, his companion |
| 9 | isz-ti2 / a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku / i-bi-szi2 / isz-[tu3] | From Assur-taklāku he is with her. From |
| 10 | dingir-ba-ni me-tu3-ni / 3(disz)-tu3-ma / ne2-[nu-ma _ki_] | Ilī-bani, his sin, three times, he was negligent, and with |
| 11 | lugal-su2-en6 a-wa-tam2 / ni-ib-[tu3-uq] | Lugal-Suen spoke a word |
| 12 | t,up-pa2-am / sza u4-me / a-di2 / mi3-isz-li#-[szu] | A tablet of days, together with its contents, |
| 13 | sza dingir-ba-ni / u4-me / nu-sza-ak-bi-[is] | of Ilī-bani, we have sworn by the day. |
| 14 | isz-tu3 a-wa-tum / ba-at-qa2-at-[ni] | After a word has been uttered |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ lugal-su2-en6 ne2-ri-isz um#-[ma] | the silver of Lugal-suen in the evening, thus: |
| 16 | szu-ut-ma / _uruda sag10_ i-ba-szi2 / i-na [_uruda_] | there is a good copper in the copper |
| 17 | qa2-at-ku-nu / szu-uk-na-ma / _uruda_ a-[na _e2_-ku-nu] | are placed in your hands, and the copper to your house |
| 18 | le-ru-ub-ma / _uruda_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ li-[tu3-ur] | may he enter and the copper for silver return. |
| 19 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ku-nu / li-qe2-a i-ku-pi2-a [a-na] | may he take your silver. May he give my oil to |
| 20 | e-la2-li2 u3 a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku / ip-nu-[ma] | Elali and Assur-taklāku opened and |
| 21 | um-ma szu-nu-ma / me-eh-ra-tim / di2-in#-[ma] | Thus (says) the following: |
| 22 | _dam-gar3_ gi-mi3-il5-ma / a-szur-[tak2-la2-ku u2] | merchant of Gimilla, Assur-taklāku |
| 23 | e-la2-li2 la2 i-qa2-[bi-u2 ...] | Elali will not say ... |
| 24 | li-li-ik [...] | May he go |
| 25 | _dam-gar3 / ku3-sig17_ x-[...] | merchant of gold ... |
| 26 | ta-asz2-bi-tam2 [...] | You have ... |
| 27 | ak-nu-uk-ma [...] | I sealed and |
| 28 | i-ni-isz-a-kum [...] | Iškum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-qa2-ti2 / _geme2_ / a-di2-in [_ku3-babbar_ szi2-im] | aqatu of a female slave I gave. The silver is the price |
| 2 | [a]-mu-ti-im isz-ti2 na szu# [...] | My word with a hand ... |
| 3 | [i]-ku-nu-szu-ma / a-na [x] | established for him, and to ... |
| 4 | i-ta-ab2-lu-ni-szu / u4-mu-[szu e-ta-at-qu2] | they have brought him, their days have passed. |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am / a-szu-ur-ma a-na# [...] | I will examine the tablet and ... to .... |
| 6 | a-s,e2-er a-szur-gal u3 ha-[ti2-tim bi-il5] | I raised the Assurgal and the Hittite fields. |
| 7 | um-ma a-szur-gal-ma / na-asz2-pe2-ra-[tim a-na] | Thus Assur-gal: the messengers to |
| 8 | i-na-a / a-di2-in a-na-ku / t,up-[pa2-am] | Now, I have given it. I am writing a tablet. |
| 9 | mi3-nam lu i-de8 ur-ki-tam2-ma a-na# [...] | What should he know? In the future, to ... |
| 10 | i-li-kam-ma / a-szu-mi3 t,up-pi2-im [u2-za-szu] | He came and erased my tablet. |
| 11 | ap2-te2-szu-ma / um-ma szu-ut-ma li-[ba-ka3] | I listened to him, thus he said: "Let me go!" |
| 12 | la2 i-pa2-ri-id t,up-pa2-am szu-a-[ti2] | he will not erase this tablet. |
| 13 | qa2-ti2 / a-bi-ni u3!-ka3-al-szu s,u-ha-ar#-[ka3] | The hand of our father held him back. |
| 14 | szu-pur-ma / t,up-pa2-am lu-sze2-ti2-qu2-ni-ku-szu | Send me a tablet so that I may make it perfect for you. |
| 15 | a-bi <a>-ta be-li2 a-ta i-na {d}utu-[szi] | My father, my lord, father in Utu |
| 16 | sza# t,up-pi2 ta-sza-me-u2 t,up-pa2-am <<ki>> [szu-a-ti2] | You will hear what you wrote on the tablet. That tablet |
| 17 | [a]-na puzur4-a-szur / pi2-qi3-id-ma | to Puzriš-Assur he shall deliver, and |
| 18 | [lu]-ub-lam / a-szur u3 il5-ka3 / li-t,u3#-[la2] | May Ashur and Ilku bring it to me. |
| 19 | [a-szu]-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ sza t,up-pi2-im szu-a-ti2 [...] | The silver of that tablet ... |
| 20 | [...] a-nim / lu ka3-s,u2-da2-ku?-ni [a-szu-mi3-sza] | ... may she be able to ... her name(?) |
| 21 | [szu-ul]-ha-am / u3 ba-ab2-tam2 / mi3-ma [la2 i-szu] | a šulḫam and a bābtam, whatever he does not have |
| 22 | t,up#-pa2-am / qa2-ti2 / la2 u2-ka3-[al _ku3-babbar_] | He will not hold the tablet. The silver |
| 23 | [sze2-bi]-lam / e-ra-sza-am / la2 a-[mu-a] | Send me! I want to enter, but I do not know. |
| 24 | [...]-ma / _ku3-babbar_ lu [...] | ... and silver ... |
| 25 | [...]-ta / u4-ma-am# | ... day |
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