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TCL 04, 025 (P357360)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357360 |
| Museum no. | AO 07101 |
| 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 puzur4-a-szur3-ma | Puzur-Assur speaks thus: |
| 2 | a-na a-mur-dingir qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Amur-ilum: |
| 3 | mi3-szu / sza a-ma-kam / sza ki-ma | “What is it that I said, that is like |
| 4 | i-a-ti2 / tu3-sza-am-ma-u2 | (Sum) You are the one who makes me rejoice (Akk) You make me rejoice |
| 5 | um-ma a-ta-ma a-ni-ka3-si2 | Thus (says) ANikasi. |
| 6 | szi2-is-a-ma / u3 ni-ip-la2-ti2-a | “Ask me, and I will speak to you! |
| 7 | di2-na-nim 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | the judges, 1 mina of silver |
| 8 | i-wa-s,a-i-ka3 / a-qa2-ti2-ka3 | I will draw near to you, I will speak to you. |
| 9 | a-di2-na-kum / a-ha-ma | I will give to you, together. |
| 10 | i-na a-lim{ki} sza 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ | in the city of 15 minas |
| 11 | _an-na_ qa2-tim sza ki-ma | the hand of the tin that like |
| 12 | ku-a-ti2 u2-sa3-li-u2-nim-ma | I filled my lips with tears, and |
| 13 | e-ni-ba-asz2 | he has sworn. |
| 14 | a-ma-tim / u3 _ir_-de8-e | the flood and the flood |
| 15 | sza sza-zu-uz-ti2-ka3 | of your supplication |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tu3-ka3-ti2-ma _ku3-babbar_ | you shall pay, and the silver |
| 2 | sza 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na an-na_ qa2-tim | of 15 minas of refined tin |
| 3 | a-di2-szu-nu-ma / _ku3-babbar_ | together with them silver |
| 4 | us2-ta-li-u2-ma | he departed, and |
| 5 | a-na e-ni-ba-asz2 isz-qu2-lu-u2 | they have plundered for the enibaš. |
| 6 | u3 na-asz2-pa-ar-tam2 | and a gift |
| 7 | sza sza-zu-uz-ti2-ka3 | of your supplication |
| 8 | na-asz2-a-ku / a-hi a-ta | I am carried away, my brother, from the water |
| 9 | a-di2 a-la2-ka3-ni | as far as he goes |
| 10 | isz-ti2 sza ki-ma / i-a-ti2 | with that which like a ... |
| 11 | ni-ka3-si2 | Nikasi, |
| 12 | la ta-sza-szi2-i | you shall not raise. |
Sources & licences
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