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TCL 04, 048 (P357383)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357383 |
| Museum no. | AO 07459 |
| 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 in-bi-esz18-dar a a-na | Thus Inbi-Ištar: Woe to |
| 2 | s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur u2 {d}iszkur-ba-ni | Ṣilli-Adad and Adad-bani |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma / a-pu-tum / a-di2 | Say: “It is enough, until |
| 4 | <ma>-la na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2-a / a-na _ku3-babbar_ | as much as my letter for silver |
| 5 | sza li-bi4 / i-ku-pi2-a / mi3-ma | (Sum) The one who eats the food of the servant (Akk) What did the servant of Ikuppia eat? |
| 6 | la2 ta-ra-ga-ma mi3-nu-um | Do not be negligent, what is it that you have done? |
| 7 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni-ni um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma | As to what you wrote to me, thus: “Why did you not write me?" |
| 8 | na-asz2-pe3-er-ta-ka3 / li-li-kam-ma | May your message come to me, and |
| 9 | ba-a-ba-tim / lu nu-sza-di2-in | The slaves should not be given to me. |
| 10 | na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2 / pa2-ni-tum | the previous message, |
| 11 | il5-ti2-be-er-ma / u2 na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 | Ilti-bēr, and the našpertam |
| 12 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-ku-nu-ti2 / na-asz2-pe3-ra-ti2-a | I will send to you my messages. |
| 13 | sza {d}iszkur-ba-ni / ub-la2-ni | that Iškur-bani brought |
| 14 | ti2-sza-me-a-ma / a-ma-la2 / na-asz2-pe3-ra-ti2-a | Tišāma, I will bring my messages. |
| 15 | ep-sza / pi2-ri-ka3-ni | the deeds of his mouth |
| 16 | sza asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2 / u2 ku-ta-ni | of which I wrote to you, |
| 17 | ma-la2 / a-ma-kam i-ba-szi2-u2-ni | whatever there is, |
| 18 | lu sa3-he-er-tum lu e-me-ri | be it a sāḫertu-demon or a cedar, |
| 19 | ma-la2 asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2-ni | whatever I have written to you |
| 20 | u2 2(disz) _sila3_ ka3-mu-ni i-na | and 2 qû of kāmunu-flour in |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza _e2_ ka3-ri-im | of the granary |
| 2 | mi3-ma a-nim / a-na {d}iszkur-ba-ni | whatever to Adad-bani |
| 3 | u2 ri#-[x]-nim# di2-na-ma | Give me ... plants! |
| 4 | lu-[ub-lam] _ku3-babbar_ sza en-um-a-szur | the silver of Enum-Assur |
| 5 | sza-[x-(x)] a-na s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur | to Ṣilli-Adad |
| 6 | qi2-bi-ma [...] sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | [Say ...] that you wrote me. |
| 7 | zu [...]-tim | |
| 8 | [...]-ni-ma | ... his |
| 9 | ti2-[...] / ti2-de8-e | Ti-..., Ti-de-e. |
| 10 | asz2-pu-[ra-kum um-ma] a-na-ku-ma | I wrote to you thus: "I |
| 11 | ma [...] sza-ap2-tam2 | ... the šaptam priestess |
| 12 | la2 ta-[... a]-s,e2-ri-a | Do not ... my field |
| 13 | lu-ub-lu-[nim ...] um-ma a-ta-ma | Let me bring ..., thus says ... |
| 14 | uq-t,i2-i-ib [...] sza / sa3-pu-ha-am | I spoke ... of supplication |
| 15 | ta-li-e-u2 | salīʾu |
| 16 | a-ta-ad-na-[...] a-pu-tum | Atad-na- |
| 17 | isz-tu3 u4-mi3-im sza na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2 | From the day of the letter |
| 18 | ta-sza-me-u2-ni _iti 1(disz)-kam_ | 1st month, |
| 19 | mu-nu-ma ba-a-ma? | “It is me, it is me |
| 20 | i-hi-id-ma / sza di2-[...] | he gathered, and that of ... |
| 21 | [x]-x-ra sza a-na a-lim{ki} | which to the city |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-su2-ri e te2-gi2-ma / _iti 1(disz)-kam_ e ta-as-hu-ur-ma | “Asurru, you are to return, and the 1st month you will return and |
| 2 | isz-ti2 / sza-la2-ti2-sza na-pa2-asz2-ta-ka3 | (Sum) You are the one who makes the šalātu-disease disappear from her body (Akk) She is the one of her second state of mind |
| 3 | e ta-ah-di2-szi2-ma _iti-kam_ s,i2-ib-i-[im] | you have redeemed her, and the month is favourable. |
| 4 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tum la2-pu-ta-[at] | It is a supplication, it is released. |
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