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TCL 04, 050 (P357385)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357385 |
| Museum no. | AO 07462 |
| 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 il5-me-da-ku | to Ilmedaku |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma bu-za-zu-[ma] | Speak, thus Buzazu: |
| 3 | mi3-szu / sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | What you wrote me: |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma / a-na _ku3-babbar_ | thus: Why for silver |
| 5 | sza e-na-ah-dingir | of Enaḫ-ilum, |
| 6 | te2-er-ta-ka3 / ma-ti2 | of the tērita of the land |
| 7 | la2 i-li-kam | did not go, |
| 8 | [a]-di2 / ha-am-szi2-szu | as far as Hamšišu |
| 9 | [asz2]-pu-ra-ku-um | I sent to you |
| 10 | [i]-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_ sa3-[ra]-tim | in the 1st month of Saratum |
| 11 | [ha]-musz-tum [...] x u2 | Hamuštum ... ... |
| 12 | ha-am-sza#-tum# | Ḫamšatum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-mu-a / e-ta-at-qu2 | (Sum) My days have passed, my nights have passed (Akk) I have passed my days |
| 2 | i-hi-id ma / _ku3-babbar_ | he received, saying: “Silver |
| 3 | szu-ma / a-ta / ha-[asz2-ha-ti2] | he is the one who has a wife |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ / na-szi2-a-ma | the silver he took, and |
| 5 | a-na hu-bu-li#-[a?] | to Ḫubulia |
| 6 | szu-qu2-ul szu-ma | he is a šuqūl-demon |
| 7 | a-na te2-er-ti2-ni | for the extispicy |
| 8 | sa3-ah-ra-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ | the remainder of the silver |
| 9 | u2 s,i2-ba-su2 | and ṣibasu-plant |
| 10 | sze2-bi4-la2-ma / _ku3-[babbar]_ | send, and the silver |
| 11 | a-na e-na-ah-dingir | to Enaḫ-ilum |
| 12 | la2-asz2-qu2-ul-ma | I shall cut off, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | t,up-pi [(x x x)] | A tablet ... |
| 2 | lu-sze2-[s,i2-am] | let me bring out. |
| 3 | <<la2>> i-hi-id-ma _ku3#-[babbar_] | he bought, and the silver |
| 4 | sze2-bi4-la2-ma s,i-ib#-[tum] | send to me, so that I may live! |
| 5 | la2 i-ma-id | he did not measure. |
Sources & licences
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