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TCL 04, 054 (P357389)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357389 |
| Museum no. | AO 07465 |
| 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 i-na#-[a-ma] | Thus says he: |
| 2 | a-na szu-su2-en6 [u3] | to Susa and |
| 3 | i-ku-pi2-a qi2-bi-ma | Ikūpia, speak! |
| 4 | a-hu-u2-a / be-lu-a / a-tu3#-[nu] | My brother, my lord, what have you done? |
| 5 | isz-ti2 a-su2 / s,u2-ha-ri-ku-nu | Together with the asu and your ṣuharīnu |
| 6 | te2-er-ti2 i-li-ka2-ku-nu-ti2 | the extispicy of your divinity, |
| 7 | a-tu3-nu / te2-er-tam2 | Atunu ... |
| 8 | la2 tu3-ta-e-ra-nim | do not return to me! |
| 9 | i-bi-sa3-e-a la2 ti2-de8-a | Ibbisaea did not bring, |
| 10 | u3 u4-ma-am / i-bi-sa3-e | and the day he looks at |
| 11 | ma-du-tim a-ta-mar | I saw many things. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di2 / e-la2-li2 / u3 | until Elali and |
| 2 | {d}mar-tu-ba-ni sza asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2-ni | Martu-bani, about whom I wrote to you |
| 3 | szu-ma / li-bi4-ku-nu | If your lips |
| 4 | et-qa2-nim-ma a-na _ku3-ki_ | I took, and to Kuki |
| 5 | a-na-kam / x x ti2-ku-nu [...]-ku | “Why do you ... your ... |
| 6 | x-ma / x ni? li ni | ... ... |
| 7 | szu#-ma x e-la2-num u3 | If ... Elanum and |
| 8 | {d}mar-tu-ba-ni a-na puzur2-a-szur3 | Martu-bani to Puzur-Assur |
| 9 | a-szi2-mi3-im [...] szu-nu a-wu | “Ašīmu ... they are a man |
| 10 | i-na ba-ri-ni / li-szi2 | Without us he will die. |
| 11 | ki-ma / ku-nu-ti2 / u2! i-a-ti2 | like a seal |
| 12 | a-na szi-li-tim# | for the extispicy |
| 13 | lu ni-ih?-ri-[...] | May he not ... |
| 14 | _ku3-ki_ a-szi2-mi3#-[im] | of Kutum, the Ašimmu |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku / a-szu-mi3-ku-nu / la2 a-mu?-a | I (am) Ašumenunu, not my mother |
| 2 | be-lu-a / a-tu3-nu / sza ma-ma-an | O lord, who are you? |
| 3 | la2 ta-sza-me-a | do not listen! |
Sources & licences
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