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TCL 04, 056 (P357391)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357391 |
| Museum no. | AO 07335 |
| 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 i3-[li2-ba-ni] | to Ili-bani |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um#-[ma] | speak! Thus |
| 3 | ah-[sza]-lim-[ma] | Ahšalim |
| 4 | 8(disz) _ma-na_ [...] | 8 minas ... |
| 5 | sza i3-li2-ba-[ni] | of Ilī-bani |
| 6 | tal#-qe2-a [...] | You took ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [mi3]-li-ik [...] | the maidservant ... |
| 2' | _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 | of your silver |
| 3' | mi3-li-ik [...] | “Woe ..., |
| 4' | a-szar a-la2-ki-[a] | wherever I go |
| 5' | a-la2-ak | to go |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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