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TCL 04, 071 (P357406)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357406 |
| Museum no. | AO 07468 |
| 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 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 6 shekels of silver |
| 2 | sza a-al-du10 _dumu_ esz18-dar-la2-ba | belonging to Aldu, son of Ištar-laba |
| 3 | a-na u2-ra-a _dumu_ ma-na-na | to Ura son of Manana |
| 4 | ha-bu-lu-ni 6(disz) _gin2_ | his debts 6 shekels |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu ki-ma | his silver like |
| 6 | a-al-du10 _dumu_ esz18-dar-la2-ba | Aldu, son of Ištar-laba |
| 7 | a-szur2-na-da _dumu_ a-mur-esz18-dar | Assur-nada, son of Amur-Ištar |
| 8 | a-na u2-ra-a | to Ura |
| 9 | isz-qul2 / _ku3-babbar_ | he has paid. Silver |
| 10 | u2-ra-a sza-bu-u2 | “If he dies or flees, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ra-a a-na | the city to |
| 2 | a-al-du10 a-he-e-szu | Aldi, his brother |
| 3 | u3 a-szur3-na-da u3-la2 | and Assurnada weighed out. |
| 4 | i-tu3-a-ar | he shall return. |
| 5 | _igi_ kur-ub-esz18-dar | before Kur-ub-ištar |
| 6 | _dumu_ s,i2-li-a | son of Ṣilliya |
| 7 | _igi_ zu-zu-wa _dumu_ i3-li2-dan | before Zuzuwa, son of Ilī-dan |
| 8 | _igi_ a-mur-dingir _dumu_ mar-tu-ba-ni | before Amur-ilī, son of Martu-bani |
Sources & licences
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