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TCL 04, 073 (P357408)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357408 |
| Museum no. | AO 07074 |
| 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) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 6 1/2 minas 2 shekels of silver |
| 2 | s,a-ru-pa2-am i-s,e2-er | he will harvest the harvest. |
| 3 | dan-a-szur3 pu-szu-ke-en6 | Današur, Puszu, |
| 4 | i-szu i-la2-ak-ma | he will weigh it out and |
| 5 | i-na a-lim{ki} | in the city |
| 6 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | 2 minas of gold |
| 7 | isz-ti2 um-mi3-a-ni-szu | with his mother |
| 8 | pu-szu-ke-en6 | Pušuken |
| 9 | i-la2-pa2-at-ma | he shall remove, and |
| 10 | i-tu-ra-ma | returned, and |
| 11 | isz-tu3 a-lim{ki} | from the city |
| 12 | 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 8(disz) _gin2_ | 1 1/3 minas 8 shekels |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ pu-szu-ke-en6 | the silver of Pušu-kēn |
| 2 | a-na dan-a-szur3 | to Dan-Assur |
| 3 | i-sza-qal | shall weigh out. |
| 4 | _igi_ qa2-ar-wi-a | before Qarwî |
| 5 | _igi_ dan-a-szur3 | before Dan-Assur |
Sources & licences
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