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TCL 04, 082 (P357417)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357417 |
| Museum no. | AO 07083 |
| 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-szur-ma-lik _dumu_ e-na-nim | Assur-malik, son of Enanum |
| 2 | a-la2-hu-um _dumu_ e-na-ah-i3-li2 | Alahum, son of Enah-ilī |
| 3 | u3 qar-wi-a _dumu_ a-szur-du10 | and Qarwia, son of Assur-ṭāb |
| 4 | szi2-bu-a / a-szur-ma-lik | who dwells in Assur-mālik, |
| 5 | _dumu_ a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku | son of Assur-taklāku |
| 6 | a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 / _dumu_ il5-ku-li | Assur-imitti, son of Ilkūli, |
| 7 | szi2-bu-a-ma / u2 sza | are living and that |
| 8 | sza-zu-za-tu3-a | ša-zu-za-tua |
| 9 | ur-ki-ti2 / isz-ta-ku-nu-ni | After they have set out, |
| 10 | lu sza a-ta ur-ki-ti | or that from the past |
| 11 | tu3-ha-ri-mu | Tuharimu, |
| 12 | a-la2-ak u2-ha-ra-ma | he will go, and |
| 13 | a-ma-la2 / di2-in | I want to go to the river. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ka3-ri-im / ka3-ni-isz | “Karīm, kaniš! |
| 2 | _dumu gal_ / a-la2-ka3-ma | the great son of Alakama |
| 3 | a-wa-tam2 / a-da-na-kum | the word of your father |
| 4 | ur-da-a-szur i-tur4-dingir | Ur-Assur, Itur-ilum |
| 5 | e-pu-ul um-ma ur-da-a-szur | I performed, thus Ur-Assur: |
| 6 | a-ma-la2 / di2-in ka3-ri-im mi3!-ma szi2-bi | “Alas, judge of the land, what is its life? |
| 7 | sza ta-az-ku-ra-ni | that you requested |
| 8 | i-a-ti2 sza-ak-nu-nim | are placed before me. |
| 9 | um-ma i-tur4-dingir-ma | thus Itur-ilum: |
| 10 | ku-a-ti2 la2 sza-ak-nu-ni-kum | “It is not placed for you, |
| 11 | a-na a-szur-gal | to Aššar-gal |
| 12 | _dumu_ a-da-da sza-ak-nu | son of Adada, are here. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni!-a-tim | to these words |
| 2 | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz | the karûm, the kaniš, |
| 3 | i-di2-ni-a-ti-ma | gave to me, and |
Sources & licences
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