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TCL 04, 095 (P357430)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357430 |
| Museum no. | AO 07307 |
| 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 | i-nu-mi3 a-szur3-mi3-ti2 | At that time, Assur-miti |
| 2 | a-na i-ku-nim _dumu_ szu-be-lim | to Ikunum son of Šubelim |
| 3 | a-mur-{d}utu _dumu_ me-szu-gal | Amur-šamaš, son of Mēszugal |
| 4 | szu-esz18-dar _dumu_ ma-lik-dingir-szu | Šū-Ishtar, son of Malik-ili, |
| 5 | en-um-a-szur3 _dumu_ s,i2-li-esz18-dar | Enum-Assur, son of Ṣillī-Ištar |
| 6 | u3 a-mur-{d}utu _dumu_ a-szur3-ma-lik | and Āmur-šamaš, son of Assur-malik |
| 7 | _an-na_ sza a-szur3-ma-lik ip-qi2-du | the tin which Assur-malik entrusted |
| 8 | um-ma a-mur-{d}utu _dumu_ a-szur3-ma-lik-ma | Thus Āmur-šamaš, son of Assur-malik: |
| 9 | _an-na_ sza a-bi-a la tu3-ka3-s,a-da2-a | the tin of my father you shall not release. |
| 10 | i-ku-num u3 szu-esz18-dar sza ki-ma | Ikūnum and Shu-Ištar, who like |
| 11 | a-bi-a / a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | my father to Burušḫatum |
| 12 | e-ru-bu / _an-na_ lu-sze2-ri-bu-ma | they entered, may I enter, and |
| 13 | la u2-szu-ru-nim _ku3-babbar_ | the silver |
| 14 | [szi2-im] lu-qu2-tim pa2-ni-tim | a pre-eminent destiny |
| 15 | [a-da]-szu#-nu-ti2-ma _an-na_ | I gave to them, and tin |
| 16 | [u2-szu]-ru-nim / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | he gave to me. That silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la a-di2-szu-nu-ti2 _an-na_ | I did not give them. |
| 2 | la u2-szu-ru-nim ba-ti-iq | he did not let pass, he was killed. |
| 3 | wa-tur4 li-di2-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ lu-sze2-bi4-lu-nim | he should give, and silver I shall send to me. |
| 4 | a-na wa-ar-ki-a la a-ta-na-as-ha-ar | I shall not turn back in the future. |
| 5 | u3 _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _gin2_ u3 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ | and silver, 10 shekels and 1/3 mina |
| 6 | la a-ga-mar um-ma a-mur-{d}utu | I did not see, thus Amur-šamaš |
| 7 | _dumu_ me-szu-gal-ma a-na i-ku-nim | son of Mešugalma to Ikūnum |
| 8 | u3 szu-esz18-dar-ma isz-tu3-ma a-tu3-nu | and Shu-Ištar, from now on, |
| 9 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | to Burušḫatum |
| 10 | ta-la2-ka3-ni / _an-na_ sze2-ri-ba-ma | you will carry, the tin you will bring, and |
| 11 | a-na _dumu_ a-wi-lim la tu3-[sza]-ra | to a man’s son you shall not return. |
| 12 | szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza lu-qu2-tim | If the silver of the luqūtum |
| 13 | pa2-ni-tim i-da-na-[ku-nu-ti2] | they will give to you. |
| 14 | _an-na_ wa-szi2-ra-szu-um szu-ma [_ku3-babbar_] | “An, his wife, he išum silver |
| 15 | la2 i-da-na-ku-nu-ti2 ba-ti2-[iq] | he shall not give to you; he is dead. |
| 16 | wa-tur4 / di2-na-ma _ku3-babbar_ | he shall contest and the silver |
| 17 | sze2-bi4-la2-nim _an-na_ a-[na] | send me the tin to |
| 18 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim u2-sze2-ri-[bu] | burušḫātum he brought in. |
| 19 | la u2-sze2-ri-bu u2-la2 ni-de8 | We did not bring them in, we brought them in. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim ka3-ru-um | For these words, the karûm priest |
| 2 | ka3-ni-isz3 i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma _igi gir2_ sza a-szur3# | Kaniš gave to me, and the eye of the sword of Assur |
| 3 | szi2-bu-ti2-ni / ni-di2-in _igi_ im-di2-dingir | his life we did not know, before Imdi-ilum |
| 4 | _igi_ la2-qe2-ep _igi_ i-tur4-dingir | before Laqep, before Itur-ilī |
Sources & licences
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