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TCL 04, 104 (P357439)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 04, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357439 |
| Museum no. | AO 07324 |
| 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' | [...] _an-[na_] | ... tin |
| 2' | u3 _tug2_ s,u2-ba-ti2 sza _dam-gar3_-ka3# [isz-tu3] | and the ṣubātu-garments of your merchant from |
| 3' | 1(u) ha-am-sza-tim a-na | 10 hamšātu-vessels for |
| 4' | sza-la2-tu3-wa-ar tu3-sze2-ri-ba#-[am] | Šalā-tuwar you brought here. |
| 5' | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar la2_ tu3-sze2-bi-la2-am | 10 minas of silver deficit you sent me. |
| 6 | a-ta la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-me-e | "Why do you not listen?" |
| 7 | ki-ma tap-pa2-u2-a 7(disz) _gin2-ta_ | like my companion, 7 shekels each |
| 8 | [_an]-na#_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ ha-at,-im | the lead for the silver is forfeited. |
| 9 | [u3 _ku3]-ki#_ sza ti2-a-am-tim i-ta-di2-nu-ni | and the silver of the Sea they gave me |
| 10 | [...] x li-bu | ... libu-plant |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | asz2-me-ma [...] | I have heard and |
| 2' | a-di2 5(disz) u4-me-e [...] si2-ka3-tim | for 5 days ... the sikku-festival |
| 3' | a-sza-me-ma _uruda_ 1(u) _gu2-ta_ | I ask, and 10 talents of copper |
| 4' | i-pa2-ni-a a-na-di2-ma a-ta-la2-ak | I looked at it, and I went. |
| 5' | u3 ma-ti2 a-si2-ka3-tim [...] | and the land of Asikatum |
| 6' | zu2?-li-a i-ti2-s,i2 a-ra? at | (Sum) My limbs have been cut off(?) (Akk) My teeth have been pulled out(?) |
Sources & licences
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