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TCL 14, 07 (P357497)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357497 |
| Museum no. | AO 08691 |
| 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-na pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 2 | um-ma puzur4-a-szur-ma | Puzur-Assur speaks thus: |
| 3 | i-na sza-nim u4-mi3-im | in another day |
| 4 | sza dingir-ma-lik e-ru-ba-ni | of Ilī-malik entered, |
| 5 | t,up-pe2-e / a-ni-u2-tim | these tablets |
| 6 | u2-la2-pi2-ta-kum _ku3-babbar_-ap-ka3 | he shall pay to you. Your silver |
| 7 | dingir-ma-lik ub-lam / a-szu-mi3 | Ilum-malik brought, my name |
| 8 | _an-na_ sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | the tin about which you wrote me |
| 9 | _an-na_ 1(u) 3(disz) _gin2-ta_ u2 szu-uq-lum2 | 13 shekels of tin and šuqlum-plant |
| 10 | za-ku-tum la2-szu / _ansze_ | he is free from claims. |
| 11 | u3 2(u) bu-tu3-uq-tum | and 20 of butuqtum, |
| 12 | i-na ki-kam-lim sza-am-u2 | In the sixth place |
| 13 | e-ru-bu-nim-ma / _an-na_ | they entered, and the tin |
| 14 | ni-sza-am-ma i-ba-ti2-qi2-im | let us take, |
| 15 | pa2-nim-ma nu-sze2-ba-la2-kum | (but) your face is not to be sated, |
| 16 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ sza sze2-pi2-a | for the silver of the šepīya |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-ma _an-na_ ba-at-qu2-ni | like a tin she fell upon me, |
| 2 | mi3-ma u2-la2 asz2-a-am | what else? |
| 3 | _an-na_ e-ra-ba-ma a-sza-a-ma | the tin he shall enter and the field |
| 4 | isz-ti2 / _an-na_-ki-ka3 / a-ba-ka3-kum | with your An, I will make it. |
| 5 | u2 szi2-mu-um sza a-ki-di2-e | and the fate of the Akīdu, |
| 6 | szu-ma / i-ta-asz2-ra-am | If he so pleases |
| 7 | sza _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ a-sza-a-am | of silver, 1 mina of tin |
| 8 | a-na ku-ta-ni sza ta-asz2-ta-na-pa2-ra-ni | To the kutānu that you keep sending me, |
| 9 | sza-ap-tum | šaptum |
| 10 | szu-ur-bu-i-tum / la2-szu | Šurbūtum (means) deficit. |
| 11 | 1(disz) _tug2_ ka3-ab-tam2 i-na | 1 kabtam-garment from |
| 12 | ma-hi-ri-im ni-sza-a-ma | “We are one, we are one’šāma |
| 13 | nu-sze2-ba-la2-kum / ra-qa2-tum | We will not bring you the reed bundles. |
| 14 | la2-szu / ri-ig-li | deficit of the rīgulu-tax |
| 15 | u2 su2-lu-pi2 _ki_ szu-esz18-dar | suluppu-plant from Šū-Ishtar |
| 16 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-kum / ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | I will send you. You wrote me. |
| left | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-ta-ma mi3-ma i-pi2 / um-mi3-a-ni-a | Thus (says) “Why, what did I do wrong?' |
| 2 | ta-sza-me-u2-ni uz-ni pi2-te2 / ta-zi-im-tum | “You have heard me, you have heard my prayer. |
| 3 | mi3-ma la2-szu li-ba-ka3 sza-ni-a-tam2 / mi3-ma la2 u2-ba-lam | Whatever deficit there is, another one, whatever deficit he does not carry. |
| 4 | a-di2 sza e-la2 / um-ma szu-hu-bu-ur-ma mi3-szu-um _ku3-babbar_ | as far as that which is above, thus Šuḫūr, and half of the silver |
| 5 | a-szar sza-ni-im u2-sze2-ri-ib | wherever he wishes he shall enter. |
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