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TCL 14, 11 (P357501)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357501 |
| Museum no. | AO 08690 |
| 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 | um-ma a-szur3-ba-ni u3 sza-lim-a-szur3-ma | Thus (says) Aš[ur-bāni] and Šalim-Assur: |
| 2 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 3 | qi2#-bi4-ma _e2_ en-na-nim | speak, and the house of the lord |
| 4 | _dumu_ a-szur3-_sipa_ | son of Ashur-re'i |
| 5 | a-na 1(u) 6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | for 16 minas of silver |
| 6 | ni#-isz-a-ma-kum sza-la-asz | We will give you a second time. |
| 7 | szu!-ba-tim i-ma-du-du-ma | they will measure out, and |
| 8 | [i]-na sza-la-asz2 | at the second time |
| 9 | [szu]-ma / ba-ti2-iq _ku3-babbar_ | If he has lost the silver |
| 10 | [i]-s,a-he-er szu-ma | he shall cut off. That |
| 11 | i-na sza-la-asz | in the second |
| 12 | wa-ta-ar _ku3-babbar_ i-te2-er | he shall return the silver. |
| 13 | i-hi-id _ku3-babbar_ | he received. The silver |
| 14 | sze2-bi-lam lu-qu2-tum | Send me the surplus! |
| 15 | [sza] sze2-ep a-szur3-ma-lik | of the brickwork of Assur-malik |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(asz) _gu2 an-na_ / | 4 talents of tin |
| 2 | u2 li-wi-su2 | and his limbs |
| 3 | i-ta-as,-a-kum | has seized you |
| 4 | ki-ma _an-na_ ba-at-qu2-ni | like a tin she fell upon me, |
| 5 | _e2 dam-gar3 la2_ ni-s,i2-ma | the merchant’s house, deficit, and |
| 6 | la2 ni-isz-a-ma-ku-nu-ti2-ma | we shall not send to you, and |
| 7 | sza _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ku-nu | of your silver |
| 8 | nu-sze2-bi4-la2-ku-nu-ti2 | do not send to you. |
| 9 | lu-qu2-tum / sza sze2-ep | “Luqūtu-disease, which is šep |
| 10 | szu-su2-en6 isz-ti2 ha-ra-nim | Šusu’en with Harānum |
| 11 | u2-s,i2-a-ku-um | I brought in. |
| 12 | nu-za-ka3-ma / ni-sza-pa2-ra-kum | We will clear it and we will send it to you. |
| 13 | a-pu-tum i-ti2-i-er-ti2-ka3 | “Apotropaic ritual of Īti-ēriš, |
| 14 | szu-hu-bur ka3-bi-id | Šuḫubur |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-ma la szu-a-ti2 ma-num _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | If it is not his, Anum 1 shekel of silver |
| 2 | _e2_ a-bi4-szu a-s,i2-ib-tim ni-il5-qe2-a-kum | the house of his father, the aṣibtum we took for you |
Sources & licences
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