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TCL 14, 14 (P357504)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357504 |
| Museum no. | AO 08683 |
| 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 szu-hu-bur a-szur3-ba-ni | Thus Šuḫubur, Assur-bani: |
| 2 | u3 sza-lim-a-szur3 a-na | and Šalim-Assur to |
| 3 | pu-szu-ke-en6 / qi2-bi-ma | Say to Pušuken: |
| 4 | 3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ ni-is-ha-su2 _diri_ | 30 minas of silver, his nisḫasu-offering, extra |
| 5 | u2-ra-ni ub-lam _sza3-ba_ | he brought into it, the heart |
| 6 | 2(u) 7(disz) _tug2 sag10_ szu-ur-bu-i-tum | 27 red šurbūtu-garments |
| 7 | _ku3-bi_ 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _gin2_ | its silver: 3 1/3 minas 1 2/3 shekels |
| 8 | 6(u) 3(disz) _tug2_-ta-nu _ku3-bi_ | 63 turbans, its silver: |
| 9 | 6(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _gin2 szid_ 9(u) ku-ta-nu | 6 minas 1 1/3 shekels weight, 90 kutānu |
| 10 | _ku3-bi_ 9(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 3(disz) _gin2_ | its silver: 9 1/3 minas 3 shekels |
| 11 | 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na an-na_ qa2-tim | 15 minas of tin |
| 12 | 1(u) 4(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-bi_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) 1/3(disz) _gin2_ | 14 shekels each, its silver: 1 mina 4 1/3 shekel |
| 13 | 2(disz) _ansze_ s,a-la2-mu | 2 imaru of Ṣalamu |
| 14 | _ku3-bi_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 4(disz) _gin2_ | its silver: 1 mina 14 shekels |
| 15 | 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ u2-kul-ta-asz2-nu | 15 shekels: Ukultašnu |
| 16 | 1(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _gin2_ u2-nu-su2-nu | 12 2/3 shekels, their utensils |
| 17 | 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ te2-su2-pi2 | 1/3 mina 1 1/2 shekels te-supi |
| 18 | 4(disz) <<_la2_>> _gin2_ qa2-qa2-da-at | 4 <less>> shekels of qaqadat-silver |
| 19 | 2(disz) s,u2-ha-ri-ka3 / e-mu-du | 2 (mana wool for) Ṣuharika, the envoy |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 6(disz) _gin2_ wa-s,i2-tum | 6 shekels of wax |
| 2 | 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sza sa-e-tim | 3 2/3 (mana wool for) Sa-etim |
| 3 | 4(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ i-na i-szi2-ra-tim | 45 shekels from the exchange rate |
| 4 | im-t,i2 a-s,e2-er 1(u) _ma-na uruda_ | “It has fallen, the aṣer-tax is 10 minas of copper. |
| 5 | pa2-ni-im sza i-lu-a sza li-bi4-szu | the face of the lament of his heart |
| 6 | 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ nu-s,i2-ib-szum | 15 1/2 shekels of silver he did not give him, |
| 7 | a-na 7(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | for 7 1/3 minas of silver |
| 8 | sza a-na a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 ni-isz-qu2-lu | which we sacrificed for Assur-imitti, |
| 9 | 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ s,i2-ib-tam2 nu-s,i2-ib | 2/3 mina of ṣibtam we weighed out. |
| 10 | a-na 6(asz) _gu2 uruda_ sza szi2-im _e2_-ti2 | for 6 talents of copper according to the price of the house |
| 11 | sza a-bu-um-dingir 3(u) _ma-na_ s,i2-ib-tam2 | of Abum-ilu 30 minas of ṣibtam |
| 12 | nu-s,i2-ib 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | we marched. 1 1/2 minas |
| 13 | _ku3-bi_ 4(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ | its silver: 4 1/3 minas |
| 14 | 2(disz) 5/6(disz) _ma-na_ a-na _e2_ su2-ti2-a | 2 5/6 minas for the house of Sutiya |
| 15 | ni-isz-qul2 t,up-pa2-am | We will break the tablet. |
| 16 | sza hu-bu-li-ka3 / ni-il5-qe2-am | We took the one of your robbery. |
| 17 | 5/6(disz) _ma-na_ a-na tu3-pe3-zi | 5/6 mina for tupezi |
| 18 | x _gin2_ a-qa2-nu-e | x shekels of aqanû-frit |
| 19 | u3 ag-ri / a-zi-a-ri-im | and Agru, the Aziarim, |
| left | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) _tug2_ sza a-szur-ba-ni 1(disz) _tug2_ sza sza-lim-a-szur | 1 garment of Assur-bani, 1 garment for Šalim-Assur, |
| 2 | mi3-ma a-nim u2-ra-ni i-ra-de8-a-ku-um | “What is it that you want me to bring to you? |
Sources & licences
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