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TCL 14, 15 (P357505)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357505 |
| Museum no. | AO 08686 |
| 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-szur-i-mi3-ti2-ma | Thus Assur-imitti: |
| 2 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 / qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 3 | 5(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am | 5 1/3 minas of refined silver |
| 4 | a-na-kam ah-bu-la-kum / mi3-szu | Why, your brother, what is it that you have done? |
| 5 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni um-ma a-ta-ma | As to what you wrote me: "Why |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ / a-na qa2-ti2-ka3 / a-na ni-ka3-si2-ka3 | the silver to your hand, to your lips |
| 7 | a-na na-da-im / ak-la2-szu | for the nadām-allocation of his share |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_-am a-ma-kam / u2-la2 i-szu-ma | the silver of a mother he shall have, and |
| 9 | ma _ku3-babbar_ / sza a-na-kam / ah-bu-la2-ku-ni | saying: “The silver that I weighed out against you |
| 10 | ta-ak-la2 / u3 szu-ma / _ku3-babbar_ / a-ma-kam | he shall take, and he the silver of my mother |
| 11 | la2 i-szu-ma / ma i-na ra-mi3-ni-ka3 | “He does not have, and in your own power |
| 12 | ta-asz2-ta-qal-ma _iti-kam_ / isz-te2-en6 | you will weigh out, and month after month |
| 13 | u3 sze2-na i-ta-ab-e-el-ka3 | and he will defile you. |
| 14 | mi3-ma a-kur-ub-esz18-dar / i-li-kam-ma | Whatever Akur-ub-Ištar does, come here! |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ sza _dumu_ a-la2-hi-im / lu isz-ti2 | the silver of the son of Alaḫum or from |
| 16 | _dam-gar3_-ri-a / a-szar / u4-mu-szu-nu | my merchant, wherever they go, |
| 17 | ma-al-u2-ni / u2-la2 tu3-sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma | “If there is none, you will raise (them) up, and |
| 18 | u2-la2 tu3-sze2-bi-lam / a-na _ku3-babbar_ | or you will send to me for silver. |
| 19 | 2(u) _ma-na_ u3 e-li-isz | 20 minas and above |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-t,u3-ul 7(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ tu3-sze2-bi-lam# | You will pay 7 minas of silver. |
| 2 | a-hi a-ta / a-ma-nim / sza-nim | “My brother, from the water / a word / another |
| 3 | a-ma-kam / ta-ak-la2-ku / a-na te2-er-ti2-a | (Sum) I am the one who holds back the word of my mother (Akk) In my word, I am silent to my mother |
| 4 | i-hi-id / a-li _ku3-babbar_-pi2 1(disz) _gin2_ | he weighed out. The silver for 1 shekel |
| 5 | i-ba-szi2-u2 / sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma sze2-bi-lam | there is, send it to me, so that I may send it. |
| 6 | i-na lu-qu2-ti2-a / a-na ni-ka3-si2-a | in my luqūtu, for my niŋišu |
| 7 | qa2-tam2 / i-a-tam2-ma / i-ta-di2 | “The hand he weighed out, he has measured it. |
| 8 | a-na _e2_ a-szur-sipa / e-ru-ub-ma / t,up-pe2-e-a | to the house of Assur-sipa entered, and my tablet |
| 9 | li-qe2-ma / i-na qa2-ti2-ka3 / li-ib-szi2-u2 | Take, and they will live in your hand. |
| 10 | lu i-na ba-ab mu-a-ti2-szu mi3-ma | or at the beginning of his life, whatever |
| 11 | a-szu-mi3-a / iq-bi / lu _ku3-babbar_-pi3 / a-ma-kam | Asumia said: “Let it be silver!’ |
| 12 | mi3-ma / il5-qe2 / li-ma-ad-ma / ta-ne2-eh-ti2 | Whatever he took, may he measure out, and he will recover. |
| 13 | li-bi-a / szu-up-ra-ma / uz-ni / pi2-te2 | Send a message to me, so I can open my mouth. |
| 14 | u3 _ku3-babbar_-ap-szu / sza na-ru-qi2-szu / ma-ma-an | and the apsu-silver of his narūqu-gift, no one |
| 15 | mi3-ma / la2 i-la2-qe2 / ka3-ni-ka3-ma | Whatever he does not take, he is yours. |
| 16 | sze2-bi-la2-nim / a-szu-mi3 / szi2-mi3-im | Send me! My name, my fate! |
| 17 | sza _dumu_ szu-a-szur / sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | of the son of Šū-Assur, about which you wrote me, |
| 18 | szu-ma / a-di2 1(u) u4-me-e / mi3-ma-sza-ma | “He, until the 10th day, what is her? |
| 19 | [la2] asz2-pu-ra-[kum] / u2-za-ka3 / la2 i-ba-szi2 | I did not send to you, I cleared it, there was no one. |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-ma [...] x szu-up-ra-ma | Send me ... |
| 2 | isz-ti2-ka3 / lu sza x [...] | With you ... |
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