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TCL 14, 20 (P357510)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	TCL 14, 20
ID	P357510
Museum no.	AO 08677
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 sza-lim-a-szur3	To Šalim-Ašşvur
2	u3 pu-szu-ke-en6	and Pušuken
3	qi2-bi-ma um-ma szu-ku-bu-um-ma	Speak, thus Šukubum:
4	szi2-ip-ka3-at	it is sent.
5	szu-a-nim / ni-a-im	the šuʾānu-demon, the herdsman,
6	sza a-na szal2-ma-a-szur3	that to Šalma-Ašṣir
7	sza-ap2-ku / isz-ti2	“I am frightened, with
8	li-mu-um	eponym:
9	asz2-a-am a-na	Because to
reverse
1	sza-lim-a-szur3 qi2-bi-ma	Šalim-Assur, speak!
2	szu-ma-mi3-in	Šuma-min
3	la sza _e2_ a-bi-ni	not of the house of our father
4	qa2-ti2-mi3-in / u3-la2	“It is my hand, it is my arm’s.
5	u2-bi-il5 a-hi a-ta	I raised up, my brother, from the water
6	a-na-ku u3-la sza a-wa-tim	I (am) neither of the words
7	ga-ma-al-ka3	I want to bring it.
8	a-le-e	Allû

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