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TCL 14, 30 (P357520)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357520 |
| Museum no. | AO 08698 |
| 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 i-na-a qi2-bi-ma | Speak thus: |
| 2 | um-ma na-ni-a-ma | Thus Naniya: |
| 3 | sza-da-ah-szu / a-na-kam | “Why is he ill? |
| 4 | as,-ba-at-ma | I seized, and |
| 5 | _igi_ en-nam-a-szur _dumu_ u2-s,a-ri-a | before Ennam-Assur, son of Uṣariya |
| 6 | u2 ta-ki-il5-a-szur3 | and Takil-Assur |
| 7 | _dumu_ ha-na-nim um-ma a-na-ku-ma | son of Hananum, thus I: |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ / sza a-na szu-ku-bi4-im | the silver that to Šukubum |
| 9 | ha-bu-la2-ti2-ni ma-la2 | his debts he shall pay. |
| 10 | t,up-pi2-ka3 / qa2-ti2 | Your tablet is hand-lifting. |
| 11 | i-na-a sza-ak-na-at | is placed. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2 t,up-pa2-ka3 / a-szar | and your tablet wherever |
| 2 | i-na-a-ma / i-ba-szi2 | Now, there is |
| 3 | um-ma sza-da-ah-szu-ma | thus Šadaḫšu: |
| 4 | _igi_ szi2-bi-ma sza t,up-pi2 | before the witnesses of the tablet |
| 5 | i-da-na-ni _ku3-babbar_ | he shall pay. The silver |
| 6 | a-sza-qal-szu-um | I will ask him. |
| 7 | a-wi-lu-um a-pa2-ni-a | “Awīlīum, my brother, |
| 8 | na-di3 / a-wi-la2-am | the nadi of the man |
| 9 | a-s,a-ba-at-ma te2-er-ti | I seize, and the extispicy |
| 10 | i-la2-ka3-kum | he will weigh out. |
Sources & licences
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