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TCL 14, 36 (P357526)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357526 |
| Museum no. | AO 08707 |
| 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] im-di2-lim qi2-bi-ma um-ma | Speak to Imdilim, thus says |
| 2 | u2-zu-a-ma a-szu-mi3 sza i-di2-a-bi-im | “I know, and my name that I gave to you, |
| 3 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni ni-is,-ba-su2-ma | that you wrote to me, we have captured him, and |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma bu-la2-ti2-a u2-pa2-ha-ar-ma | Thus (says) he: “I will examine my debts and |
| 5 | _igi dam-gar3_-ri-a a-sza-kan2-ma lik-li-ku-ni | before my merchant I shall place, and may they bless you. |
| 6 | ki-ma i-na t,up-pi2-ka3 ra-bu-ma / | Just as on your large tablet |
| 7 | sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu la2 na-t,u3-ma la2 nu-za-su2-um | (Sum) Its šašqīl priestess is a naṭu-priestess, it is not a nuzasum-priestessess. (Akk) His ... is naŋ and his ... are not zasûm. |
| 8 | u2 i-na _dam-gar3_-ri-szu sza a-ma-kam / isz-te2-en6 | and from his merchant who a word has spoken |
| 9 | u2 sze2-na isz-pu-ru-ni szu-ma mi3-ma | And he wrote to me: "Who is it that he is?" |
| 10 | la2 i-di2-in a-wi-lum2 / bu-la2-ti2-szu | He does not give the man his wages. |
| 11 | u2-pa2-<ha>-ar u3 a-sza-me-ma ha-ra-szu a-mi3-[sza-am] | he will remove and I will ask, and his wife I will speak. |
| 12 | _igi_ it-tasz?-ma a-ma-la2 t,up-pi2-ni t,up-pa2-am | before he has sworn, and I will weigh out our tablet. |
| 13 | li-di2#-[in-ma] a-wi-lam2 lu nu-sza-<asz2>-qi2-il5 | let him give, so that the man may not take it away. |
| 14 | szu-ma [...] x-a-ti-a la2! i-la2-ka3-ni | If ... he does not come |
| 15 | x [...] a-di3 bu-la2-ti2-szu | ... together with his possessions |
| 16 | ma#-[...] isz#-ku-nu a-ma-ma-an mi3-ma | ... they established, what is it that you want to say? |
| 17 | [...]-a-szur e-ti-qam-ma | ...-Assur passed by, and |
| 18 | [...]-li-ka3-ni | ... his ... |
| 19 | a-di2# [...]-ni a-[wa-ti-szu-nu] | as long as ... their words |
| 20 | ig-mu-ru [...]-szu [...] | They saw his |
| 21 | mi3-ma a-na x x-a-szur [...] | Whatever to ...-Assur |
| 22 | ma-la2 t,up-pu-szu ih-ri-mu [...] | As much as he received his tablet |
| 23 | _uruda_ sza sza-ap-ti2-ka3 1(u) [_gu2_] | the copper of your lips, 10 talents |
| 24 | a-hu-ur x x x x ta [...] | (Sum) I am the one who ... (Akk) I was the one that ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-ma [_uruda_ a]-na-[kam] | Like copper, what |
| 2 | wa-aq-ru u3 u4-ma# | he will be killed, and if |
| 3 | qa2-ta-ta-am a-di3-i _igi_ [...] | ... until before ... |
| 4 | ka3-la2-szi2-na-ma / ma-la2 _uruda#_ | all of them, as much copper as |
| 5 | uk-ta-na-nu-ni li-ta#-[am-da] | may he continually praise me. |
| 6 | u3 isz-tu3 _dam-gar3_ a-na tur4-hu#-[me-et] | and from the merchant to Turḫumet |
| 7 | e-ru-bu ma-nu-um sza _uruda sag10_ [...] | they entered. The one who ... copper ... |
| 8 | a-na-ku a-na-kam szi2-ik-ra-tim [...] | (Sum) I am the one who makes the šikrittu-offerings ... (Akk) I, as the one of the offerings ... |
| 9 | a-te9-er-ti2-ka3 la2 a-na-hi-id [...] | (Sum) I am the one who does not seek you out (Akk) I do not seek your outburst |
| 10 | a-mur-esz18-dar a-pi2-isz / i-na tur4-hu-mi3-it | Amur-Ištar, in the stall, |
| 11 | isz-ti2-bu mi3-szu sza szu-ut la2 u2-ka3-an-na-ni | (Sum) He sat down with me (Akk) He did not sit with me because of what he did not establish |
| 12 | szu-ma la2 a-na u4-me u2-szar be-li2 a-ta | If he does not renew (it) for a long time, my lord, why |
| 13 | a-na sza-al-t,im la2 ta-sza-ka3-na-ni | You will not place (it) in the šaltum-vessel. |
| 14 | a-na ka3-u2-nim _uruda_ la2-szu sza-al a-na-ku | to the gate there is no copper; I myself |
| 15 | a-na-kam a-na wa-sza-bi-im ak-tu3-u2 | “Why did I go to the place where I live? |
| 16 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _e2_ ma-ma-an lu pa2-ar-ka3-ku | Thus I: “No house should be abandoned!’ |
| 17 | ma-di2-isz e-ni-ka3 a-mar a-sza-si2 | “I have seen your face, I have smeared you, |
| 18 | isz-tu3 a-na _uruda_ ka3-u2-nim ni-zi-zu | from the copper ka’unum we stood. |
| 19 | 4(u) u4-me la2 ma-s,i2 1(u) _gu2 uruda sag10_ | 40 days without elapse, 10 talents of red copper |
| 20 | nu-ka3-in _uruda_ a-di3 1(disz) _iti-kam_ i-za-ku-ma | the copper for 1 month he shall clear, and |
| 21 | u3 ni-sza-pa2-<ra>-kum _ansze hi-a_ sze2-ri-a-am | and we will send to you a donkey of the morning. |
| 22 | la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-me-e ki-ma a-li-ku | Do not be afraid, when you go, |
| 23 | i!-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na u3 sza-la2-tu3-ar | at the threshing floor and the šalātû-service |
| 24 | ka3-al-u2-ni _ansze hi-a_ la2-ma <...> | are available, donkeys are lacking and ... |
| 25 | tu3#?-sze2-ra-am te2-er-ti2 ma-la2 sza ki-ma | “The remission of debts is as much as that of |
| 26 | a-mur-esz18-dar a-na a-szur-du10 | Amur-Ištar to Ašar-ṭab |
| left | ||
| 1 | _uruda_ is-ni-qu2-ni _ki_ {d}iszkur-ba-ni i-li-ka3-kum x [x sa ki-ma] | the copper he took from Adad-bani he came to you ... like |
| 2 | a-mur-esz18-dar ub-lu-nim s,u2-ha-ru-szu a-[di2-ni] i-na bu-ru-[usz-ha-tim] | Amur-Ishtar brought, his ṣuḫarūšu, until now in Burušatim |
| 3 | a-s,e2-er sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim szu-pur-ma | Send the aṣer which is like a kūtu-container to Burušḫatum! |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ szi2-im _uruda_-i-ka3 lu-ub-lu-nim | silver, the price of your copper may I bring. |
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