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TCL 14, 40 (P357530)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357530 |
| Museum no. | AO 08712 |
| 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 e-na-be2-lum2-ma | thus Ena-belum: |
| 2 | a-na a-szur3-i-mi-ti | to Aššīr-imitti |
| 3 | a-szur3-s,u2-lu-li a-szur3-du10 | Assur-ṣululi (and) Assurdu |
| 4 | u3 u2-sa3-nim qi2-bi-ma | Say to Usānum: |
| 5 | i-na {d}utu-szi t,up-pa2-am | by Utu the tablet |
| 6 | ta-sza-me-a-ni lu-qu2-ti2 | You are adjured (by the gods). |
| 7 | a-na i-ta2-at,-lim di2-na-ma | Give it to itaṭlim, |
| 8 | lu i-ba-ab2-ti a-szur-s,u-lu-li | may there be. Ašur-ṣululi |
| 9 | u2-sza-asz2-qi2-<il5> / pa2-hi-ra-ma | he shall pay, and |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ ku-un-ka3-ma | the silver he shall hold, and |
| 11 | a-szur3-tab u3 u2-sa3-nam | Ašurtab and Usānum |
| 12 | a-na s,e2-ri-a | to the steppe |
| 13 | li-<li>-ku-nim / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | he should go to you. That silver |
| 14 | i-na ba-ab2-ti2 im-di2-lim | he made surpassing in the sea. |
| 15 | ta-al-te2-qe2 _e2_ szu-ki#-tim | you took the house of the šukītum |
| 16 | _ku3-babbar_ e-ri-szu _ku3-babbar_ [di2-szu-ma] | the silver he paid, the silver his debts |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,up-pi3 sze2-s,i2-ma [isz-ti2]-ka3#-ma | Send me a tablet and I will send it to you. |
| 2 | li-ib-szi2 szu-ma i-na | “It is he, in |
| 3 | ba-ab2-ti2 im-di2-lim | he made surpassing. |
| 4 | la-szu / i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a | he did not have, in silver |
| 5 | szu-qu2-ul a-na a-szur3-s,u2-lu-li | to Assur-ṣululi |
| 6 | [qi2-bi]-ma a-pu-tum | Speak! Aputum |
| 7 | [lu-qu2]-ut#-ka3# a-na i-ta2-at,-lim | let me take for you, so that I may live. |
| 8 | di2-[in u3] a-di2-i a-la2-ka3-ni | judge and until he goes |
| 9 | lu za-ku-a-ti2-ma isz-te2-ni-isz3 | may they be exempted, and together |
| 10 | a-na a-lim{ki} lu ni-li-ik-ma | to the city we should go, and |
| 11 | _e2_ a-bi4-ni la2 i-ha-li-iq | the house of his father shall not be destroyed |
| 12 | lu ni-iz-ku a-ta la2 ti2-de8-e | May you be our friend! Why do you not know? |
| 13 | ki-ma a-hu-ni la2-am-nu-ni | like a brother, we shall be equal. |
| 14 | mi3-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza a-na-nu-ma | whatever silver that |
| 15 | u2-sze2-ri-du a-hu-ni | Aḫuni brought down. |
| 16 | u2-ka3-al-szu isz-ti2 a-bi4-ni | shall hold him with his father. |
| 17 | ni-ka3-si2 u2-la2 i-si2 | The ni-kasi-instrument plays the ula-instrument. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-s,e2-er e-li-tu3-szu wa-szu-ru szu-ut | (Sum) Its upper part is elevated. (Akk) The lower part is raised. |
| 2 | u3 _geme2_-su2 a-wi-la2-tim u2-sza-am-t,u3-ma | and his slave woman he shall redeem, and |
| 3 | wa-ar-ka3-at a-wi-la2-tim a-ta-ba-lim | After the man has died, |
| 4 | i-za-az i-hi-id | he will stand and he shall receive. |
Sources & licences
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