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TCL 14, 48 (P357538)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 48 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357538 |
| Museum no. | AO 08741 |
| 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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-im _an-na_-ki-a [...] | ... of heaven ... |
| 3' | [...] x su2-e-a iz-ku-am x [...] | ... stood in the street ... |
| 4' | [...] x-a a-tu3-nu / _ku3-babbar_ su2-e-[a] | ... Atunu, the silver of Su'ea |
| 5' | sza-asz2-qi2-la2-ma / ku-nu-ka3-ma | “Be present for me, seal it with your seal! |
| 6' | isz-ti2 / me-ra / u2-mi3-a-ni | From the foot of his bed |
| 7' | pi3-iq-da-ma ku-nu-ki-ku-nu | Release and seal your seals! |
| 8' | lu-ub-lu-nim / szu-ma / ta-ad-ga-la2-[ma] | "Let me bring, that is what you have given to me. |
| 9' | sza-qa2-al _ku3-babbar la2_ i-ba-szi2 | there is a deficit of silver. |
| 10' | _ku3-babbar_ sza la2-qa2-im / li-qe2-a-ni-ma | the silver that is taken may he take, and |
| 11' | a-na szi2-ti2 / _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a / a-na | in perpetuity silver for |
| 12' | 4(disz) ma!-na _ku3-babbar_ sza a-bu-ni | 4 minas of silver belonging to Abuni |
| 13' | a-na en-na-a-szur _dumu_ su2-ka3-li2-a | to Enna-Assur, son of Sukaliya |
| 14' | u3 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na | and 2 minas of silver to |
| 15' | a-hi-szu a-szur-ma-lik isz-ti2 u2-mi3-a-ni-szu | his brother, Ašur-mālik, with his wife, |
| 16' | a-bu-ni / at-mu-ni / a-na | His father, his mother, to |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | szi2-ti2 / _ku3-babbar_ qa2-su2 / ma-la2-a | the šītu-tax of silver, his hand, as much as there is |
| 2' | sza i-na sza ki-la2-le-en6 | which in the kilālu-vessel |
| 3' | i-ka3-szu-du-szu a-di2-i 6(disz) _ma-na ku3#-babbar_ | until 6 minas of silver |
| 4' | a-na _ku3-babbar_ al-ka3-ma / t,up-pa2-am | to silver come, and a tablet |
| 5' | sza ku-nu-ki-szu / li-qe2-a-nim | May he take what is in his seal. |
| 6' | isz-tu3 2(u) ha-am-sza-tim _ku3-babbar#_ [u3] | from 20 hamšātum the silver and |
| 7' | _an-na_-ki-a u2-ka3-al a-[...] | of heaven he shall hold. |
| 8' | a-tu3-nu / a-wi-lim / x [...] | Atunu, the man ... |
| 9' | szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ 6(disz) [_ma-na_] | that silver, 6 minas |
| 10' | i?-sza# | Iša |
| left | ||
| 1 | [a-na] te2-er-ti2-a i-hi-id | for a remission he shall pay |
| 2 | [a]-wa#-at-ka3 sza-ma-am | Your word is the heavens |
| 3 | [a-le-e] | Allû |
Sources & licences
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