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TCL 14, 49 (P357539)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357539 |
| Museum no. | AO 08728 |
| 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 | szi2-me / _dingir_ [be-el] | hear of the god, the lord |
| 2 | ma-mi3-tim [...] | The land ... |
| 3 | _igi_ ti2-ti2-na-tal / [...] | before Titinatal ... |
| 4 | ab2-[...]-tim / la2 aq-bi-ku-[ni] | I did not tell you ... |
| 5 | um#-ma# a-na-ku-ma / a-s,e2-er | Thus (says) I: “Aṣer |
| 6 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ / sza a-na s,i2-ib-tim | 1 mina of silver that for the ṣibtu-tax |
| 7 | ta-di2-na-ni-ma / ta-ah-si2-is-tum | you gave me, and Tahsistum |
| 8 | na-ad-at-ni / _iti-kam_ u2 li-mu-um | gift of the month and eponymy of |
| 9 | la2-ap2-tu3 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | deficit: 1/3 mina of silver |
| 10 | ra-di2-a-ma / isz-te2-ni-isz-ma | “I love you, together |
| 11 | s,i2-ib-tam2 / u2-s,a-ba-kum | he will seize you as a captive. |
| 12 | [isz]-tu3 ma-a-ma la2 asz2-pu-ra-ku-ni | Since I have not written to you, |
| 13 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | Thus I: 10 shekels of silver |
| 14 | a-na a-szi2-ti2-a di2-in-ma | give to my wife, and |
| 15 | isz-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ sza li-bi4-a | together with the silver of my eunuch |
| 16 | _ku3-babbar_ s,i2-ib-tam2 / u2-s,a-ba-kum | the silver as a gift he shall take away from you |
| 17 | [1(u)] _gin2 [ku3-babbar_] ku-nu-ki-ka3 | 10 shekels of silver from Kunuki |
| 18 | sza [ta]-di2-na-ni-ma | that you gave me, and |
| 19 | um-ma a-ta-ma pi3-ri-ka3-ni | Thus (says) ...: |
| 20 | a-na lu-bu-usz-[tim] | for the lubushtum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _e2#_{[be-tam2} / sza-ma-am] | the House of Heaven |
| 2 | a-na ku-ta-nim / lu ta-di2-na-ni | You should give me to the kutānum-official. |
| 3 | ku-ta-num / i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 | Kutānum from your silver |
| 4 | lu sza-mu-ma / _e2-gal_-lum2 | may it be that of the palace |
| 5 | lu u2-ka3-lu-szu a-na ki-sze-er-szi2-im | they shall hold him to account. |
| 6 | a-s,e2-ri-ka3 / i-[nu]-mi3 / a-li-ka3#-ni | At that time, when he came |
| 7 | _igi_ ha-na-na-ri-im | before Hananarīm |
| 8 | lu2 aq-bi4-a-ku-ni / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | The one who said to me, thus I: |
| 9 | a-hi a-ta / ki-ma / us-ma-at-ni | “My brother, when you have seized me, |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ s,i2-ib-tam2 li-qe2 | the silver as a gift shall take. |
| 11 | _igi_ a-szur-{d}utu-szi / _igi_ ma-s,i2-i3-li2 | before Assur-šamašshi, before Maṣi-ilī |
| 12 | _igi_ szu-ma-a-bi4-a / | before Šuma-abīya |
| 13 | a-na t,up-pi3-a / la2-pa2-tim# | for the old tablet |
| 14 | la2 ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | you did not send me. |
| 15 | la2 aq-bi4-u2 / um-ma [a-na-ku-ma] | I did not say, thus I: |
| 16 | a-di2 / 5(disz) u4-me / _ku3-[babbar]_ | for 5 days the silver |
| 17 | i-ma-qu2-ta2-ma / [_ku3-babbar_] | he shall weigh out, and the silver |
| 18 | u2 s,i2-[ib-tam2] | and ṣibtam |
| 19 | szu-ma la2 [asz2-ta-qa2-la2-kum] | if I did not ask you |
| left | ||
| 1 | t,up-pi2-i a-s,i2-ib-tim lu-pu-[ut] | Let me write my formally executed tablet. |
| 2 | lu i-pa2-ni-tim [lu i]-wa-ar-ki-tim | be it an ipānu-demon, be it a warrīku-disease |
| 3 | [a-na] mi3-ma / _ku3-babbar_ / a-s,i2-ib-tim / pi2-i | according to the wording of a sealed document |
| 4 | la2 a-di2-na-ku-ni | I did not give to you. |
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