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TCL 14, 71 (P357561)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 71 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357561 |
| Museum no. | AO 08726 |
| 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 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 2 minas of silver |
| 2 | da-da 3(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_ | Dada: 3 2/3 minas 5 shekels |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ i-me-ni | that silver |
| 4 | 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-di2-esz18-dar | 4 minas of silver: Iddin-Ishtar |
| 5 | 5/6(disz) _ma-na la2_ 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 5/6 mina less 2 shekels of silver |
| 6 | puzur4-esz18-dar 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_ | Puzur-Ishtar: 2 2/3 minas 5 shekels |
| 7 | i3-li2-tap-pa2-a 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 7(disz) _gin2_ | Ili-tappâ 1/2 mina 7 shekels |
| 8 | u2-zu-a _dumu_ i-bi4-su2-a | Uzua, son of Ibisua |
| 9 | 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ a-szur-be-el-a-wa-tim | 2/3 mina of Assur-bēl-awattim |
| 10 | _dumu#_ hu-li-a | son of Huliya |
| 11 | [1(disz)] _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2_ du-du | 1 mina 6 shekels of Dudu |
| 12 | _dumu_ la2-qe2-ep 1(u) 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | son of Laqep, 11 shekels of silver |
| 13 | szu-la2-ba-an 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ | Šulaban 15 shekels |
| 14 | i-di2-{d}iszkur 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | Iddin-Adad 10 shekels of silver |
| 15 | puzur4-a-be-eh | Puzur-abeh, |
| 16 | [_szunigin_] 1(u) 6(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 7(disz) _gin2_ | total: 16 minas 17 shekels |
| 17 | [sza]-li#-isz3-tam2 a-na | a second time to |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [sza ni-pa2]-as# i-sza-qal | he will weigh out of the nipas. |
| 2 | [sza-li-isz3-tam2] a-na | a second time to |
| 3 | [sza ni-pa2-as] sza#-ni-im | of another nipāsu |
| 4 | [i-sza-qal sza]-li-isz3-tam2 | he shall weigh out. |
| 5 | [a-na sza ni]-pa2-as | to that of the nipāšu |
| 6 | [sza-al]-szi-im i-sza-qal | he will weigh out the remainder. |
| 7 | [a-na] _e2-gal_-lim _e2 geme2_-szu | to the palace, his slave woman |
| 8 | [x]-x-szu u2-tu3-ub-tu3-szu | his ... he left him |
| 9 | [u2 mi3]-ma i-szu-u2 a-na _ku3-babbar_ | and whatever he has for silver |
| 10 | a-ni-im i-za-az szu-ma | “This is what he stands for. |
| 11 | i-na u2-me-szu ma-al-u2-tim | at a later time |
| 12 | la2 isz3-qul2 t,up-pu-ni | He has not broken his tablet. |
| 13 | t,up-pu-ni-ma _igi_ i3-li2-dan | a tablet before Ilī-dan |
| 14 | _igi_ puzur4-dingir | before Puzur-ili |
| 15 | _igi_ i-di2-a-bi4-im e-la2 | before Iddin-abīm he shall weigh out. |
| 16 | t,up-pi3-im sza ba-ab2-dingir | Tablet of Bāb-ilum. |
| 17 | sza i-li-a-ni sa3-ar | of his god is fine, |
| 18 | isz-tu3 _ku3-babbar_ a-ni-am | from this silver |
| 19 | usz-ta-bu-u2-ni | he caused it to arise, |
| 20 | 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_ | 2 2/3 minas 5 shekels |
| left | ||
| 1 | i3-li2-tap-pa2-a i-la2-qe2# [t,up-pu-szu] | Ilī-tappâ will take his tablet. |
| 2 | ba-ab _dingir_ la2-pi3-it# [...] | “Bab of the god, lapis lazuli ... |
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