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TCL 14, 75 (P357565)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 14, 75 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357565 |
| Museum no. | AO 08747 |
| 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 | _kiszib3_ a-mur!-a-szur3# _dumu_ a-[mur-dingir] | Seal of Amur-Assur, son of Amur-ili |
| 2 | _kiszib3_ id-na-a-szur3# | seal of Idna-Assur |
| 3 | _dumu_ ma-s,i2-i3-li2 | son of Maṣi-ilī, |
| 4 | a-ta-a / a-na a-szur3-ma-su2-[i] | Why to Assur-masû? |
| 5 | _dumu_ a-ta-ta is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma | son of Atata, seized me, and |
| 6 | um-ma a-ta-a-ma | Thus (says) Aya: |
| 7 | a-ma [2/3(disz)] _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | for 2/3 mina of silver |
| 8 | [sza a]-szur-ma-lik | of Assur-malik |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ a-szur3-mu-ta-bi4-il5 | son of Assur-mutabi-il |
| 2 | tam2-ka3-ri-a sza i-na li-bi3#-ka3 | tamkarīya which in your presence |
| 3 | tu3-ka3-i-na-ni-ma | you shall establish for me, and |
| 4 | as,-bu-tu3 _sza3-ba_ 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | in exchange for 3 shekels of silver |
| 5 | ta-di2-nam 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | he gave. 3 shekels of silver |
| 6 | isz-tu3 lu-hu-sa3!-ti2-a | from Luḫusatia |
| 7 | tu3-sze-ba-lam a-di2 [_mu] 4(disz):[sze3_] | he shall pay. For 4 years |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar la2_ tu3-sza-ar-[szu-um] | the silver deficit you shall pay him. |
| 9 | tu3-sza-ar-szu-ma | you will give him, and |
| 10 | hu-bu-la2-ka3 um-[ma] | “Ḫubulakka’s, thus |
| 11 | a-szur-ma-su2-i-[ma szu-ma] | Assur-masû is he |
| 12 | u2-ta-e-er-szu-[um hu-bu-li] | he returned to him. The robbery |
| 13 | a-na a-wa-tim [a-ni-a-tim] | to these words |
| 14 | ka3-ru-um [ka3-ni]-isz3 | Karum, Kaniš |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dumu gal_ i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma | the great son gave to me, and |
| 2 | _igi_ szu-ga-ri-a-en6 sza a-szur | before Šugariyan of Assur |
| 3 | szi-bu-ti2-ni / ni-di2-in | We gave him his life. |
Sources & licences
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