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TCL 19, 012 (P357579)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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DesignationTCL 19, 012
IDP357579
Museum no.AO 09362
CollectionLouvre Museum, Paris, France
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotKanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates38.8517, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1[a-na] puzur4#-a-szur qi2-bi4-maSpeak to Puzur-Assur:
2um-ma u2-s,u2-ur-sza-a-szurThus Uṣur-ša-Assur:
3u2 su2-e-a-mathe grass of Suʾa
4isz-tu3 ri-ik-sumFrom the riksum
5ka3-an-ku-nihe sealed.
67(disz) _ma-na uruda_7 minas of copper
7da-tam2 {d}iszkur-sag10the life of Iškur-saga
8e-mu-ud-ka3-maof your father
reverse
1la2-qe2-epI took.
2i-na ra-mi3-ni-szuby his own
3isz-qu2-ul / a-ma-kamIšqul is my mother.
4szi2-im _uruda_-i-szuthe price of his copper
5_ku3-babbar_ di2-szu-umthe silver of Išum

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