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TCL 19, 014 (P357581)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357581 |
| Museum no. | AO 09293 |
| 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 | a-na puzur4-a-szur3 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Puzur-Assur: |
| 2 | um-ma bu-za-zu-ma | thus Buzazu: |
| 3 | ki-ma su2-ku-ur-tu3-ni | like a herdsman |
| 4 | a-na-kam-ma wa-asz2-ba-ku | Why am I sitting here? |
| 5 | la2 i-re-esz15 szi2-mi3-a | he will not be able to determine a fate. |
| 6 | wa-asz2-ba-ku-ma li-bi ne2-eh | (Sum) I am the one who sits down (Akk) I sit down and my mood is calm |
| 7 | a-bi a-ta be-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why |
| 8 | lu a-na _ku3-babbar_ sza a-la2-hi-nim | or for the silver of the millers |
| 9 | u3 a-hi-szu lu sza ha-pu-a-szu | and his brothers or those of his brothers |
| 10 | lu sa3-ra-ar-ti2-szu i-hi-id-ma | or his saŋartu he weighed out, and |
| 11 | i-ku-pa2-sza u3 a-ta | she smote her, and you |
| 12 | szi2-ta-par2-ma _ku3-babbar_ | sent, and the silver |
| 13 | lu-sza-asz2-qi2-lu a-pu-tum | let them libate, the apsû-disease |
| 14 | a-na i-ku-pa2-sza | to Ikūpaša |
| 15 | la2 ta-sza-la2-at | you shall not take away. |
| 16 | i-re-szi2-ka3 li-zi-iz | May he stand at your side. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-s,e-er a-hi-im | the side of the river |
| 2 | la tu3-szar-szu ta-ni-isz-tum | You shall not make it difficult for him. tanīštu |
| 3 | lam-na-at e u2-sza-hi-zu-szu | (Sum) The lord, the one who makes the heavens tremble (Akk) The lammatu-demon, the house that makes the earth shake |
| 4 | a-di2 u2-t,i2-tim sza a-la2-hi-nim | as much as the rent of the millers |
| 5 | ma-la2 ur-ki-a i-di2-nu-ni | as much as he gave in the future, |
| 6 | u2 ma-la2 _ku3_ tu3-ra-di-a-szu-ni | and as much silver as you have given him, |
| 7 | uz-ni la2 ta-pa2-te2 | You will not open the uznu-vessel. |
| 8 | pa2-ni sza-tim a-ta | the face of the year |
| 9 | ta da? da ma-la | What else? ... as much as |
| 10 | ta-le-e-u2 mi3-li-ik | “It is enough, it is enough!’ |
| 11 | a-bi a-ta lu _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | his father from either silver of 1 shekel |
| 12 | i-ba-ab-tim i-ma-hu-ra | he will receive. |
| 13 | lu u2-t,u3-tum i-na | or ill health in |
| 14 | ku-nu-ki-a lu ka3-ni-ik | May my seal be sealed. |
| 15 | la2 ta-sza-la2-su2-um | do not slander him! |
| 16 | [a]-ma sza a-lim{ki} | of the city |
| left | ||
| 1 | mi3-ma-sza-ma sza ta-sza-me-u2 | whatever you want to say |
| 2 | u3 a-di2 _ku3-babbar_ sza sze2-ep ku-lu-ma-a | and as far as the silver of the kilumānu-flour |
| 3 | uz-ni pi2-te2 a-ma-nim a-da-gal | “My limbs are the opening of the flood, I am wide. |
Sources & licences
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