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TCL 19, 026 (P357592)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357592 |
| Museum no. | AO 09265 |
| 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 | um-ma hi-na-a-ma a-na | Thus (says) Hināya: |
| 2 | pu-szu-ke-en6 / qi2-bi-ma | Say to Pušuken: |
| 3 | 1(u) _gu2 an-na_ 1(u) 6(disz) _gin2-ta_ | 10 talents of tin, 16 shekels each |
| 4 | ni-isz-a-ma / _an-na_ / i-na | Let us examine the tin in |
| 5 | _e2_-ti2-ka3 / i-ba-szi2 u3 a-na | there is your house, and to |
| 6 | ma-la2 / te2-er-ti2-ka3 / _ku3-babbar_ | as much as your pledge silver |
| 7 | a-na s,i2-ib-tim / ni-il5-qe2 | We took it as a gift. |
| 8 | _tug2 hi-a_ / ni-sza-a-ma / szu-esz18-dar | garments for the nišāma prayer of Shu-Ištar |
| 9 | ni-t,a2-ra-dam / 5(disz) _tug2_ lu-bu-szu | 5 garments of his clothing |
| 10 | pa2-si2-u2-tum / szu-la2-ba-an | “Pasītum (is) šulaban |
| 11 | _dumu_ dan-i3-li / ub-la2-kum | son of Dan-ili brought. |
| 12 | mi3-ma / la2 u2-la2-ma-ad-ka3 | “What does he not teach you? |
| 13 | 1(disz) lu-bu-sza-am / pa2-si2-a-am | 1 lubušam (and) pāsiam, |
| 14 | a-mur-a-szur3 _dumu_ [su2]-ka3-li2-a | Amur-Assur, son of Sukaliya |
| 15 | ub-la2-kum 2(disz) ku-ta-ni | I brought to you, 2 kutani, |
| 16 | a-la2-hu-um szesz qar-wi-a | Alaḫum, brother of Carchemish |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ub-la2-kum / 1(disz) ku-ta-nam | I brought to you, 1 kutanam |
| 2 | sza sza-at-a-szur3 a-na | of Šāt-Ašur to |
| 3 | ku-a-ti2 / a-di2-na-kum | I will give to you. |
| 4 | a-ma-kam / i-na te2-er-ti2-a | In my extispicy |
| 5 | lu ku-ta-nam _sag10_ | may it be a kutānu-gift. |
| 6 | lu sza a-ki-di2-e / _sag10_ | or of the akīdû-demon, he will be happy. |
| 7 | lu i-na _an-na_-ki-a | or in the heavens |
| 8 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ ta-e-er-ma | to silver return, and |
| 9 | u3 sza 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | and of 2 minas of gold |
| 10 | a-na _dumu_ sza-lim-a-hi-im | to the son of Šalim-aḫum |
| 11 | di2-in / a-szu-mi3 sza _e2_ | a judgment of the house |
| 12 | a-szur3-ma-lik sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | Assur-malik, about whom you wrote me, |
| 13 | um-ma _dumu_ a-szur3-ma-lik-ma | thus the son of Assur-malik: |
| 14 | a-na ma-la2 / t,up-pi2-szu | for as much as his tablet |
| 15 | sza isz-pu-ra-ni / a-sza-su2 | that he sent to me, his wife |
| 16 | nu-za-ka3-ma / te2-er-ti2-ni | We stand by you, our reconciliation. |
| 17 | za-ku-sa3 | cleared, |
| left | ||
| 1 | isz-ti2 szu-esz18-dar _dumu_ da-da-nim | with Šū-Išar, son of Dadânum, |
| 2 | ni-sza-pa2-ra-kum a-hi a-ta a-na | We will send you, my brother, to |
| 3 | te2-er-ti2-a i-hi-id | he swore a pledge. |
Sources & licences
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