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TCL 19, 035 (P357601)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357601 |
| Museum no. | AO 09247 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma la2-ma-si2 | Speak, thus Lamassi. |
| 3 | u3 a-ha-ha-ma 1(u) _gin2_ | and each other 10 shekels |
| 4 | _ku3-sig17_ sza a-na u2-t,a2-tim | gold which for the uṭātum |
| 5 | sza-pa2-ki-im tu3-sze-bi-la2-ni | You have sent me the ša-pākum-textile. |
| 6 | ki-ma sza-tum a-na | like that to |
| 7 | pa2-ni-sza i-lu-ku-ni | her face they shall go. |
| 8 | a-di2-ni sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 | until now, who like a slave |
| 9 | u2-t,a2-tam2 / u2-la2 isz-pu-ku-ma | “It is too much, it is too little,’ he said, and |
| 10 | u3 te2-er-ti2-ni | and our dowry |
| 11 | i-li-ka3-kum | will come to you. |
| 12 | u4-ma-am / u2-t,a-tam2 | a day of distress |
| 13 | ma-la2 i-sza-pu-ku-ni | as much as they will send to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 za-ku-sa3 ni-sza-pa2-ra-kum | and we will send you the zakūsu-vessel. |
| 2 | u3 ik-ri-ba-am | and Ikribam |
| 3 | sza a-na ta-asz2-me-tim | that for reading |
| 4 | ta-ak-ru-bu-ni | you have accepted, |
| 5 | a-pu-tum la ta-ma-szi2 | You shall not make a claim. |
| 6 | i-il5-tum / i-ir-ti2-bi | Illtum (is) its name. |
| 7 | i-pa2-ni-ka3 bi-lam | at your disposal a statue of himself |
| 8 | u2-ul i-pa2-nim-ma | he did not find, and |
| 9 | a-li-ki-im sze2-bi-lam | send to me! |
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