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TCL 19, 044 (P357610)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357610 |
| Museum no. | AO 09264 |
| 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 i-di2-a-szur {d}iszkur-ba-ni | To Iddin-Assur and Adad-bani |
| 2 | a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 i-ku-pi2-a-szur | Assur-imittī, Ikupi-Assur |
| 3 | puzur4-esz18-dar u3 im-di2-lim | Puzur-Ištar and Imdilim |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma pu-szu-ke-en6 | Speak, thus Pušu. |
| 5 | puzur4-ti2-a-am-tim | Puzriš-tiammtim |
| 6 | u3 i-na-a-ma a-szu-mi3 | and now my father |
| 7 | sza szu-a-szur3 sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni-ni | of Šū-Assur, about which you wrote to me, |
| 8 | ki-ma t,up-pa2-ak-nu ni-isz-me-u2 | We heard it like a tablet. |
| 9 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma a-hi-am | Thus Nēnu, my brother: |
| 10 | u2-la2 nu-sze2-ra-ab2 um-ma szu-nu-ma | “It will not be brought to you, thus they: |
| 11 | nu-sze2-ra-ab2 a-na a-ni-a-tim | We will bring it to you. |
| 12 | 1(u) u4-me ni-s,i2-bi-it-ma# | 10 days we sat down and |
| 13 | a-na ka3-ri-im i-li-ku-ma | went to the quay, and |
| 14 | um-ma szu-nu-ma sza ki-ma | Thus (says) PN, who like |
| 15 | [a]-bi#-ni nu-sze2-ra-ab2 | his father will not seize it |
| 16 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | i#-sza#-qal# x [... lu sza a-na] | he will weigh out ... or that to |
| 2' | u4-me qu2-ur-bu-tim | the days of battle |
| 3' | lu sza nu-a-e sza tam2-ka3-ri-szu-nu#! | or of the darkness, of their seals |
| 4' | pa2-zu-<ur>-tim e 1(asz) _gu2 ku3-babbar_ u3-la | the accounts 1 talent of silver he shall pay. |
| 5' | i-di2-u2! a-na lu-qu2-tim | they gave to the luqūtum-official |
| 6' | sza isz-tu3 a-lim{ki} i-li-a-ni | who from the city Iliāni |
| 7' | a-hi-szu ni-is-ni-iq-ma | we shall cut off his arms and |
| 8' | 9(asz) 1/2(asz) _gu2 an-na_ | 9 1/2 talents of lead |
| 9' | u3 me-at 5(u) _tug2_ isz-ku-nu um-ma | and 100 (shekels of) wool have been deposited, saying: |
| 10' | ne2-nu-ma na-asz2-pa2-ra-tim | The nēnum and našparatum |
| 11' | sza isz-tu3 a-lim{ki} | which from the city |
| 12' | tu3-sze2-s,i2-a-ni# a-le | you have brought out, how |
| 13' | um-ma szu-nu-ma [x] nu-usz-te2-bi-la2-szum | Thus they: let us send him ... |
| 14' | me-eh-ri u2-t,a2-bi-u2 | (Sum) They are the ones who have sinned against me (Akk) They have been slandered against me |
| 15' | sza _siki_ sza a-na-nu-um | of the wool of Annum |
| 16' | isz-ta-ku-nu me-eh-ru la-szu | There is no reopening (of the case) |
| 17' | me-eh-ri sza t,up-pi2-szu | First fruits of his tablet. |
| 18' | ha-ru-mu-tim | |
| left | ||
| 1 | nu-usz-ba-al-ki-it-ma i-ku-nu-ki-ni _e2_ [ka3-ri-im] | we shall bind you, and when you establish the temple of Karum |
| 2 | ka3-an-ku t,up-pe2 ha-ru-mu-tim sza szu-mi3 [...] | The sealed tablet of the harūmûtu-offerings of my name |
| 3 | a-na me-er-e-szu nu-ta-sze2-er 2(disz) pi2-iz#-[lu-ti2?] | We did not bring it to its original condition. |
| 4 | 7(disz) asz2-ti2-pi3-ru-um u3 sza na-am-e-[dam ...] | 7 Aštipirum and Namedam |
| 5 | um-ma szu-nu-ma [...] | Thus they: |
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