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TCL 19, 045 (P357611)

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

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DesignationTCL 19, 045
IDP357611
Museum no.AO 09379
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
1a-na im-di2-lim qi2-bi4-maSpeak to Imdīlim:
2um-ma ku-tal-la2-num-maKutallanum speaks thus:
3[x] me#-at ku-ta-ni100 kutānu-vessels
4[x] _ansze# hi-a_ s,a-la2-mi3x homers of chickpeas,
5[...] x
6[...]-szu-nu... their
7[...] 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ [x] _gin2#_... 1/3 mina ... shekels
reverse
1'[...-tu3]...-tu
2'1(u) 3(disz) [_gin2 ku3]-babbar_13 shekels of silver
3'sza hu-ra-s,a-nimof the ḫuraṣanu
4'sza ap2-qi2-da-ku-nithat I appointed to you,
5'szu-ma / be-li a-taIf my lord, why
6'sza-di2-szu-ma / a-nahis head to
7'na-ki-ri-imthe enemy
8'di2-in-ma / lu-ub-lamLet me bring a verdict!
9'3(disz) ku-ta-nu3 (mana wool for) Kutanu
left
1sza [...]of ...

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