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TCL 19, 050 (P357616)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357616 |
| Museum no. | AO 08236 |
| 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 im-di2-lim qi2#-[bi-ma] | Speak to Imdīlum: |
| 2 | um-ma puzur4-esz18-dar-[ma] | Puzur-ištar speaks thus: |
| 3 | a-na-kam / 4(disz) _ansze_-ri# [sza] | Here are the 4 donkeys that |
| 4 | me-er-e-em / a-da#-[da x x] x | I will give a verdict ... |
| 5 | it-ru u2 um-ma szu-ut#-[ma _an]-na#_ | he entered, and thus he: "Anu |
| 6 | sza u2-za-an pa2-pa2-la2 [ap2-ti2-u2] | who the opening of the cella |
| 7 | a-bu-ka3 / ip-t,u3-ur#-[ma n _ma-na_-a]-e | your father has released, and n minas |
| 8 | it-ba-al u3 a-ha-[ma] | he weighed out and each other |
| 9 | 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-na li-bi4 | 1 2/3 minas of silver by the mina |
| 10 | a-mur-dingir / 7(disz) _ma-na an-na_ | Amur-ilum 7 minas of tin |
| 11 | sza li-bi4 en-na-nim | of the eunuchs, |
| 12 | _dumu_ szu-hu-bur um-ma szu-ut-ma | son of Šuḫubur, thus he: |
| 13 | _an-na_ sza _dam-gar3_-ri-a | the tin of the merchant |
| 14 | i-lik-ma _an-na_ / ba-la2-t,u3-a | went, and the heavens for my life |
| 15 | en-na-num / a-na a-ta2-ta2 | Ennanum to Atata |
| 16 | u2-sze2-er um-ma szu-ut-ma | he will return, thus he: |
| 17 | 3(u) 4(disz) _ma-na an-na_ i-na | 34 minas of lead, in |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | za-al-pa2 / tal-qe2 | You take the za-al-pa-vessel. |
| 2 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma ke-na | Thus (says) I: |
| 3 | _an-na_ i-na za-al-pa2 | the tin in the za-al-pa |
| 4 | al-qe2 u3 a-ma-la2 | I took and weighed. |
| 5 | te2-er-ti2-szu-nu a-na hu-bu-ul | their extispicy for the theft |
| 6 | a-mur-dingir sza-qi2-il5 i-na | Amur-ilum, the šaqīl-official, in |
| 7 | 7(disz) _ma-na_-im / _an-na_ sza tam2-si2-u2 | 7 minas of tin, |
| 8 | tal-qe2-u2 qa2-ti2 a-bi4-a | You took the hand of my father. |
| 9 | sza-ki-in4 um-ma szu-ut-ma i-zi-iz | It is written thus: “He stood. |
| 10 | ta-ma / i-na _gir2_ | what with a sword |
| 11 | sza a-szur / 3(u) 4(disz) _ma-na an-na_ | of Assur, 34 minas of lead |
| 12 | a-na hu-bu-ul a-mur-dingir | for the debt of Amur-ilum |
| 13 | lu sza-aq-lu / _ku3-babbar_-ap2 | or a reed bundle of silver |
| 14 | a-hi-ka3 / i-li-bi4-ka3 | your father, your god, |
| 15 | la2 i-ba-szi2-u2 a-na#-[kam] | there is none. Why |
| 16 | a-na [sza] | to that |
| left | ||
| 1 | am-gu5-ru-szu-ni i-tur4-dingir | Itur-ilī, his enemy, |
| 2 | usz-ta-ba-al-ki-su2 um-ma szu-ut-ma | “He is the one who has sinned against him. |
| 3 | a-na dingir-a-a-nim re-di2-szu | to his (personal) god |
Sources & licences
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