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TCL 19, 055 (P357621)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357621 |
| Museum no. | AO 09298 |
| 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 im-di2-lum2-ma / a-na | Thus Imdilum: to |
| 2 | e-nu-be-lim / i-tur4-dingir | Enu-bēlim (is) Itur-ilum |
| 3 | a-hu-wa-qar / u3 a-mur-dingir | Ahu-waqar and Amur-ilī, |
| 4 | qi2-bi4-ma / a-na-kam / isz-ti2 | Say: “Why with me |
| 5 | a-hu-wa-qar / ni-ka3-si2 | Ahu-waqar / Nikasi |
| 6 | a-si2-ma 1(u) 4(disz) [n ku-ta-nu] | I counted, and 14 kutanu |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [... ku-ta]-nu i-na-[a?] | ... the kutānu-vessel |
| 3' | [e]-zi#-ib szu-ma ku-ta-nu | Disregard that he is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments. |
| 4' | [a]-na# szi2-mi3-im ta-ad-nu | It is given for a šimu. |
| 5' | _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-la2-nim szu-ma | the silver of the šebilānu-offerings |
| 6' | a-di2-ni a-na szi2-mi3-im | as long as I live |
| 7' | la2 ta-ad-nu _ku3-babbar_ ku-un-ka3-ma | is not given, the silver is secured and |
| 8' | sze2-bi4-la2-nim szu-ma la2 e-zi-ib | Send me a message! Do not abandon it! |
| 9' | te2-er-ta-ak-nu li-li2-kam-ma | May your return to me come, and |
| 10' | _ku3-babbar_ lu sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | the silver shall be his pledge. |
| 11' | u3 um-ma a-hu-qar-ma | And thus Ahu-qar: |
| 12' | 1(u) 2(disz) ku-ta-ni a-[di2-szu] | 12 kutānu with him |
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