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TCL 19, 057 (P357623)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357623 |
| Museum no. | AO 08263 |
| 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 | Thus Imdilum: |
| 2 | a-na esz18-dar-ba-asz2-ti | to Ištar-baši |
| 3 | u3 a-mur-dingir / qi2-bi-ma | and Āmur-ilum, speak! |
| 4 | a-na a-mur-dingir / qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Amur-ilum |
| 5 | i-t,up-pi2 / t,up-pi2-ma | He will write a tablet. |
| 6 | usz-ta-am-t,i2-ka3 / um-[ma] | he has slandered you, thus says |
| 7 | a-ta-ma / ta-ma-ar# | Why did you see it? |
| 8 | a-wi-lu-ti2 / lu ba-ab2-ta#-[ka3] | May the man be taken away! |
| 9 | lu lu-qu2-ut-ka3 / sza sze2-pi2#-[ka3] | Let me pluck you up, your feet. |
| 10 | za-ki-a-ma / ti2-ib-a-ma | You are exempt, you are free, and |
| 11 | a-tal-kam 4(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-[na]_ | I went. 4 2/3 minas |
| 12 | 8(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ isz-[ti2] | 8 shekels of silver with |
| 13 | i-di2-su2-en6 _dumu_ a-[la2-hi-im] | Iddin-Suen, son of Alahim |
| 14 | 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) [n _gin2 ku3-babbar_] | 1 1/3 mina 4 n shekels of silver |
| 15 | [isz]-ti2 / ku-ra-[ra] | from the estate of Kurara |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 2(disz) [n _gin2_] | 1 1/3 mina 2 n shekels |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ isz-ti2 esz18-dar-[...] | silver from Ištar- |
| 3 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2# [ku3-babbar_] | 1 1/2 minas 6 shekels of silver |
| 4 | szi2-im / sza-am-[szi2-im] | the šīm of the mountains |
| 5 | isz-ti2 / pu-szu-ke-en6 | from Pušuken |
| 6 | u3 sza 2(disz) sza-na-at# | and of 2 shanat |
| 7 | s,i2-ba-su2 2(disz) _ma-na ku3#-[babbar_] | its interest: 2 minas of silver |
| 8 | a-na-kam / a-na pu-szu-ke-en6# | What is it that I want to say to you? |
| 9 | ah-bu-ul / isz-te2-ni-isz | “I am a stranger together, |
| 10 | li-ik-nu-uk-ma | seal, and |
| 11 | [lu]-sze2-bi4-lam / i-re-esz15 | Let me send, he will be satisfied. |
| 12 | sza# ki-ma / i-a-ti2 | who like me |
| 13 | [li-zi]-iz-ma _ku3-babbar_ | may he stand, and silver |
| 14 | [u3] s,i2#-ba-su2 | and ṣibasu |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-szur3-du10 sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu | Ašur-dūn, his prayer |
| 2 | [u3] / a-szu-mi3 / sza _dumu_ i3-li2-sag10! | and the Ašumi of the son of Ilī-sag |
| 3 | [szu]-ma / u2-sa3-la2-a-ku-nu-ti2 / a-ma-la2 | If he makes you sing, I will sing. |
| 4 | ta-le-e-<a>-ni gu-um-ra | <(If)> he screams, he shouts. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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