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TCL 19, 059 (P357625)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357625 |
| Museum no. | AO 09368 |
| 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 a-bu-mi3-lum2-ma a-na | Abum-ilum speaks thus: |
| 2 | s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur / qi2-bi-ma | Ṣillī-Adad, speak! |
| 3 | a-hi / a-ta i-na ba-ab2 | “My brother, from the water, in the water |
| 4 | ha-ra-ni-a 1/3(disz) _ma-na [ku3-babbar_] | for a period of one year 1/3 mina of silver |
| 5 | a-szu-mi3-a / a-szur3-ma-lik [...] | Ašumiya, Assur-malik |
| 6 | isz-tu3 u2-la2-ma [...] | After he has sinned |
| 7 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma [...] | Thus (says) I: |
| 8 | a-na a-wi-lim [...] | to a man |
| 9 | i-na ta-ah-si2-[is-ti2-ka3] | in your trembling |
| 10 | li-is,-he-er-ma / a-na#-[kam szi2]-ti2 | May it be reconciled with me, so that I may live. |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na a-wi-lim / asz2-ta-qal | silver to a man I have weighed out. |
| 12 | [_ku3-babbar_ / i-na ta-ah-si2-is-ti2-ka3] | the silver from your debts |
| 13 | li-is,-he-er-ma / i-na ba-ab2 | May he guard, and in the gate |
| 14 | ha-ra-ni-a 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | for a period of 4 shekels of silver |
| 15 | i-li-bi4-ka3 | of Ilībi |
| 16 | a-di2-i 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar#_ [...] | as far as 5 shekels of silver ... |
| 17 | u2-sza-pi3-[il5-ka3 ...] | he had it carried off for you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ x [...] | 5 shekels of silver ... |
| 2 | u2-sza-pi3-il5-ka3 / [...] | ... he made you raise ... |
| 3 | u2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ x [...] x | and 1 1/2 shekels of silver ... |
| 4 | a-s,e2-er a-zu-za-a _dumu_ [...]-dam | Aṣer-azuzâ, son of ...-dam |
| 5 | a-di2-na-kum 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ li-bur-be-li2 | to you 4 shekels of silver Libūr-bēli |
| 6 | u2-sza-pi3-il5-ka3 / mi3-ma ba-ab2-tim | he sent to you, whatever is missing, |
| 7 | a-ni-tim / i-na ba-ab2 | Anitum in Ba’ab |
| 8 | ha-ra-ni-a / e-zi-ba-kum | I will leave you for a while. |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza-di2-in | thus I: the silver is paid. |
| 10 | wa-ar-ki-a-ma / sze2-bi-lam a-ta | After that, send me! Why? |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar / la2_ tu3-usz-te2-bi4-lam u2 i-na be-[ti2-a] | you will pay back the silver, and in my possession |
| 12 | _igi_ e-ba-ru-ti2-a um-ma a-ta-ma | before Ebarūtiya, thus: |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ a-bu-mi3-lum2 ha-bu-lam | the silver 1/3 mina of Abum-ilum, the debtor |
| 14 | la2 sza ha-bu-la2-ku6-ni / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | the deficit of Habūla-kūni, he is silver. |
| 15 | a-ta-ah-ba-la2-kum | Atahbalakum |
| 16 | i-na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2-ka3 lu-ub-la2-ma | I will send to you, so that |
| 17 | _ku3-babbar_ / u2 szi2-a-ma-ti2-szu / la2-asz2-qu2-la2-kum | the silver and its interest shall be paid to you. |
| 18 | u2 / a-ta / _ku3-babbar_ | and from the silver |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza i-ba-ab2-ti2-a / tal-qe2-u2 _ku3-babbar_ u2 | that I have taken, silver and plants |
| 2 | szi2-a-ma-ti2-szu / szu-uq-lam / me-eh-ri-i | (Sum) His šiʾammu-disease is a flood-wave that covers the land (Akk) His terrors are a storm-wave, that cover the land |
| 3 | tu3-ka3-al / a-hi / a-ta / u2-di2-i | You will hold back ... |
| 4 | sza a-wa-tim / a-na-ku / u2 a-ta | (Sum) I am the one of the word(s) (Akk) Of the word, I am ... |
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