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TCL 19, 060 (P357626)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357626 |
| Museum no. | AO 08252 |
| 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 in-bi-esz18-dar-ma | Inbi-ištar speaks thus: |
| 2 | a-na s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur / qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Ṣilli-Adad |
| 3 | u2-di2-i i-pa2-ni-tim | until Ipanitum |
| 4 | ba-lum2 / sza-a-li-a / a-na | (Sum) The health of the heart ... (Akk) The well-being ... to |
| 5 | wa-asz2-ha-ni-a / ta-li-ik | “Ašḫanīya, go! |
| 6 | u2 a-ni / ba-lum2 / sza-a-li-a | “Woe, the one who is without a husband! |
| 7 | a-na te2-ga-ra-ma / ta-ta-la2-ak | you will go to the teŋara. |
| 8 | sa3-ra-ti2-ka3-ma / um-ma a-ta-ma | Your saŋarāti, thus says ... |
| 9 | szu-isz-ha-ra / u2-ka3-sza-ad | he will complete the šū-išāru. |
| 10 | i-nu-mi3 i-na ka3-ni-isz | At that time, in a sealed document |
| 11 | tu3-usz-bu-ni | he sat. |
| 12 | szu-isz-ha-ra / ma-ah-ri-ka3 | Šuzišara, before you |
| 13 | wa-sza-ab2 | he shall reside |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la2 ta-as,-ba-su2-ma | do not seize him, and |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar / la2_ tu3-sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | the silver you shall pay him. |
| 3 | la sza ki-szi-ri-im / ur-ki-szu | not belonging to the kiširû-official, after him |
| 4 | _GAN2_-lam 1(u) be2-re-e | a field of 10 hectares |
| 5 | ta-ra-pu-ud / _geme2_-tam2 | a slave woman |
| 6 | u2 ur-dam2 / i-ka3-ni-isz | he eats the grass of Urdam. |
| 7 | la2 i-szu / i-na {d}utu-szi | does not have, in Šamaš |
| 8 | na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2 / ta-sza-me-u2 | You are adjured. |
| 9 | a-ma-su2 / _ir_-su2 / ki-ta-ma | his word, his cry, the earth |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ li-qe2 / ki-ma | the silver may he take like |
| 11 | re-esz15 / na-asz2-pe2-ra-ti2-a | foremost of the messengers, |
| 12 | ka3-u2-lim / a-ta | Ka-u-lim / from the water |
| 13 | ta-ar-ta-na-pu-ud | you will continually praise. |
| 14 | ta-sza-ni / te2-pa2-sza-ni | You will give, you will do. |
| left | ||
| 1 | lu ti2-de8-e | may you know! |
Sources & licences
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