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TCL 19, 068 (P357634)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	TCL 19, 068
ID	P357634
Museum no.	AO 08225
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 pi2-la-ha-a ir-ma-a-szur	to Pilaḫa he shall release.
2	u2 ku-ku-la2-num qi2-bi-ma um-ma	Say to Kukulanum, thus says
3	{d}en-lil2-ba-ni-ma 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_	Enlil-bani, 1 mina of gold
4	pa2-sza-lam ni-is-ha-su2 _diri_ ku-nu-ki-a	a resplendent one, whose wrath is greater than yours,
5	ik-ri-bu sza a-szur ku-ku-la2-num	The rites of Assur are kukullānum.
6	na-asz2-a-ku-nu-ti2 a-ba-u2-a be-lu-a	My father, my lord,
7	a-tu3-nu i-na {d}utu-szu sza ku-ku-la2-num	Atunu, in Šamaš’s of Kukulanum
8	e-ra-ba-ni-<ma> na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2	he will enter, and the message
9	ta-sza-me-a-ni ku-nu-ki	You are adjured. Seal it!
10	sza ri-ik-si2 la2 i-pa2-t,u3-ru	Whoever breaks the contract will not be released.
11	ni-is-ha-ti2-szu li-qe2-a-ma	may he take his gifts, and
12	isz-ti _ku3-babbar_ sza _dam-gar3_-ri	together with the silver of the merchant
13	ni-is-ha-ti2-szu i-da2	his friends he shall take.
14	u2 ma-ha-i la2 i-de8?!-e szu-ma	He does not know the cult centers
15	a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-a	the one who multiplies extispicies,
16	sza [asz2]-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2-ni	that I sent to you
17	a-szur-[la2]-ma-si2 i-pa-ni	Assur-lamassi opened
18	[ku-ku-la2]-nim i-ta-s,a-am	he took away the kukulānu-vessel
reverse
1	[ri-ik]-sa3-am sza _ku3-ki_	the rites of Kuki
2	ku-nu#-[ki-a] / a-na _e2_ a-szur3	Kunukia for the temple of Assur
3	sze2-ri-ba-ma na-ru-qam	“Let him enter, and the nārūqu-demon
4	sza a-szar ri-ik-su2	who wherever his agreement
5	ku-nu-ki-a i-ba-szi2-u2-ni	there is a seal.
6	ku-um-ra-am er-sza-ma	“It is the kumrām of Eršam.
7	ku-nu-ki-a am-ra-ma pu-ut,-ra-ma	I have sworn by your seal that I will prove it and
8	a-na ti2-ri be-e-li-im	to the sea, my lord
9	ri-ik-sa3-am sza _ku3-sig17_	a gift of gold
10	szu-uk-na-ma ku-un-ka3-ma	secure and secure, and
11	i-pa2-ni ku-nu-ki szu-mi3	Seal your seal with my name!
12	u2-di2-a szu-ma a-ma-la2	when he has given it to me,
13	te2-er-ti2-a a-szur-la2-ma-si2	In extispicy, Assur-lamassi,
14	la2 i-ta-s,a-ma a-a-wa-at-ku-nu	he did not bring, and your words
15	u2 a-wa-ti2 la2 isz-te2-me ri-ik-su2-am	and the word has not heard, it is a curse.
16	sza _ku3-ki_ a-di2 ba-ab2 ha-ra-ni-szu	of Kutha until its completion
17	isz-ti2 ku-ku-la2-nim li-ib-szi2 szu-ma	from Kukulānum he is named.
18	a-szur-la2-ma-si2	Assur-lamassi,
left
1	la2 i-ta-s,a-am ku-ku-la2-num i-ba-ab2 ha-ra-ni-szu	(Sum) The kukulānu-demon does not come out (Akk) He does not go out, he is seized by his enemies
2	ri-ik-sa3-am sza _ku3-ki_ ik-ri-bu sza a-szur a-na	the rites of Kūzu the rituals of Assur to
3	e-na-su2-en6 _dumu_ szu-esz18-dar _igi_ ki-la2-le-ku-nu	Enasuen, son of Shu-Ištar, before Kilalenu
4	li-ip-qi2-id-ma a-wa-tum la2 u2-s,i2	May he appoint, and the word will not go out.

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