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TCL 19, 078 (P357644)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357644 |
| Museum no. | AO 08262 |
| 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# i-na-a qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to him thus: |
| 2 | um#-ma i-ku-num a-szur3-la2-ma-si2 | Thus Ikunum, Assur-lamassi |
| 3 | u3 i-di2-ku-bu-um-ma / a-ma-la2 | and Idi-Kūbum, and I will pay. |
| 4 | na#-asz2-pe3-er-ti2-ka3 / ir-nu-it | He has sworn by your word. |
| 5 | _igi#_ szal2-ma-a-szur3 _dumu_ szu-ku-bi4-im | before Šalma-Assur, son of Shu-Kubum |
| 6 | u3 en-nam-{d}iszkur _dumu_ puzur2-<sza>-du-e | and Ennam-Adad son of Puzur-šadû |
| 7 | ni-is,-ba-at-ma / um-ma ne2-nu-ma | we shall take, thus we: |
| 8 | _ku3#-babbar_ sza a-na i-na-a / ha-bu-la2-ti2-ni | the silver that for our debts |
| 9 | _ku3#-babbar_ szu-qu2-ul / um-ma ir-nu-id-ma | the silver is paid off. Thus he swore. |
| 10 | [a]-bi4 u3 be-li / isz-ta-ap2-ra-am | my father and my lord wrote me |
| 11 | [i]-nu-mi3 a-bi4 / isz-tu3 _e2-gal_-lim | when my father from the palace |
| 12 | ur#-da-ni / a-la2-ak-ma | Urdani goes, and |
| 13 | [a]-szar / ma-la2-ki-im li-im-li-ki! | Where there is food, may they eat you. |
| 14 | [ku-da]-dam _igi_ szal2-ma-a-szur3 _dumu_ szu-ku-bi4-im | Kudadam, before Šalma-Assur, son of Shu-Kubum |
| 15 | [u2 szu-su2]-en6 / _dub-sar_ ni-is,-ba-su2-ma | and shusû-plant, the scribe, we shall cut off and |
| 16 | [um-ma ne2]-nu-ma / _ku3-babbar_ sza a-na | Thus we: the silver that to |
| 17 | [i-na-a ha]-bu-la2-ti2-ni _ku3-babbar_ | from our inheritance silver |
| 18 | [szu-qu2-ul um]-ma ku-da-du-um-ma | ... Kudadûm |
| 19 | [...]-ab2 / a-na | ... to |
| 20 | [...] e-ra-ab2-ma | ... he will enter and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-sza-qa2-al]-szu / da-a-a | I will raise him. Aya |
| 2 | [_igi_ li-pa2]-a-a _dumu_ u2-zu-a | before Lipaya, son of Uzuya |
| 3 | [_igi_ ...]-sza-lim _dumu_ i-di2-na-bi4-im | before ...-shalim, son of Iddin-abīm |
| 4 | [_igi_] sza-ra-{d}iszkur / _dumu_ nu-ur-su2 | before Šara-Addu, son of Nursu |
| 5 | ni-is,-ba-su2-ma / um-ma ne2-nu-ma | We seized him, thus (says) Nenu. |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-na i-na-a | the silver that for this |
| 7 | ha-bu-la2-ti2-ni / _ku3-babbar_ szu-qu2-ul | his debts silver is forfeited |
| 8 | um-ma da-a-a-ma / i-na | Thus (says) the judge: in |
| 9 | na-ap2-tu3 ha-ra-nim | the supplication of the king, |
| 10 | ni-qi2-szu / u2-sze2-ba-al-szu-um | he will give him his gift. |
| 11 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma / a-ma a-wi-lu | Thus (says) Nēnuma, the mother of the man. |
| 12 | a-ni-u2-tu3-um lu i-di2-u2 | may Anitu know. |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-na i-na-a ha-bu-la2-ti2-ni | the silver that for our debts |
| 14 | _ku3-babbar la2_ ta-di2-in-ni-a-ti2 | the silver that was given to me |
| 15 | [um-ma] da-a-a-ma / la2 a-di2-na-ku-nu-ti2 | Thus I did not give you judgment. |
| 16 | [sza i-na] t,up-pi3-a ha-bu-la2-ku | that on a tablet of Habulakku |
| 17 | [a-di2 na-ab2]-ri-tim sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | as far as the nabrītu that you wrote me |
| 18 | [na-ab2]-ri#-tam2 a-na | the nabrītum-gift to |
| 19 | [...]-sza-u2-ni | ... his ... |
| 20 | [...] sza-i-la2-ma | ... Šalamma |
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