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TCL 19, 079 (P357645)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 19, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357645 |
| Museum no. | AO 09259 |
| 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 a-szur3-ma-lik i-li2-a | To Aššīr-malik, my god, |
| 2 | u3 a-ma-a qi2-bi-ma um-ma i-na-a | And thus (says) the king: |
| 3 | <<i-na-a>> / na-ni-a-a u3 a-szur3-ma-su2-i-ma | Now Naniya and Assur-masui |
| 4 | mi3-szu sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni-ni | What is it that you wrote me? |
| 5 | um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Thus says Atunu: silver |
| 6 | sza li-bi4-ku-nu a-na a-nu-a / la2 ta-di2!-na | that your messenger did not give to Anu |
| 7 | mi3-ma _ku3-babbar_ i-na sza li-bi-ni | whatever silver from the libinu |
| 8 | a-na a-nu-a u2-la2 ni-da-an | we will give to Anua. |
| 9 | u3 a-szu-mi3 a-nu-a sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni-ni-ma | And my father, that you wrote to me, |
| 10 | um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma mi3-szu-um | Thus (says) Atunu: what |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-bi-szu il5-ta-na-qe2-u2!-ma | the silver that his father took, and |
| 12 | a-tu3-nu ta-asz2-ta-pu-a-ni | "Why did you write to me?" |
| 13 | la2-ma-ma ra-bi-s,um u2 te2-er-ta-ak-nu | “Loss, great one, and you will be reconciled, |
| 14 | i-li-ka3-ni _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2 | his god silver as much as |
| 15 | il5-qe2-u2 <la2> il5-qe2-u2! la ni-de8 | He took it, <we> did not take it. |
| 16 | isz-tu3 ra-bi-s,um na-ni-a | from Rabiṣum Naniya |
| 17 | i-li-[ka3-ni] | his god |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ni-isz-al#-[szu]-ma# um-ma | we asked him, and he said: |
| 2 | szu-ut-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza al-ta-qe2-u2-ma | that silver that I took, and |
| 3 | a-na s,i2-it _e2_ a-bi4-a-ma | to the side of the house of my father |
| 4 | sza-qu2-ul / a-la2-ak-ma | “It is high, I go, and |
| 5 | isz-ti2 a-ha-ti2-a / a-za-ku / a-tu3-nu-ma | I stand with my brothers, I sit with you. |
| 6 | ti2-de8-a / ki-ma / ri-ig-ma-tim | Tidea, like a wild bull, |
| 7 | a-ma-kam / a-szur3-ba-ni u3 ku-ra | The word of Assur-bani and Kura |
| 8 | ri-ta-ag-mu-ma i-ka3-ni-isz | “Ritaĝmu’s, he swore. |
| 9 | e-ta-wu-ni / a-na-kam! ba-ab2 | When he has gone, what has he taken? |
| 10 | ha-ra-ni-szu! ni-is,-ba-su2-ma | we seized him, and |
| 11 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / a-ma-la2 di2-in | Thus (says) ... |
| 12 | a-lim{ki} u3 t,up-pi2-im sza ku-nu-uk! | of the city and the tablet that was sealed |
| 13 | a-bi-ka3 a-wa-tam2 di2-nam | (Sum) Your father, a verdict |
| 14 | a-na a-wa-[tim] i-li-ik-ma | to a word he went and |
| 15 | da-a-nu a-na 1(u) 8(disz) _ma-na_ | the penalty for 18 minas. |
| 16 | _ku3-babbar_ ku-ra i-ta-ad!-u2-nu | they have given the silver as a gift |
| 17 | u3 i-di2-in da-a-ni / | and the advice of his father |
| 18 | ku-ra-ma _ku3-babbar_ | received, and the silver |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-sza-qal / a-wi-lam u2-sza-bu-ma | he will weigh out, the man will raise, and |
| 2 | ra-bi-s,um u3 szu-ut i-ta-lu-ku-nim | “Greater and that which they have carried away, |
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