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TCL 20, 082 (P357648)

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

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Designation	TCL 20, 082
ID	P357648
Museum no.	AO 12133
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 me-ra-li2	to Merali
2	um-ma en-nam-a-a-ma	Thus (says) Ennama:
3	1(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	16 1/3 shekels of silver
4	sza a-na il5-ba-ni	that to Ilbani
5	me-eh-ra-tim a-di3	the earlier ones, up to
6	4(disz) _gin2_ isz-ti	4 shekels from
7	ku-ku-ri-im	of Kukurum,
8	1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ a-ha-ma	12 1/2 shekels each
9	isz-ti / ku-ku-ri-ma	from Kukuruma
10	1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ i-li-bi4	15 shekels: Ilibi
reverse
1	me-ra-li2	Merali,
2	um-ma szu-ut-ma	Thus he:
3	ka3-ra-am a-pa2-al	“It is enough, I want to see it!
4	tu#!-ra#-am#-i3#-li2	Turam-ili
5	1/3(disz) _ma-na_ isz-ti	1/3 mina together with
6	ta-ad-mu-ri-im	you have sent me.
7	4(disz) _gin2_ i-szu-hu-um	4 shekels of ishuhum-frit
8	1(u) 2(disz) _gin2_ {d}en-lil2-ba-ni	12 shekels: Enlil-bani

Sources & licences

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