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TCL 20, 084 (P357650)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357650 |
| Museum no. | AO 09268 |
| 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 i-ku-num | Thus Ikunum |
| 2 | u3 en-na-su2-ma | and as long as |
| 3 | a-na i3-li2-a | to Ilīya |
| 4 | {disz}i3-li2-a-lim | Ilī-alim |
| 5 | u3 isz-du-ke-en6 | and Išdukēn |
| 6 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ sza na-ru-uq | silver for the narūqu-allocation |
| 8 | _dumu_ me-szar-ra-bi2 | son of Mešar-rabi |
| 9 | lu i-na _e2-gal_-lim | or in the palace |
| 10 | u2-s,a-am lu i-na [sza] | may he go out, or in that |
| 11 | s,i2-la-da-ad | Ṣilla-Dad |
| 12 | _dumu_-szu / e-li-a-am | his son above |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ pa2-hi-ra-ma a-na sze2-ni-szu | he shall pay the silver in full to its owner. |
| 14 | ku-un-ka3-ma | he sealed, and |
| 15 | sze2-bi-la-nim | send to me! |
| 16 | u3 _dumu_ a-wi-lim | and the son of a man |
| 17 | [t,u3]-ur-da-nim | Ṭurdanum |
| 18 | [...] ni#-a-um | ... niām |
| 19 | [...] ma#?-am | ... me(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dumu_-szu / szu-ma ma-ma-na | his son he is, and nobody |
| 2 | wa-ar-ka3-num | War-kanum |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na me-er-i-szu | the silver to its full extent |
| 4 | u3-la szu-a-ti2 | or that one |
| 5 | i-di3-szu-um | he gave him. |
| 6 | szi2-ma-su2-nu | their fate |
| 7 | li-il5-qe2-u2 | they shall take. |
| 8 | _ki_ mi3-sza-al | with Išal |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-ru-szu | the silver that he received |
| 10 | t,u3-ur-da-nim | Ṭurdanum |
| 11 | um-ma en-na-su2-en6-ma | Ennasuen speaks thus: |
| 12 | puzur4-esz18-dar / pa2-szu | Puzur-Ištar, his mouth |
| 13 | a-ma-ka3-ma i-di2-nam | “I will give it to you’, |
| 14 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 15 | _tug2 hi-a_ a-na sze2-lu-e-tim | garments for the šelūtum service |
| 16 | li-qe2 a-na-ku | I, |
| 17 | u3-la a-mu-u2 | “It is not my father! |
| 18 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| left | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-ak-szi2-di3 / um-ma puzur4-<esz18-dar-ma> | the silver of Šakšidu, thus Puzur-ceštar: |
| 2 | a-na a-lim{ki} u3-la te9-ra-<ab2> / _ku3-babbar_ | to the city did not enter, the silver |
| 3 | u2-sa-ak-sza-da-ka3 / na-ru-qi2 ni-[...] | (Sum) He made you submit to the scribal art (Akk) I make you submit, the narû-art |
| 4 | li-ba-am i-dan-szu-um | he will strengthen his army. |
Sources & licences
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