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TCL 20, 085 (P357651)

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

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Designation	TCL 20, 085
ID	P357651
Museum no.	AO 08257
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-i-mi3-[ti2] qi2-bi-ma	Speak to Assur-imitti.
2	um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma	Ilī-alum speaks thus:
3	a-na szu-mi3 hu-lu-qa2-i-ka3	to the name of your destroyed property
4	a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3 szi2-ip-ra-am	(Sum) I am the one who carries your message (Akk) I carry your message
5	e-bi-ru-ni-ma 9(disz) _gin2_	he sent, and 9 shekels
6	_ku3-sig17_ er-ba-am a-na za-al-pa2-i-im	the gold of the erbam-vessel for the za-al-pā’im
7	ni-sze2-e um-ma ru-ba-um-ma	(Speak) to Niše’e, thus says Rubum:
8	_ku3-sig17_-ka3 qa2-ti2 u2-ka3-al	your gold he holds in his hand.
9	_ku3-babbar_ ha-la2-aq si2-pa2-ri	silver for the balaŋ-tax of the shepherd
10	u2 sa2-he-er-tu3-szu <<szu>> a-na sza	and his saḫertu-plant to that of
11	_ARAD2_-dim is,-bu-tu3	a slave seized
12	ak-bu-us te2-er-ta-ka3	the one who makes the extispicy manifest,
13	a-na ka3-ri-im li-li-ik	to the quay may he go.
14	isz-tu3 te2-er-ti2 a-ka3-ri-im	From the tērtu of the akarû
15	i-li-ku a-di2 ma-la2	he went as far as the sea.
16	u2 sze2-ni-[szu] ne2-li-ma	and his šēnu-disease was high, and
17	2(u) u4-me-e u2-sa2-as-he-er-ni-a-ti2-ma	20 days he shall remove them, and
reverse
1	i-wa-ar-ki-tim um-ma	Iwarkītum, thus:
2	szu-ut-ma a-tal-ka3 be-el	He is the lord.
3	hu-lu-qa2-e li-li-kam-ma ar-ni	(Sum) May he go to the temple of the dead, may he come to me (Akk) May the dead go to me and I will come to you
4	szu-wa-ti2-ma	Šuwati
5	a-da-szu-um um-ma	Adašum, thus
6	ne2-nu-ma ik-ri-bi sza i-lim	Now, the prayer of the god
7	la2 tu3-ka3-al a-na szi2-ip-ri-im	You will not hold it for writing.
8	di2-in-ma a-ka3-ri-im lu-ub-lu	“Let me bring the akarû-disease!
9	um-ma szu-ut-ma a-na-ku	Thus (says) he: I
10	hu-lu-qa2-i-ku-nu u2-ta-ra-ku-nu-ti2	they will return you to your destruction.
11	i-a-tum te2-er-ti2 a-di2 ma-la2	“I, my counsellor, as much as there is,
12	u2 sze2-ni-szu a-ka3-ri-im	and šēnu-plant, akarum-plant
13	i-li-ik-ma a-wa-tam2-ma	he went, and a word
14	la2 i-di2-nu-nim 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ [x] _gin2_	did not give to me, 2/3 mina x shekels
15	_ku3-sig17_ i-a-ma u3	gold he and
16	bu-ur-nu-nu ha x x-nim	“Burnunu ...
17	um-ma szu#-[ut-ma a]-na#	Thus he: to
left
1	_ku3-babbar_-pi2-ku-nu ha-al-qi2-im	your silver is purchased.
2	a?-tu3-ur-ma i-ha-ar-pi2	I returned, and he will repay.
3	a-wi-li ta-mi3-u2 / sza-<sza>-num	“Woe, the sea, the šašanû-demon,
4	hu-lu-qa2-um ib-szi2-ma u2-ka3-al	he created a ruin hill and held it.
5	1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ gam2-ru-um	1/2 mina 5 shekels of refined silver
6	ik-szu-ud-ka3	he sealed.

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