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TCL 20, 087 (P357653)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357653 |
| Museum no. | AO 07711 |
| 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 a-szur3-i-di2 a-na | Thus Assur-idi to |
| 2 | i3-li2-a-lim / a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku | Ilī-alim, Assur-taklāku, |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma a-na i3-li2-a-lim | Speak to Ilī-alim |
| 4 | qi-bi4-ma sze2-ni-szu / wa-di2 | Speak, and his sheepfold will be scattered. |
| 5 | te2-pu-sza-ni / ta-asz2-li-sza-ni | You did it, you carried it off. |
| 6 | be-el-ka3 / ta-ap2-la2-ah-ma | your lord, you are afraid, and |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar la2_ sze2-bi4-la2-am / a-li-ku | the silver, deficit of the grain-heap |
| 8 | a-di2 sze2-ni-szu / i-lu-ku-ni-ma | as long as he lives he will come to you and |
| 9 | u2-la2 ta-al-qe2-ma | you did not take, and |
| 10 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar la2_ sze2-bi4-lam | 10 minas of silver deficit, sent |
| 11 | sza 1(disz) _ma-na-ta_ u3 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ | of 1 mina and 1/2 mina |
| 12 | wa-ar-ki-a / i-sa3-hu-ru | afterwards they will return. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ma u2-s,u2-ur-sza-a-szur3 | father Uṣur-ša-Assur, |
| 2 | qa2-tam2 a-pu-tum / i-na | “It is the hand of the apsûtu-demon, in |
| 3 | 1(disz) a-li-ki-im szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a | 1: Ali-kim, the price of silver |
| 4 | sze2-bi4-lam 4(u) _ma-na_-e-im | sent, 40 minas |
| 5 | a-szur3 / li-t,u-ul s,i2-ib-tam2 | May Assur prosper, |
| 6 | la2 a-ka3-la2-lu-ka3 / sza isz-tu3 | the lack of food, which from |
| 7 | _iti-kam_ 1(disz) ma-hu-ur-dingir | Month of Tammuz, 1st year of Mahur-ilum, |
| 8 | li-mu-um i-di2-a-szur3 | eponymy of Iddin-Assur. |
| 9 | _dumu_ ku-bi4-di2 lu-qu2-tam2 sza sze2-pi3-ka3 | son of Kubidi, the luqutam-official of your šēpu, |
| 10 | za-ki-ma t,i-ib-a-ma | You are exalted, and |
| 11 | a-tal-kam u3 a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku | I went, and Assur-taklāku |
| left | ||
| 1 | lu za-ki-ma li-it,-bi4-a-ma | May it be cleared and may it be released. |
| 2 | li-tal-kam a-na ha-ar-pi3 | he should go to Ḫarpi. |
Sources & licences
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