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TCL 20, 089 (P357655)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357655 |
| Museum no. | AO 09274 |
| 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 | Thus Assur-idi: |
| 2 | a-na a-szur3-na-da | to Aššra-nada |
| 3 | i3-li2-a-lim u3 | Ili-alim and |
| 4 | a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku | Assur-taklāku |
| 5 | qi2-bi4-ma 1(u) 2(disz) _ma-na_ | say: 12 minas |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar dumu_ a-lu-la2-a | silver, son of Alulā |
| 7 | ha-bu-lam | Ḫabulam |
| 8 | s,a-ab2-ta-szu-ma | seized him, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu | silver for his šašqīlu |
| 2 | szu-ma la2-szu / a-szar | If he is ill, where |
| 3 | wa-asz-bu / i-s,u2-ha-ri-a | who dwells in Iṣuharia, |
| 4 | szu-up-ra-szu-ma | send him, and |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ lu-sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | silver I shall pay to him. |
| 6 | szu-ma u2-mu-szu a-hu-ru | If his father-in-law is a widow |
| 7 | ma-la2 ta-ar-ki-is-ti2-szu! | as much as his tākištu |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ li-ik-nu-uk-ma | may the silver be sealed, and |
| 9 | a-na sza ki-ma szu-a-ti2 | to that which like that |
| 10 | u3 i-a-ti2 | and me |
| 11 | lu-sze2-bi4-la2-ma | let me send, and |
| 12 | szi2-ma-am | a fate |
| 13 | lu ni-isz-am-szu | be his name. |
Sources & licences
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