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TCL 20, 093 (P357659)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357659 |
| Museum no. | AO 08628 |
| 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-ma a-na | Thus Assur-idi: to |
| 2 | a-szur3-na-da qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Ašur-nada: |
| 3 | ta-li-kam-ma / a-di2 5(disz)-szi2-szu | came, and five times |
| 4 | u3 sze2-szi2-szu / tu3-pa2-sze2-er | and you will unharness (it). |
| 5 | u3 ka3-ki / sza a-szur3 | and the gate of Assur |
| 6 | u3 a-szu-ri-tim im-hu-s,u2-ka3-ma | and the Assyrians seized you, and |
| 7 | u3 tu3-pa2-sze2-er um-ma a-ta-ma | and you will clear it, thus (says) he: |
| 8 | i-na s,e2-ri-szu le-mu-ru | In his steppe, may he be evil. |
| 9 | sza a-wa-at / i3-li2 | of the word of the god |
| 10 | a-na sza ta-ni-isz-tim | for the taništu-offering |
| 11 | i-sza-ku-nu / a-di2-ni la2 tu3-s,i2 | they will place. You will not go out with us. |
| 12 | s,u2-hu-ur-ka3 / a-na | your ṣūru-garment for |
| 13 | u2-ri-im / ka3-szu-ud | (Sum) The city, he is defeated. (Akk) I am defeated. |
| 14 | tu3-la2-ka3 / i-a-ti2 | “I am the one who is to be sated, |
| 15 | ta-asz2-hu-ut-ma / u2 i-na | you tremble, and in |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ri-im / s,u2-uh3-ri-ma | “Fear of the enemy, and |
| 2 | a-zu-ab2 / a-szur3 u3 a-szu-ri-tum | the physician of Assur and Assyria |
| 3 | usz-ta-na-u2-du-ka3 / | will keep you alive forever. |
| 4 | um-ma szu-nu-ma la2-am-na-tim | Thus (says) their mother: |
| 5 | i-na li-bi4-szu e-ta-wu | in his heart he has sinned |
| 6 | li-bu-szu la2 isz-ru-ni-ku-um | (Sum) He did not give you a libation bowl (Akk) His libations bowl was not given to you |
| 7 | qa2-su2 na-ba2-al-ku-ta-at | his hand is swollen, |
| 8 | ka2-la2 a-wa-tim sza i3-li2 | all the words of the gods |
| 9 | e-ta-wu-ni-ku-um a-wa-tim | I have spoken to you, words |
| 10 | sza be-ti2-ni / a-di2 a-su2-ri-ma | of our lord until I have returned, and |
| 11 | ta-am-ti2-szi2 um-ma _dingir_-lu-ma | the sea, thus the gods: |
| 12 | a-wa-ti2-ni u2-la2 im-tu3-a | his word has ceased, |
| 13 | a-pu-tum a-wa-at | “Apotropaic ritual, the word |
| 14 | i3-li2 / u2-s,u2-ur | the god who keeps watch over |
| 15 | szu-ma la2 ta-s,u2-ur | If you do not keep watch, |
| 16 | ta-ha-li-iq i-na | you will destroy. In |
| 17 | pa2-ni-tim | the former |
| left | ||
| 1 | lu-mu-un li-bi4-a ma-ad u3 li-ba-ka3 | The lord, the ... of the land and of the city |
| 2 | i-de8 / um-ma a-na-ku-ma u3-um-szu-ma s,a-he-er | he knows, thus I: “As for him, he is a ṣāḫer. |
| 3 | u3 a-wa-at i3-li2 isz-te2-me li-ba-ka3 | and the word that my god heard, may it come to you. |
| 4 | la2 u2-la-mi3-in | he did not remove, |
Sources & licences
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