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TCL 20, 094 (P357660)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357660 |
| Museum no. | AO 08243 |
| 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 | Thus Assur-idi: |
| 2 | a-na a-szur3-na-da qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Assur-nada, |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ ma-la2 | 1 mina of silver |
| 4 | na-asz2-a-ti2-ni szu-ma | he is our guarantor. |
| 5 | sa3-ah-ra-ti2 / a-na sze2-ni-szu | the saḫarātu-offerings for his own use |
| 6 | ma-ha-as,-ma | shall be seized, and |
| 7 | mi3-isz-lam / i-pa2-ni-im-ma | “What is it that makes you look at me? |
| 8 | sze2-bi-lam u3 szi-tam2 | send me! And the truth! |
| 9 | i-wa-ar-ki-u2-tim | Iwākītum, |
| 10 | sze2-bi-lam / a-di2 sa3-ah-ra-ti2-ni | Send me as much as my request! |
| 11 | szi2-ma-am / la-asz2-a-ma | there is no fate, and |
| 12 | lu-ta-e-ra-ku-ma _ku3-babbar_ | I shall return, and the silver |
| 13 | 1(disz) _gin2_ li-bi-it szu-ma | 1 shekel is its deficit. |
| 14 | ha-ra-ka3 / mi3-ma | In the quay, what? |
| 15 | la tu3-sze2-ba-la2-am i-na | Do not send me! |
| 16 | sze2-pi2-ka3-ma _ku3-babbar_ bi-lam | he will measure out, and the silver he shall pay. |
| 17 | mi3-nam / te2-ta-na-pa2-asz2 | Why do you keep searching for him? |
| 18 | sza _dingir_ / la u2-szu-ru-szu? | that the god did not grant to him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-ra-ka3 / ka3-bu-tu3-ma | and the Araŋa |
| 2 | tu3-ka3-ba-at | you will seal. |
| 3 | a-wa-at / _dingir hi-a_ | the word of a god |
| 4 | ta-am-ti2-szi2-i / a-na | the Sea to |
| 5 | mi3-nim a-wa-at _dingir hi-a_ | whatever the word of a god |
| 6 | la ka3-ab2-ta!-ni-ku-um | not to bind you |
| 7 | u3-um-szu-ma / s,a-ah-ra-ti2 | “If he is a fugitive, |
| 8 | a-na-ku a-na ma-nim | I to the land |
| 9 | a#-[da]-gal a-na ma-nim e-zi-ib | I will go as far as the netherworld. |
| 10 | a-wa-ti2-ka3 / i-di3 | your words I know. |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ i-na s,a-al-e | the silver in the harvest |
| 12 | la tu-usz-te2-ne2-ba-al-ma | do not abandon him, and |
| 13 | u3 ka3-ru-um sza-du-a-tam2 | and the šadūtum-gift |
| 14 | la il-ta-na-qe2 a-na mi3-nim | Why did he not take it? |
| 15 | isz-tu3 / _mu 6(disz):sze3_ | from the 6th year |
| 16 | i3-li2-a-lum2 a-ma-kam | Ilī-alum is mine, |
| 17 | wa-sza-ab2-ma ta-ta-kal2-szu | “Will he stay, and you will feed him? |
| 18 | a-di2-ma-a / i-mu-tu3 | until he dies |
| 19 | a-pu-tum i-pa2-ni-u2-ti2-ma | the apsûtu-demon opened up, and |
| 20 | t,u3-ur-da-szu | his ṭurdašu |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 s,u2-ha-ar-tam2 / li-ir-de8-am szu-ma | and ṣuḫartam may he bring, that |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu i-ka3-ni-isz{ki} i-ba-szi2 | his silver Ikaniš there is |
| 3 | u2!-ta-ar-szu-um t,u3-ur-da-szu | his ṭurdānum plant |
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