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TCL 20, 103 (P357669)

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

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Designation	TCL 20, 103
ID	P357669
Museum no.	AO 08256
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 esz18-dar-la2-ma-si2-ma	thus Ištar-lamassi:
2	u3 ra-bi-tum	and the chief
3	a-na i-ku-pi3-a qi2-bi4-ma	Speak to Ikūpūa:
4	sza-ta-am / la2 ta-me-a	“Why do you not know my name?
5	ku-a-am / la2 e-ri-isz-ka3	“It is mine, not yours,
6	ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti2-ma	you gave me, and
7	sze2-bi4-lam / a-ta	Send! From the water!
8	u2 a-hu-ka3 / am-tam2	The plants of Aḫu ...
reverse
1	sze2-ri-a-nim / am-tam2	The šeriānu birds
2	me-ta-at / i-na wa-ar-ki-<<wa-ki>>-a-tim	<(If) it is suitable> in the future,
3	ha-za-ba a-la2-qe2	I will take the granary.
4	pe3-ta-at _diri_-tim	a descendant of the distant
5	a-ma e a-sa3-hu-ur	“Woe, I want to return!’
6	me-er-at-ka3	of Merat,
7	a-ni sze2-ri-am	his son, in the morning
8	ki-a mi3-ma <<mi3>> lu-sze2-bi4-lam	On earth, let me send whatever I want.
left
1	s,u2-uh3-ru-um	ṣūḫurum
2	ma-ad li-bu-um	the land of Libūm

Sources & licences

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