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TCL 20, 104 (P357670)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357670 |
| Museum no. | AO 09381 |
| 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 | 1(disz) [...] | 1 ... |
| 2 | um-ma a-du-u2# [...] | Thus says ... |
| 3 | u3 i-ku-pi2-a-ma | and he sinned, and |
| 4 | i-na u2-la2-ma wa-asz2-[ba-ni] | when he has weighed out |
| 5 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3 | the one who multiplies your extispicies, |
| 6 | _uruda_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ ni-da-szum#! | we shall give the copper for silver. |
| 7 | [ni]-ta-be2-ma ni-ta-la2-[ak] | We spoke, we went. |
| 8 | [x] u2 _ansze_ sza i-za-zu-[...] | ... and donkeys that ... |
| 9 | [x-x]-da-ti [...] | ...dati ... |
| 10 | _ku3#-babbar_ [...] | Silver ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x] _ma-na uruda_ | x minas of copper |
| 2 | [a]-na qa2-ti2 usz-na-ni | into a hand he has bound |
| 3 | ni-di3-in | he did not give. |
| 4 | 1(disz) _ansze_ i-ra-de8-u2-ni-kum | 1 donkey he will bring to you |
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