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TCL 20, 109 (P357675)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357675 |
| Museum no. | AO 09281 |
| 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 | a-na e-di2-na-a | to give |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | ra-bi-a-szur3-ma | Rabi-Assur |
| 4 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | you wrote me. |
| 5 | um-ma a-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 6 | t,a2-ab2-ti2 su-ma | a sweet fragrance, |
| 7 | 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta_ di2-na-szi2 | 1/2 shekel each she shall weigh out, |
| 8 | szu-ma la2 ki-am | “He is not, thus |
| 9 | li-ib-szi2 u2-la2 | he smote. |
| 10 | ti2-i-de8-e ma-num | the tīde’s of Anum, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza a-na-kam _ku3-babbar_ | that as a pledge silver |
| 2 | 1(u) _gin2_ u2-la2 5(disz) _gin2_ | 10 shekels ..., 5 herkels |
| 3 | i-sza-qu2-lu | they will eat. |
| 4 | t,a2-ab2-ta-ka3 | of good fortune |
| 5 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3 | the one who multiplies your extispicies, |
| 6 | i-ba-szi2 | there is |
Sources & licences
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