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TCL 20, 120 (P357686)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357686 |
| Museum no. | AO 09295 |
| 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 en-nam-be-li | to Ennam-beli |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | a-szur3.du10-ma | Ašur-duma |
| 4 | aq-bi-a-kum! um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I said to you thus: |
| 5 | zi?-ki? t,ur4-dam | “Your(?) face is a ṭurdam(?) |
| 6 | zi?-ki? la2 ta-t,a2-ra-dam | You should not bring your life to an end |
| 7 | a-na isz-ma-{d}iszkur | to Išma-Addu |
| 8 | 5(disz) _ma-na an-na_ | 5 minas of lead |
| 9 | u3 sa3-he-er-tam2 | and Saḫertam |
| 10 | sza 2(disz) _gin2_ <sza> aq-bi-a-ku-ni | of 2 shekels that I said to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | di2-szu-ma li-li-kam | May his judgment come to an end! |
| 2 | li-sza-nam [(x x x)] | may he proclaim ...... |
| 3 | i-sza-me / isz-ti2-a | he will hear. From |
| 4 | li-li-kam | may he go! |
| 5 | te2-er-ta-ka3 / ar-hi-isz | your extispicy quickly |
| 6 | li-ik-szu-da-ni | may he achieve. |
| 7 | szu-ma / la2 ik-szu-da-ni | If he does not agree |
| 8 | ma-la ta-aq-bi4-a-ni | as much as you said |
| 9 | e-pa-asz | he shall do. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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