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TCL 20, 131 (P357697)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357697 |
| Museum no. | AO 08266 |
| 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 | [x x] x x-t,a2-ar-da-ma | ...-ṭardama |
| 2 | u2 szu-ma-mi3-in | and Šuma-min |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na te2-er-ti2-ka2 _ku3-babbar_ mi3-ma | at your return the silver, whatever |
| 2 | ne2-pu-usz u2-la2 _dam-gar3_-ka3 | to do, the slave of your merchant |
| 3' | nu-sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma-mi3-in | we shall make perfect for you. |
| 4' | al-qe2-ma u2-sze-bi-lam | I took and sent to him. |
| 5' | a-bi a-ta be-li2 a-ta _ku3-babbar_-pu | Father, father, my lord, father silver |
| 6' | da-nu-u2 sza szu-be-lim a-di2 u4!-mi3-im | Anu, whose name is Šubelim, as long as he lives |
| 7' | a-ni-im i-ta-na-pi3-li-ni | This (is) what it is that he has done to me. |
| 8' | la2 ta-pa2-al-szu _ku3-sig17_ | you shall not remove the gold. |
| 9' | i-na ba-ab ma-hi-ri-im | at the disposal of the heirs |
| 10' | i-la2-qa2-at u2 szu-ul-mu-um | he will take, and health |
| 11' | a-di2 5(disz) u4-me-e i-sza-qal#? | for 5 days he will weigh out. |
| 12' | x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x-pa2#-[at-ma] | ... ... and |
| 2 | u2-[sze2-ba-lam] | he shall deliver. |
| 3 | u2 te2-er-ti2 za-ku-tum i-la2-kam | and the tērītu-offering is cleared. |
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