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TCL 20, 154 (P357720)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357720 |
| Museum no. | AO 08291 |
| 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> _tug2 sag10_ i-sza | <...> a red garment she carried |
| 2 | sze2-pi2-a a-di2-i | šēpî-plant until |
| 3 | 5(disz) _tug2-ta_ ur-ka3-num | 5 garments, Ur-kanum; |
| 4 | isz-tap-ku-ma 4(u) 5(disz) _tug2_ | they sent, and 45 garments |
| 5 | qa2-at-ka3 a-di2-i | your hand until |
| 6 | a-di2-ni a-_ku3-babbar_ | until the silver |
| 7 | la2 ta-u2-ru | not to return. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sza3-ba_ 7(disz) _tug2_ me-ra-ka3 | therefrom: 7 meraka-garments, |
| 2 | i-di2-nam | he gave. |
| 3 | 9(disz) _tug2_ ka3-s,a-ar | 9 kashar-garments, |
| 4 | esz18-dar-pi2-la2-ah | Ešdar-pilaḫ |
| 5 | i-di2-nam szi2-ti2 _tug2#_-[ba-ti2-a] | he will give. The life of my garment |
| 6 | 9(disz) _tug2_ i-li-bi4-ka3 | 9 garments of Ilī-bika, |
| 7 | i-na e-la2 _tug2#_-[ba-ti2-szu] | from above his garments |
| 8 | a-la2-qe2 | I will take. |
Sources & licences
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