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TCL 20, 161 (P357727)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	TCL 20, 161
ID	P357727
Museum no.	AO 09333
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) _tug2_ lu-bu-szu-um pa2-s,i2-um	1 lubušum garment, resplendent,
2	sza a-sa3-nim 2(disz) _tug2_ lu-bu-szi2	of Asanum 2 lubušši garments
3	sza puzur4-a-szur3 a-ru-ba-tim i-szi2-i	of Puzriš-Assur, he received.
4	1(disz) _tug2_ us2!-mu-um i-nu-mi3 a-na	1 usmum-garment at that time to
5	_e2_ mu-s,i2-im iq-ru-u2-szu-ni	the house of the harvest he presented to him,
6	a-ka3-ri-im la2-bu-szi2-im	“Akāru-disease, labušīm,
7	1(disz) _tug2 sag10_ i-sza _dumu_ i-na-a	1 red garment, Iša son of Inâ
8	i-nu-mi3 i-be-tim	at that time,
9	isz-ti2-u2 a-di2-szu-um	together with him
reverse
1	2(disz) _tug2_ sza 1(u) 4(disz) _gin2-ta_	2 garments of 14 shekels each
2	sza ah-sza-lim i-nu-mi3	that Aḫšalim at that time
3	um-ma-na u2 a-sza-su2	the master and his wife
4	a-si2-u2 tal-qe2-e	you have taken as a loan.

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