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TCL 20, 165 (P357731)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357731 |
| Museum no. | AO 08627 |
| 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 | 2(disz) _ma-na an-na_ lu ma-s,a-ra#-[tim] | 2 minas of tin, either guarded |
| 2 | lu _e2_ wa-ab2-ri lu u2-ku-ul-ti2 | or a house of slaves or slave women |
| 3 | _ansze_ isz-tu3 ka3-ni-isz | a donkey from the granary |
| 4 | a-di2 wa-asz2-ha-ni-a ag-mu-ur | as far as Wašḫania I will conquer. |
| 5 | 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) _gin2# an-na_ ni#-is#-ha#-tim | 1/3 mina 1 shekel of tin, nishtum |
| 6 | _e2-gal_-lum2 il5#-[qe2 n] _ma#-na#_ ka3#-szum | the palace he took; n minas is the price |
| 7 | il5-qe2 9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma#-[na _an]-na_ isz#-tu3#? | took 9 1/2 minas of lead from |
| 8 | a-lim{ki} il5-qe2 1/3(disz)# _ma#-na uruda#_ | Bison he took. 1/3 mina of copper |
| 9 | a-na ra#-bi4#-s,i2#-im# 1(u) _ma-na uruda_ | for the chief of trade 10 minas of copper |
| 10 | x [x] _e2#_ wa-bi-ri u3#? [u2]-ku-ul-ti2 | ... the house of the slave and the slave woman |
| 11 | _ansze_ isz#-tu2 usz-ha-ni-a | a donkey from Ushhaniya |
| 12 | a-di2 ni-na-sza-a ag-mu-ur | as far as Ninaša I will conquer. |
| 13 | 1/3(disz)# _ma-na_ 4(disz) _gin2 an-na_ | 1/3 mina 4 shekels of tin |
| 14 | _e2-gal_-lum2 ni-is-ha-tim | the palace of rejoicing |
| 15 | il5-qe2 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 an-na_ be-el a-lim{ki} il5-qe2 | 15 shekels of tin the lord of the city he took. |
| 16 | 1(u) 1/2(disz) _gin2# an-na_ ka3-szu-um | 10 1/2 shekels of tin for Kasum |
| 17 | x-x-ru-um u3# be-el# ha-ti2#-tim | ... and the lord of Hatti |
| 18 | il5-qe2-u2 2(disz) _ma-na uruda#_ a-na | took, 2 minas of copper to |
| 19 | ra-bi4-s,i2-im 1(u) _ma-na_ | the chief accountant, 10 minas |
| 20 | lu isz-pa2-da-lu lu u2-ku#-ul#-ti2# | may they be smeared, may they have eaten |
| 21 | _ansze_ u3 _e2_ wa-bi4-ri | a donkey and a house of slaves |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | isz-tu3 ni-na-sza-a a-na | from Nineveh to |
| 2 | u2-la2-ma ag-mu-ur | he shall pay back in full. |
| 3 | 5(disz) _ma-na uruda_ ka3-szu-um il5-qe2 | 5 minas of copper, Kasum took. |
| 4 | 1(u) _ma-na uruda_ ra-bi3-s,u2-um il5-qe2 | 10 minas of large copper he took. |
| 5 | 1(u) _ma-na uruda e2_ wa-bi4-ri | 10 minas of copper for the house of Wabiri |
| 6 | 1(u) _ma-na uruda_ u2-ku-ul-ti2 _ansze_ | 10 minas of copper, feed for a donkey |
| 7 | 3(u) _ma-na uruda_ a-na pa2-zu-ur-tim | 30 minas of copper for the torch |
| 8 | isz-tu3 u2-la2-ma a-di2 | from ... until |
| 9 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim ag-mu-ur | “Burušḫātum, I am smitten, |
| 10 | 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na uruda_ ig-ri _e2_-tim | 15 minas of copper, the hire of a house |
| 11 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ u2-ku-ul-ti2 | 2 minas of refined silver |
| 12 | u3 u2-ku-ul-ti2 s,u2-ha-ri-i | and the ṣuḫarû-garment, |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2-ta_ u3 1(disz) _ma-na-ta uruda_ | 1 shekel of silver and 1 mina of copper |
| 14 | a-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im sza-du-a-tam2 | to the house of the šadūtum-official |
| 15 | a-di2-in 8(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-ni | 8 kutani-garments |
| 16 | a-na me-tu3-um ha-sza-at | for the “disease of the heart" (= Enūma Anu Enlil 48 unknown) |
| 17 | _e2_ ka3-ri-im il5-qe2-u2 | the granary they took |
| 18 | 1(u) 2(disz) _ma-na an-na_ mu-t,a2 | 12 minas of tin, deficit |
| 19 | bi4-la2-tim 2(disz) _ma-na uruda#_ | two minas of copper |
| 20 | a-na 1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ a#-na# | for 1/2 mina to |
| 21 | _e2_ ka3-ri-im a-di2-in | the granary I gave. |
| left | ||
| 1 | 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ isz-tu2 ka3-ni-isz a-di2 wa-asz2-ha-ni-a | 1/3 mina of silver from the kašḫanīyu-factory until I received it |
| 2 | a-sza bi4-la2-tim a-di2-in 1(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | the field Bilatum I gave 17 1/3 shekels of silver |
| 3 | isz-tu2 wa-asz2-ha-ni-a a-di2 u2-la2-ma | from Wašḫaniya to Ulama |
| 4 | a-sza bi4-la2-tim u3 mu-qa2-ri-bi4-a | field Bilatum and Muqaribiya, |
| 5 | a-di2-in | I gave. |
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