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TCL 20, 181 (P357747)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 181 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357747 |
| Museum no. | AO 08276 |
| 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(u) na-ru-uq _gig_ | 10 (pieces of) narūqu-silver |
| 2 | a-la2-hi-num _gal_ | the great Alaḫīnum |
| 3 | 6(disz) na-ru-uq _sze_-um | 6 narūqu of barley |
| 4 | _ki_ da-la2-asz2 sza-pi3-ri-im | from Alaš, the scribal apprentice |
| 5 | 2(disz) na-ru-uq _sze_-um | 2 narūqu-measures of grain |
| 6 | u3 szi2-im 7(disz) na-ru-uq | and the price of 7 narūqu-garments |
| 7 | _sze_-im i-li-bi | the barley of the gods |
| 8 | a-zu _gudu4_ sza a-na | the physician, the gudug priest who to |
| 9 | 3(u) 3(disz) na-ru-uq | 33 narūqu, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 3(disz) _dug sza3-ba_ | and 3 pots of šaba-beer |
| 2 | 1(u) na-ru-uq _gig_ | 10 (pieces of) narūqu-silver |
| 3 | _ki_ ku-tu3-pi2-isz | from Kutupiš |
| 4 | 1(disz) na-ru-uq ba-pi2-ru-um | 1 narūqu-vessel of the apirum-plant, |
| 5 | _ki_ pe3-ru-a da-da-ni-a-i-im | from Perua, the fathers |
| 6 | 1(disz) _dug_ bu-uq-lum2 _ki_ du-du | 1 jug of buqlum-beer with Dudu |
| 7 | 1(disz) na-<ru-uq> 3(disz) _dug_ bu-uq-lum2 | 1 nacruq-vessel, 3 pots of buqlum-beer, |
| 8 | 3(disz) _dug sze_-im _ki_ me-er-e | 3 pots of barley with cedar, |
| 9 | zu-ur-zu-ur 9(disz) _gin2_ | zuurzur 9 shekels |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar ki_ a-sza-at _gal_ si2-[se2-e] | silver from the great field of Sisê |
| 11 | 1(u) na-ru-uq | 10 (pieces of) carnelian |
| left | ||
| 1 | bu-uq-lum2 me-at 4(u) ba-pi3-ri | “Burning-of-the-mound, 100 (shekels of) pomegranates |
| 2 | _ki!_ ku-ra u2 a-szur-du10 | from Kura and Assur-ṭāb |
| 3 | i-ta-ma _ki gal_ si2-se2-e | he saw and the great place of sisê |
Sources & licences
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