TCL 20, 187 (P357753)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 20, 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357753 |
| Museum no. | AO 09328 |
| 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 | 7(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 7(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 7 1/2 minas 7 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 2 | a-szur3-be-el-a-wa-tim _dumu_ pa2-na-ka3 | Assur-bēl-awati, son of Panaka |
| 3 | 3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ szu-ku-bu-um _dumu_-szu | 3 minas 15 shekels, Šukubum, his son |
| 4 | 1(u) 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 _dumu_ a-mur!-dingir | 11 minas 15 shekels, Assur-imitti son of Amur-ili |
| 5 | 8(disz) _ma-na_ a-mur-esz18-dar szesz-szu | 8 minas of Amur-Ishtar, his brother |
| 6 | 2(u) 1(disz) 5/6(disz) _ma-na_ 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ pu-szu-ke-en6 | 21 5/6 minas 2 1/2 shekels of pushu-kēn, |
| 7 | 2(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ il5-ba-ni _dumu_ i-ku-nim | 25 minas: Ilbani, son of Ikunum; |
| 8 | 1(u) _ma-na_ a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 _dumu_ en-na-nim | 10 minas Assur-imitti, son of Ennanim |
| 9 | 2(disz) [ma-na ...]-x | 2 minas ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ [a-szur-du10 x x] | 1 mina 15 shekels, Ashur-ṭāb ... |
| 2' | _dumu_ e-na-za 1(u) 3(disz) _ma-na_ a-li-li | son of Enaza, 13 minas of alili |
| 3' | 8(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ mar-tu-ba-ni | 8 1/3 minas of Amurru-bani |
| 4' | 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 8(disz) _gin2_ a-al-du10 | 1 mina 18 shekels, Aldu |
| 5' | _dumu_ a-na-li2 8(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ | son of Ana-li, 8 1/2 minas |
| 6' | na-bi4-su2-en6 _dumu_ {d}AB-ba-ni | Nabi-Suen, son of Xerxes |
| 7' | 5(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na dumu_ a-ta!-a-a | 5 2/3 minas, the son of Ataya |
| 8' | 6(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na dumu_ a-ta-a-a | 6 2/3 minas, the son of Ataya |
| 9' | _dumu_ szu-be-lim | son of Šubelim |
| 10' | _szunigin_ 4(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na la2_ 1/2(disz) _gin2_ | total: 4 talents 28 1/3 minas less 1/2 shekels |
| 11' | pu-ru-um | |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza pu-szu-ke-en6 | of Pušuken |
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