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TCL 21, 269 (P357835)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 21, 269 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357835 |
| Museum no. | AO 09340 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| 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 | ha-nu-nu _dumu_ ge6-li-esz18-dar | Hanunu, son of Gēl-Ištar |
| 2 | a-na la2-qe2-ep _dumu ir_ | to take the son of Ir |
| 3 | is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma um-ma | seized me, thus |
| 4 | ha-nu-nu a-na la2-qe2-ep-ma | Hanunu to take, and |
| 5 | 2(disz){szi2-ta} ra-qa2-tim _sag10_-tim | 2 šitātu of red wool |
| 6 | a-na _ir_-dim / a-bi4-ka3 | to Irdim, your father |
| 7 | sza-zu-uz2-ti2-ma / szu-ut | “Ša-zuztīmâ (means) |
| 8 | u2-sze2-bi-la2-szu-um-ma / um-ma | I sent to him, thus |
| 9 | a-na-ku-ma / t,up-pi2-i | I and my tablet |
| 10 | sza 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | of 1 mina of silver |
| 11 | sza sza-at-esz18-dar _dam_ a-szur-tak2-la2-ku | belonging to Šāt-Ištar, wife of Assur-taklāku, |
| 12 | tal-pu-tu3-ni sze2-s,i2-a-am | he has sinned, |
| 13 | t,up-pi3-i / isz-ti2 sza-at-esz18-dar | Tablet from Šat-Ištar. |
| 14 | u2-sze2-s,i2-a-am isz-tu3 | he brought out, from |
| 15 | a-bu-ka3 / i-mu-tu3-ni | the father who bore him |
| 16 | a-li-kam-ma | come, and |
| 17 | as,-ba-at-ka3-ma | I have seized you, and |
| 18 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,up-pi3-i / sza isz-ti2 | A tablet from |
| 2 | sza-at-esz18-dar / a-bu-ka3 | Šāt-Ištar, the father, |
| 3 | u2-sze2-s,i2-a-ni di2-nam | shall bring out, a verdict |
| 4 | um-ma la2-qe2-ep-ma ke-na | Thus (says) La-qēp-ma. True |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am / a-bi-i | Tablet of my father. |
| 6 | u2-sze2-s,i2-a-ma / i-na | he brought out and in |
| 7 | ta-ma-la2-ki sza a-bi4-a | you will carry. Of my father |
| 8 | sza-ki-in / ha-ra-ni | who establishes the rites |
| 9 | a-na za-al-pa2 / t,up-pa2-ka3 i-na | For the clearing of your tablet, in |
| 10 | tu3-a-ri-a / a-da-na-kum | I will give you back to me. |
| 11 | me-er-u2 / sza-at-esz18-dar | Meru of Šāt-Ištar. |
| 12 | e-mu-qa2-tam2 / is,-bu-tu3-ni-ma | the strength seized me, and |
| 13 | t,up-pa2-am / e-mu-qa2-tam2 | A tablet of wisdom. |
| 14 | e-ta-at,-ru-ni a-na | they have sent to me. |
| 15 | a-wa-tim / a-ni-a-tim | the words of the heavens |
| 16 | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz3 _dumu gal_ | Karum Kaniš, the great son |
| 17 | i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma _igi gir2_ | gave to me, and the eye of a sword |
| 18 | sza a-szur szi2-bu-ti2-ni ni-di2-in | of Assur, our witnesses, we gave. |
| 19 | _igi_ ir-ad-a-szur _dumu_ szi2-a-im | before Era-Assur, son of Šīm |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ a-szur-ma-lik _dumu_ a-zi-a _igi_ sza-ma-a | before Ashur-malik, son of Aziya, before Šamaya |
| 2 | _dumu_ puzur4-esz18-dar a-n-ah-i3-li _dumu_ du10-s,i2-la2-a-szur | son of Puzur-Ištar Anah-ili son of Duṣilli-Assur |
| 3 | tap-pa-i-ni | our companions |
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