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TCL 21, 271 (P357837)

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

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Designation	TCL 21, 271
ID	P357837
Museum no.	AO 08268
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	a-la-hu-um a-na ku-zi-zi-a	Alaḫum to Kuzizia
2	i-na ka3-ni-isz{ki}	in Kaniš
3	is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma um-ma	seized me, thus
4	a-la-hu-um-ma a-na ku-zi-zi-a-ma	Alaḫum to Kuzizia
5	i-na _e2_-ti2-ka3 i-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na	in your house, in her possession
6	lu _ku3-babbar_-pi2 lu _ku3-sig17_-s,i2	either silver or gold
7	lu ka3-sa3-tum sza ik-ri!-bi!-a	or the kasātum of my prayers
8	lu t,up-pu lu sa3-he-er-ti	either a tablet or a letter
9	lu ki-ta-a-tum ib-szi2-u2	or the kīttu-priestess they created,
10	ba-a-am szu-ma a-szi2-i _e-gal_-lum2	“Who is it that is the palace’s owner?
11	i-na _e2#_{be2#-ti2#}-ka3# im#-szu#-uh3	in the E-ti-ka he was seized
13	a-lik-ma _e2-gal_-lam [e-ra-ab2] _ku3-babbar_ [u2]	go and the palace enter. Silver and grass
14	a-szi2-i i-na _e2-gal_-[lim la2]-al#-qe2#!-[ma]	I shall take her in the palace, and
15	lu-sze2-s,i2 um-ma ku-zi#-[zi-a-ma]	I will bring out, thus Kuzizia:
16	u2-la2 a-la-ak [a-na-pi2-isz]-ti2-[a]	I will go to Ana-pishtia.
17	pa2-al-ha#-[ku-ma la2 e-ra-ab2]	I am afraid, but I will not enter.
18	i-tu3-ur#-[ma iq-bi]	returned and said:
19	szu-ma a-na# [wa-ah-szu-sza-na]	if to her husband
20	a-na e-ra-[bi-im a-na-pi2-isz-ti2-ka3]	to enter your womb
21	pa2-al-ha-ti2 [a-ta]	“Why are you angry with me?
reverse
1	a-na wa-la2-ma isz-[ti2-a]	for the remainder of my life
2	la2-ar-di2-ka3-ma i-na# [wa-la2-ma]	I shall give to you, and in the wailing
3	isz-ti2 ra-bi si2-ka3-tim	together with the chief of the sikku-officials
4	sza u2-la2-ma ra-bi-s,a-am	that he had made large,
5	le-ri-sza-ku-ma ra-bi4-s,u2-[um]	I am a great hero
6	sza _gal_ si2-ki-tim sza u2-la2-[ma]	of the chief of the wool that he trimmed and
7	a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na	to their fathers
8	lu-sze2-ri-ib-ni-a-ti2-ma	let me send to you, and
9	li-ip-qi2-id-ka3-ma a-[szi2-i]	may he entrust to you, and she
10	isz-ti2 _e2-gal_-lim la2-al-qe2#	I took from the palace.
11	u3 a-na ma-ma isz-tu3	and to anyone from
12	wa-ah-szu-sza-na lu-sze2-s,i2-a-ka3	let me bring out her limbs,
13	um-ma ku-zi-zi-a-ma u2-la2	Kuzizia speaks thus:
14	a-la2-ak szu-ma ta-pa2-li-la2-ni	“I will go and you will praise me,
15	pi2-la2-ni-ma la2-at-ma-a-kum	“Open my mouth to you,
16	mi3-ma i-na a-szi2-i-ka3 a-na-ku!	whatever from your presence I
17	u2-la2 al-qe2-u2 u2 a-lik-ma	I took, and went, and
18	a-szi2-a-ka3 sze2-e a-na ma-la2	“My wife, how much barley does she weigh out?
19	t,up-pi2-im sza di2-in	A tablet from a judge
20	a-lim!{ki} _igi gir2_ sza a-szur	Bison, the eye of the sword of Assur
21	szi2-bu-ta-asz2-nu sza _GAN2_-lim	their rations of the field
left
1	im-di2-dingir u3 pu-szu-ke-en6 i-di2-nu	Imdi-ilum and Pušu-kēnu gave

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