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TTC 10 (P357855)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TTC 10 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357855 |
| Museum no. | AO 10369 |
| 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 | a-na i-na-a | to Inâ |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-<ma> il5-ba-ni-ma | Speak! Thus (says) Ilbani: |
| 3 | a-na-kam | Why? |
| 4 | dingir-szu-gal _dumu_ en-nam-a-szur | Ilu-šugal, son of Ennam-Assur |
| 5 | _dam-gar3_-ri-ka3 | your merchant |
| 6 | me-et lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _an-na_ | dead or silver or tin |
| 7 | lu lu-qu2-su2 sza 1(u) _ma-na_ | or a substitute for 10 minas |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ e-zi-ib | the silver he shall leave. |
| 9 | a-ma-kam sza ki-ma <ku-a-ti2> | “It is a word that like a net |
| 10 | a-na a-wi-ti2-ka3 | to your husband |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | na-ah-du | |
| 2 | _dub_ sza ka3-ri-im | tablet of the kāru |
| 3 | ka3-ni-isz le-qe2-ma | Take it all together, and |
| 4 | u2 te2-er-ta-ka3 | and the tērta plant |
| 5 | da-nu-tu3-um | Anu-tum |
| 6 | a-na s,e2-ri-a | to the steppe |
| 7 | u2 sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 | and the one who like a cow |
| 8 | u2 ka3-su2-a _dumu_ | and Kasua, son |
| 9 | en-nam-a-szur | Ennam-Assur, |
| 10 | li-li-kam-ma | let him come, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | mi3-li-ik _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 | the payment of your silver |
| 2 | mi3-li-ik | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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