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TTC 12 (P357857)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TTC 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357857 |
| Museum no. | AO 10371 |
| 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 | um-ma en-na-num | Thus Enanum: |
| 2 | a-na puzur4-esz18-dar | to Puzur-Ištar |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma a-na-kam i-na | Speak! Here, in |
| 4 | sza-ha-at s,u2-ha-ri-ka3 | the šaḫāt of your hair, |
| 5 | a-zi-iz-ma a-hi-id-ma | I stood, and I counted, and |
| 6 | ki-ma ku-a-ti2 t,up-pa2-am | Like a gift, a tablet |
| 7 | sza szi2-bi4 da-nu-tim | of the life of Anu |
| 8 | al-qe2-a-ku-um | I took. |
| 9 | t,up-pa2-am kur-ub-esz18-dar | Tablet of Kur-ub-ištar. |
| 10 | u2-ka3-al um-ma | he will hold, thus |
| 11 | a-na-ku-ma bi4-lam | I am a bīlam |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu ni-ik-nu-uk-ma | we sealed, and |
| 2 | ku-nu-ki-a bi4-la2 | he filled the knuckle. |
| 3 | um-ma szu-ut-ma u2-la2 a-da-na-szu-um | Thus (says) his father: |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 ku-zi-zi-a | my name is kuzizia |
| 5 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 | a message |
| 6 | ta-asz2-pu-la2-am | you wrote me, |
| 7 | na-asz2-pe3-er-ta-ka3 | of the sacrificial sheep |
| 8 | mi3-ma u2-la2 | whatever ula-disease |
| 9 | u2-sza-asz2-me-u2-ni | shall make known, |
| 10 | t,up-pa2-am kur-ub-esz18-dar | Tablet of Kur-ub-ištar. |
| 11 | sza szi2-bi4 | of šibi |
| left | ||
| 1 | na-szi2 | he took. |
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