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TTC 14 (P357859)

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

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Designation	TTC 14
ID	P357859
Museum no.	AO 10373
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 a-szur3-na-da qi2-bi4-ma	Speak to Assur-nada,
2	um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma i-na	Ilī-alum speaks thus:
3	t,up-pi3-ka3 7(u) 2(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu la2-ap2-tu3	72 kutānu-garments, missing;
4	la-ma ne2-ru-ba-ni / ni-im-nu-szu-nu-ma	When we entered, we surrounded them, and
5	7(u) 1(disz) _tug2_ 1(disz) _tug2_ ba-ti2-iq _sza3-ba_	71 garments, 1 batiq-garment
6	2(disz) _tug2_ a-bar-ni-u2 a-szu-mi3 ni-ka3-si2-ka3	2 abarnû-garments for Ašumi, the ni-kasiŋ priest
7	sza-ha-tim / am-hu-ur-szu-nu-ma	I confronted them in battle, and
8	um-ma szu-nu-ma / u2-la2 i-sza-ha-at	Thus they: “If he does not, he will be seized.
9	i-za-az qa2-ta-am li-isz-ku-un	May he place (them) in my hand.
10	mi3-szu sza um-ma a-ta-ma a-szar	What is it that you say: Where
11	pa2-na-i-a / a-sza-pa2-ra-kum	I will send to you.
12	szu-ma a-ta-ma / a-na pu-ru-usz-ha-tim	“Why did you turn into a frightened man?‭
13	ha-ra-ka3-ma _uruda_-i-ni a-na	may he return, and our copper to
14	_ku3-babbar_ tu3-ta-ar u3 a-na-ku	the silver you shall return, and I
15	a-na-kam _tug2_-ti2-ka3 ku-ba-ri	thus your garment is a kubaru garment
16	szu-ma a-ma-kam ta-ga-mi3-<il5>	“He is my mother, you have raised me.‭
17	_tug2_-ti2-ka3 e-zi-ib-ma a-na	leave your garment, and to
18	pu-ru-usz-ha-tim _uruda_-i-ni	a copper arrowhead
19	u3-sze2-ra-ab2 szu-ma re-esz15	he will bring it to you. Hand of the shepherd
reverse
1	da-asz2-e isz-te2-en	he has sworn it.
2	i-ba-ri-ni la2 e-ru-ub	he did not enter.
3	ne2-ma-lam / u2-la2 ni-ra-<szi2>	The neŋalam priestess, alas, her love-making
4	2(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_ <_ku3-babbar_> s,a-ru-pa2-am	27 1/3 minas 5 shekels of refined silver
5	a-mur-a-szur3 i-di2-a-bu-um a-na	Amur-Assur and Idi-abum to
6	a-bi4-ni ha-bu-lu _ku3-babbar_ sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma	his father, a widow silver he shall weigh out, and
7	a-na a-bi4-ni sze2-bi4-il5 szu-ma	Speak to our father,
8	um-ma a-mur-a-szur3-ma qa2-ti2	Thus (says) Amur-Assur: hand.
9	le-qe2 la2 ta-ma-ha-ar-szu	You will not accept it.
10	_ku3-babbar_ i-na qa2-qa2-ad szal2-mi3-szu-nu	the silver in the middle of their totality
11	ra-ki-is szu-ma ma-la2 t,up-pi3-szu-nu	He is the guarantor, and as much as their tablet
12	i-sza-qal le-qe2 szu-ma	he will weigh out and take it.
13	la2 i-sza-qa2-la2-kum um-ma a-ta-ma	He will not raise a claim against you, thus says he:
14	ma-la2 t,up-pi3-ku-nu s,i2-ib-tam2	as much as your tablet is valuable,
15	ni-ma-nu szi2-bi4 szu-ku-szu-um	“We are the nimānu of the šukūḫu-demon,
16	u3 ma-la2 i-pu-lu-ka3 szu-up-ra-am	Send me as much as he takes for you!
17	_tug2 hi-a_ pa2-ni-u2-tum lu ku-wa-u2-tum	a previous garment or a kawātu garment
18	lu i-a-u2-tum	or Iātum,
19	sza a-na e-la2-ma e-zi-bu a-di2-ni i-<ba-szi2>-u2	who left for Elam, together with us,
20	wa-ar-ki-u2-tum / sa3-sa3-am la2-ap2-tu3	(Sum) The later one, the sasam priest, the laptu priest (Akk) The earlier one is the lapasam priest

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