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TTC 18 (P357863)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TTC 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357863 |
| Museum no. | AO 10377 |
| 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 isz-ma-a-szur-ma | Thus (says) Išma-Assur: |
| 2 | a-na im-di2-lim | to Imdīlim |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma i-na pa2-ni | Speak before |
| 4 | wa-s,a-i-ka3 / a-ta-ma | Your guard, why? |
| 5 | _tug2_ te2-ri-sza-ni _igi_ szu-hu-bur | a tērišānu-garment before Šuḫubur |
| 6 | [um]-ma# a-ta-ma | Thus says he: |
| 7 | [ku]-ta-nam / di2-na-ma | Give me a firm positive answer! |
| 8 | [i]-na# e-ra-bi-a-ma | when entering |
| 9 | [me]-eh-ra-tim | first-fruit offerings |
| 10 | [i]-na ra-mi3-ni-a | by her own |
| 11 | [u2]-sze2-ba-la2-ku-ma | I will send, and |
| 12 | a-ga-mi3-il5-ka3 | Agamilka |
| 13 | me-eh-ra-tim | first-fruit offerings |
| 14 | i-na ra-mi3-ni-ka3 | by your own |
| 15 | u2-la2 tu3-usz-te2-bi-lam | you will not bring it to me. |
| 16 | szu-ma a-hi a-ta | If a brother of yours |
| 17 | gi-im-la2-ni | his reed bed |
| 18 | a-wi-il5 gi-mi3-lim | Awīl-gimil |
| 19 | a-na-ku / a-ga-mi3-il5-ka3 | I, Aga-milka |
| 20 | ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti2 | a gift |
| 21 | i-na pa2-ni-im-ma | in the presence |
| 22 | a-li-ki-im | to the city |
| 23 | sze2-bi-lam | send me! |
| 24 | bi-ta-am asz2-am | “I am a woman, I am an ecstatic, |
| 25 | ki-ma sza ta-qi2-isz-u2!(SZU)-ni | like what you gave me |
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