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RA 081, 003-096 004 (P357897)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | RA 081, 003-096 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357897 |
| Museum no. | AO 22507 |
| 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 sza-lim-a-hu-um-ma | Šalim-ahum says thus: |
| 2 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 3 | a-szu-mi3 ni-ka3-si2 | my name we shall call. |
| 4 | a-ni-u2-tim asz2-pu-ra-kum | these I sent to you. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 6 | e-na-na-tim isz-ti2# | the years with |
| 7 | ka3-ri-im e-ri#-[isz-ma] | he smote, and |
| 8 | _tug2 hi-a_ ma-la2 na-[t,u3-ni] | as much wool as he brought |
| 9 | a-ni-ka3-si2-a [szu-ku-un] | I will place there. |
| 10 | u3 szu-ma la2-szu [lu ...] | and if he is ill, may . . |
| 11 | lu _tug-hi-a_ lu [...] | or a garment or ... |
| 12 | i-nu-mi3 isz-[ti2 ...] | At that time, with ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | qa2-ti2 [...] | Hand of ... |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar#_ [...] | Silver ... |
| 3 | x [...] | |
| 4 | x [...] | |
| 5 | x [...] | |
| 6 | x [...] | |
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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