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RA 081, 003-096 016 (P357909)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | RA 081, 003-096 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357909 |
| Museum no. | AO 29177 |
| 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 im-di2-lim# qi2-bi4-ma um-ma | Speak to Imdilim, thus says |
| 2 | [a]-du#-u2 i-ku-pi3-a-ma | Now then he has eaten, and |
| 3 | [x] _diri#_ sza ah-sza-wa / a-na | x extra for Ahshawa, for |
| 4 | [i]-ku#-pi3-a u3 i-di2-{d}iszkur | Ikūpia and Iddi-Adad |
| 5 | [u2]-sze2-lu-u2 1(u) 2(asz) _gu2_ 5(u) 4(disz) _ma-na_ | 12 talents 54 minas |
| 6 | [_uruda_ ...] / qa2-du-um 6(disz) [x x] | copper ... together with 6 ... |
| 7 | [...] x i [x?] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x ma | ... ... |
| 2' | _gu2_ 3(u) 3(disz) n _ma-na uruda_ sza a-mur!-esz18-dar! | a talent 33 minas of copper belonging to Amur-Ishtar |
| 3' | e-zi-bu-u2! qa2-du-um | exempt, together with |
| 4' | sza li-me / ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | of the eponymy you wrote me. |
| 5' | i-t,up-pi3-ka3 um-ma a-ta-ma | your tablet, thus: |
| 6' | ki-ra-[am] a [x] bi [x] e za [x] ki | The world ... |
| 7' | [x] ba [...] na a [x] ma | ... sunrise to moonset: ... ... |
| 8' | ki-ma su2?-ka3-lim di2-na-ma? ma? | Judge me like a suckling bull |
| 9' | x x 1(disz) _ma-na_ a-la2 ma-nim | ... 1 mina, the length, of a mina. |
Sources & licences
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