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RA 081, 003-096 024 (P357917)

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

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DesignationRA 081, 003-096 024
IDP357917
Museum no.AO 29172
CollectionLouvre Museum, Paris, France
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotKanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates38.8517, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1[um-ma puzur4]-a-na puzur4-esz18-darThus Puzur-Ana Puzrištar
2[u3 sza ki-ma] ni-a-ti2-maand that which like a bird
3[a-na ...]-dingir-<<ma>>to ...-iluma
4[qi2-bi4-ma um-ma] puzur4#-esz18-dar-maThus Puzur-Ishtar:
5[a-szu-mi3] sza a-mur-dingirthe name of Amur-ilī
6[...] ma-la2 i-pa2-im... he chose.
7[...] x ku... ...
8[...] puzur4#-a-szur3... Puzur-Assur
9[...]-a?-na sza-bu... to him(?)
10[...] x ku-ta-ni... his neck
11[...] _an-na_... tin
reverse
1'[...] x x
2'[...]-dingir...-dingir
3'[...] u3 lu-qu2-tam2!... and luqutam
4'[... a]-bi# a-di2... my father as far as
5'[... te2]-er-ti2-a-am... of extispicy
6'[...] ni sza a-bi-a... of my father
7'[...] x tim... ... years
8'[...]-ti2-lim be-el...-tillim, the lord
9'[...] ru-ba-im... prince
10'[...] x a-na... to
11'[...]
12'[a-na a-wa-tim] a-ni-a-timto these words
13'[... ka3-ni]-isz3... Kanish

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