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ATHE 26 (P358358)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ATHE 26 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358358 |
| Museum no. | HD — |
| Collection | Heidelberger Orientalisches Seminar, Heidelberg, Germany |
| 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 | 1(disz) t,up-pi3 sza 7(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 1 tablet of 7 minas of silver |
| 2 | 1(disz) t,up-pi3 sza 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 1 tablet of 4 minas of silver |
| 3 | 1(disz) t,up-pi3 sza 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1 tablet of 1 2/3 minas 5 shekels of silver |
| 4 | 1(disz) t,up-pi3 sza 1(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) _ma-na uruda_ | 1 tablet of 1 talent 10 minas of copper |
| 5 | 1(disz) t,up-pi3 sza 1(u) 7(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 1 tablet of 17 minas of silver |
| 6 | sza pi3-la2-ha-a u3 a-ki-a / u2-ka3-lu-ni-ma | of the reed-beds and as he will hold, and |
| 7 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ / szu-a-ti2 / la2 t,a2-hu-u2-ni-ma | for that silver is not good, and |
| 8 | hu-bu-li-ni | Ḫubulini |
| 9 | _szunigin_ 5(disz) t,up-pu-u2 sza ku-nu-ki-a | total: 5 tablets of Kunukiya |
| 10 | ki-i-la2-szu-nu i-na li-bi4 | their limbs in the belly |
| 11 | t,up-pi3-a szu-uk-na-szu-nu-ma | Send them a tablet! |
| 12 | u3 te2-er-tak2-nu li-li-kam | and your agreement, may it come to me. |
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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