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ATHE 32 (P358364)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ATHE 32 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358364 |
| 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 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma a-mur-esz18-dar-ma | Thus says Amur-Ištar: |
| 3 | a-szu-mi3 _an-na_ sza hi-na-a | Ašūmu of tin, |
| 4 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | that you wrote to me |
| 5 | _dumu_ a-wi-lim u2 ka3-s,a-ar-szu | son of a man and his weapon |
| 6 | a-na-kam wa-asz2-bu | Why are you here? |
| 7 | u2-sze2-ra-ab2-szu-nu-ma | he shall bring them, and |
| 8 | ma-ah-ri-szu-nu _an-na_ | before them, tin |
| 9 | ku-nu-ki sza a-lim{ki} | sealed documents of the city |
| 10 | sza a-bi4-szu lu-sa3-ni-iq-ma | that his father shall remove, and |
| 11 | ba-ti2-iq u2 wa-tu3-ur | he has passed, and he will return. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-da-an-ma _ku3-babbar_ | I gave, and the silver |
| 2 | u2-sze2-ba-{la}lam | he shall remove, |
| 3 | _an-na_ sza _e2_ a-szur-ma-lik | the tin of the house of Assur-malik |
| 4 | a-na _uruda_ szi2#-ki-im | for copper, the price |
| 5 | 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na-ta_ a-di2#-ma# | 15 minas as far as |
| 6 | _uruda_ i-ba-szi2 eb-la-i-u2 | there is copper, eblāyu |
| 7 | ma-<du>-tum i-li-ku-ni-ma | a lot came to you, and |
| 8 | _uruda_ ma-dum i-na _e2-gal_-lim | a large copper vessel in the palace |
| 9 | i-szi2-qi2-il5-szu-nu-ti2-ma | he gave to them, and |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ 2(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | 2 1/3 minas of silver |
| 11 | a-mu-ra-am u2-ta-e-ru | I saw, they returned. |
| 12 | a-di2 1(u) u4-me _uruda_-szu | for 10 days his copper |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-ga-mu-ru _ku3-babbar_ a-sza-a-ma | he shall weigh out the silver, and |
| 2 | u2-sze2-ba-lam | he shall pay. |
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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