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ATHE 36 (P358368)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ATHE 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358368 |
| 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 a-ba-a-a qi2-bi-ma | Speak to my father, and |
| 2 | um-ma a-szur3-na-da-ma | Thus Assur-nada: |
| 3 | a-ma-la2 na-asz2-pe3-er-tim | Amala, the messenger, |
| 4 | sza asz2-pu-ra-ki-ni / a-na-kam | that I wrote to you, here. |
| 5 | i-na-a a-szu-mi3-ki / u3 a-na | in your name and to |
| 6 | szu-mi3 / _e2_ a-bi-ki / tam2-ka3-ri | My name, the house of your father, the image |
| 7 | e-ta-wu a-szu-mi3 | he has sworn by the name of Ašumi |
| 8 | ku-ra / li-bu-szu | “Kurra means "his body" |
| 9 | im-ta-ra-as, um-ma | he smote, thus: |
| 10 | szu-ut-ma / szu-ma / la2 i-pi2-sza | “He is him, he is not his. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-hu-uz / szu-nu | they are šaḫūz. |
| 2 | i-na a-lim{ki} / a-li-ki | in the city, the city |
| 3 | [x]-ta-na-mu / u3 a-ni-um | ... and Anum |
| 4 | [a]-na#-kam / _ku3-babbar_ u2-s,a-ba-at-ma | he shall take the silver and |
| 5 | [pu]-ru#-i isz-ta-na-kan2 | he placed a message. |
| 6 | [x] 3(disz) gu5-szu-ri e-s,i2 | ... 3 gušuri, harvest |
| 7 | sza _e2_ be-ti2-ku-nu la2-ma a-na | of the house of your lord is missing, and to |
| 8 | ka3-ni-isz / a-li-ka3-ni | “On behalf of his city, |
| 9 | ku-ra / a-szi2-mi3-im i-di2-in | he gave to the Ašimmu. |
| 10 | a-ma-kam-ma / a-ta-wa-ku-nu-<ti2> | I will speak to you |
| 11 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _e2_ be-tum | thus I: the house of Betum |
| 12 | a-na-ah-esz18-dar e-s,u2-ma | Anaḫ-Ištar, the herdsman |
| 13 | gam2-ru / a-tu3-nu | “Atunu, the one who is merciful, |
| 14 | [ma-la]-ku#-nu | are yours. |
Sources & licences
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