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ATHE 43 (P358375)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ATHE 43 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358375 |
| 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 ma-num-ki-e-li2-a | To Anum-kīlīya |
| 2 | i-di2-a-szur u2 zu-mi3-za | Iddi-Assur, the grass of your body |
| 3 | qi2-bi-<ma> / um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma | Speak! Thus Ilī-alum: |
| 4 | a-na ma-num-ki-e-li2-a | To Anum-kīlīya |
| 5 | qi2-bi-ma a-szu-mi3 | Speak to my father. |
| 6 | u2-za-ka3 / ap2-te2-u2 | I cleared away, I opened up. |
| 7 | u2 pa-ri-isz-tam2 / ta-asz-tap-ra-am | and you wrote me a letter. |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _ku3-babbar_ | thus I: silver |
| 9 | a-na szi2-ni-szu la i-ha-ba-al | He shall not raise a claim against his brothers. |
| 10 | a-na ma-num-ki-e-li2-a | To Anum-kīlīya |
| 11 | qi2-bi-ma szu-ma / i-tu3-wa-ar-ma | Speak, that he will return, and |
| 12 | mi3-ma a-szur-ma-lik | whatever Assur-malik |
| 13 | i-qa2-bi4-a-ma um-ma | shall say, thus |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ta-ma t,up-pa2-am | Why the tablet |
| 2 | me-er zu-pa2 sza sza!-ba-e | “The ear of the heart, |
| 3 | u2-ka3-a-al sza _ku3-babbar_ | he shall hold. Of silver |
| 4 | sza-bu-u2 / u2 szu-ma mi3-ma | “Šabû, he, whatever |
| 5 | i-qa2-bi4-a-ma t,up-pi3-a | he will say, and my tablet |
| 6 | pe2-te2-a-ma t,up-pa2-am | opened and a tablet |
| 7 | sza ku-nu-uk szu-be-lim | who sealed the seal of Šubelim |
| 8 | u2 i-szu-hi-im / sza-asz2-me-a | and Išuḫum |
| 9 | u2 _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ i-s,e2-ri-szu / | and 1 shekel of silver as his wages |
| 10 | ki-ma la2 i-tu3-ru-ma | instead of returning, and |
| 11 | la2 i-la2-qe2-u2 a-di2 a-na-ku | they shall not take until I |
| 12 | isz-te2-e / _dumu_ a-wi-lim | from the son of a man |
| 13 | a-na-mu-ru u2 t,up-pa2-am | I will see and my tablet |
| 14 | u2-sze2-s,a-a-am / a-na i-di2-a-szur | he shall bring out to Iddin-Assur. |
| 15 | qi2-bi-ma a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ | speak, and my name silver |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza a-szur-na-s,i2-ir | of Assur-nāṣir, |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-asz2-qa2-la2-ku-<ma> | he shall weigh out the silver and |
| 3 | li-ba-ka3 | of Luba |
| 4 | la2 i-pa2-ri-id | he shall not release. |
Sources & licences
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