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ATHE 47 (P358379)

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

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Designation	ATHE 47
ID	P358379
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	um-ma in-bi-esz18-dar-ma	Inbi-ištar speaks thus:
2	a-na la2-qe2-pi2-im	to be taken.
3	u3 s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur a-na	and Ṣillī-Adad to
4	s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur / qi2!-bi-ma	Ṣillī-Adad, speak!
5	asz2-pu-ra-kum um-ma a-na-ku-ma	I wrote to you thus:
6	a-di2 a-szur-ma-lik / _ku3-babbar_	until Assur-mālik the silver
7	_tug2_ isz-qu2-lu / la2 ta-da-szu-ma	did not give him a garment, and
8	ha-ra-szu / la2 i-la2-ak	he will not go to the threshing floor.
9	a-ta _ku3-babbar / la2_ tu3-usz-ta-asz2-qi2-il5-ma	from the silver you have weighed out, and
10	a-wi-lam / tu3-ta-sze2-er	(Sum) The man cried out a lament (Akk) You have screamed at the man
11	u3 a-ni / ki-a-ma	and Ani like
12	te2-pa2-asz2 / ki-ma szi2-be2-e	You will do as it is said.
13	ta-ah-ri-ma-ni ih-da-ma	returned, and
14	_ku3-[babbar_ i-ku]-pi2-a-szur	the silver of Ikūpi-Assur
15	u3 _e2#_ [a-szur]-ma-lik	and the house of Assur-malik
16	sza-asz2#-[qi2-il5] x ul	Šašqi-il
reverse
1	sza-pa2-tim ma#-[la2 a]-na# _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a	the ša-pātum-tax, as much as for silver
2	la2 a-pa2-lu-hu / sza-di2-a-szu-nu	(Sum) I am the one who does not fear their mountain (Akk) They are not afraid of their mountain
3	asz2-pu-ra-kum um-ma	I wrote to you thus:
4	a-na-ku-ma _tug2 hi-a_ / a-na	I, and garments for
5	lu-bu-usz / s,u2-ha-ri	“Let me build a ṣuḫaru-house!
6	sza isz-tu3 1/2(disz) _gin2_ 2/3(disz) _gin2_	which from 1/2 shekel 2/3 shekel
7	1(disz) _gin2_ sza-a-ma / sze2-bi4-lam	1 shekel: that send me!
8	a-ta pa2-li-a-tim	from faraway places
9	sza 1(disz) _gin2-ta_ u3 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta_	of 1 shekel and 1 1/2 shekels each
10	tu3-usz-te2-bi4-lam mi3-szi2-it	You have brought it to me, she is dead.
11	s,u2-ba-ti2 / pa2-ni-u2-tim	the earlier ṣibtu-offering
12	la2 u2-ka3-al-ma / a-ni-tam2	he does not hold, and this
13	te2-pa2-asz2 a-di2 ta-la2-kam-ma	you will do until you bring it.
14	isz-ti2-a / ta-na-mu-ru	you will see with me.
15	_tug2_-ba-tu3 / e-ma-ad-ka3	a cloak I will wash you.
16	i-ba-szi2 u2-la2 _tug2_-ba-ti2	there is no turban
17	_la2 siki hi-a / la2#_ szi2#-ma-am	deficit of wool, deficit of šimam
18	ti2-szu / i-hi#-id#-ma	his life he rejoiced, and
left
1	ra-ma-ka3 za-ki-ma ar-hi-isz	(Sum) You are the one who is free (of obligation) and quickly (Akk) Your free will is free and quickly
2	a-tal-kam	I went.
envelope
3	_kiszib3_ in#-bi#-esz18-dar	Seal of Inbi-Ištar
4	_dumu_ si2-in-[...]	son of Sin-
5	a-na la2-qe2-pi2-im	to be taken.
6	u3 s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur	and Ṣilli-Adad
7	s,u2-ha-ri-a x	Ṣuharia

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