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ATHE 63 (P358395)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ATHE 63 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358395 |
| Museum no. | Erlenmeyer — |
| Collection | Erlenmeyer, Basel, Switzerland (dispersed) |
| 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 im-di2-dingir qi2-bi#-[ma] | Speak to Imdi-ilum |
| 2 | um-ma puzur4-a-szur3-ma | Puzur-Assur speaks thus: |
| 3 | a-di2 _uruda_ / sza a-mur-esz18-dar | together with the copper of Amur-Ištar |
| 4 | a-na sza ki i-a-ti2 | to that which with me |
| 5 | _uruda_ i-na pu-ru-usz-ha-tim | copper in a trough |
| 6 | ta-da-nam u2-la2 i-mu-u2 | You give (them) back, but they will die. |
| 7 | ha-ra-ni / a-na | “Ḫarānu to |
| 8 | pu#-ru-usz-ha-tim i-na | a reed bundle in |
| 9 | u4-mi3-im t,up-pi3-i | The day of the tablet |
| 10 | ta-sza-me-u2 | you will hear |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | na-asz2-am a-mur-esz18-dar | Received by Amur-Ištar. |
| 2 | u2 lu-lu / li-ik-szu-di2#-ma | “Let the lulu-plant grow, so that |
| 3 | _uruda_ li-di2-nu-nim-ma | copper may they give me, and |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ i-pa2-ni-a | the silver he shall pay |
| 5 | lu-sze2-s,i2-a-ku-um | let me bring out, |
| 6 | szu-ma _tug2 hi_-tu3-a / sza za-al-pa2 | he is the garment of my fault, which is cleared. |
| 7 | u3! sza hu-ra-ma | and that of the return |
| 8 | e-ru-bu-nim / ha-ra-an | they entered. |
| 9 | ta-wi-ni-a-ma a-na | “You are the one who is angry with me, and to |
| 10 | wa-ah-[szu]-sza-[na] | her limbs |
| 11 | ab2-ka3-szu-nu a-[na-kam] | what are their cows? |
| 12 | (erasure) _e2-gal_-lam5 | the palace |
| left | ||
| 1 | ni-isz-al-ma um-ma szu-ut-ma | We asked, thus he: |
| 2 | ka3-ni-szi2-u2 lu-us,2-u2-ma | let me go out, and |
| 3 | u2 a-tu3-nu a-tal-ka3 | and I will come. |
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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