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ATHE 65 (P358397)

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

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Designation	ATHE 65
ID	P358397
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 i-li-a u3 la-qe2#-ep#	to the god and taken.
2	um-ma i-di2-esz18-dar-ma	thus Iddin-Ištar:
3	ta-asz2-pu-ra-nim um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma	you wrote to me, thus: "Atunu
4	a-na _ku3-babbar_ mu-nu-a-ti-ka3	for the silver of your dowry
5	sza i-na _e2_ a-bi4-ka3	that in the house of your father
6	ni-zu-zu / _sze_-am	nizuzu means "barley."
7	ni-isz-a-ma-kum a-sza-me-ma	We will ask you, and
8	ku-ru-um ba-ti-iq	the kurû-vessel was cut off.
9	_sze_-am di3-na-ma szi2-im _sze_-im	give me barley, and I will give you barley.
10	u3 sze2-bu-la-ti2-a	and my dowry
11	mi3-isz-la / ka3-i-la	“Mišla, the ka’ila!
12	a-di3 ti-i-ir-ti	up to Tirtu
13	i-la-ka3-ku-nu-ti-ni	will come to you
14	ta-asz2-pu-ra-nim um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma	you wrote to me, thus: "Atunu
15	sza-tum sza!(DA)-na-at	that one is šanatum
16	1(u) 2(disz)# _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na hu-ur-szi2#-im#	12 shekels of silver as a substitute
17	sze2-bi4-lam 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	sent, 2 shekels of silver
18	puzur4-a-szur3 _dumu_ i-ri-szi2-im#	Puzur-Assur, son of Irišim
reverse
1	ub-la-ku-nu-ti 5(disz) _ma-na uruda_	5 minas of copper
2	i3-li2-ba-ni _dumu_ a-mur-a-szur	Ili-bani, son of Amur-Assur
3	ub-la2-ku-nu-ti 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_	3 1/3 minas
4	a-mur-esz18-dar ni-a-um ub-la2-ku-nu-ti	Amur-Ištar, the nīum priestess, brought you.
5	2(disz) _ma-na_ i-di2-su2-en _dumu_ da-a-a	2 minas Idissu-Bel, son of Dayya
6	_szunigin_ 1(u) 1/3(disz) _ma-na uruda_ 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	total: 10 1/3 minas of copper, 2 shekels of silver
7	ni-is-ha-su2 wa-at-ra	his nisḫašu-disease was severe,
8	ub-lu-ni-ku-nu-ti mi3-szu	they brought to you. What is it that he has done?
9	sza a-na ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti-ku-nu	that to your gift
10	li-ba-ak-nu lam-na-ni	May he be present for me.
11	a-szur i-ta-ad-a-ni-ma	Assur has given to me, and
12	a-na na-ru-qi2-a / ku-nu-ti	for my seals
13	a-ka3-ba-as _tug2_-tu3-ku-nu	your garments
14	ih-li-qu2-ma 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) _gin2_	went missing, and 1 1/3 mina 1 shekel
15	_ku3-babbar_ ag-mu-ur / ga-am-ri	The silver is paid in full.
16	[...] da#-a-at _tug2_-ti2-ku-nu	... ... of your garments
17	u2-s,a-he-er-ma 6(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta_	and 6 1/2 shekels each
18	_tug2_-tu3-ku-nu e-bi-bu-nim a-na	your garments they brought to me to
19	szi2-a-ti um-ma a-na-ku-ma	that one, thus I:
left
1	ha-ra-nam isz-te2-et u3 szi2-ta / lu-ka3-szi2-id#-ma#	May I be able to predict the future, the past, and the future.
2	_ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ lu-be-et / szu-ma um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma	The silver is 1 shekel of lubetu. Thus says Atunu:
3	lu-be-et 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ ra-mi3-ni la2-asz2-gi5-isz-ma	he shall pay 10 shekels of silver as his own, and
4	[lu]-sze2-bi4-[la]-ku-nu-ti	let me send to you.

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