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CCT 3, 24, BM 113329 (P358584)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 3, 24, BM 113329 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358584 |
| Museum no. | BM 113329 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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-na-a qi2-bi-ma# | Speak to me thus: |
| 2 | um-ma ta-ra-am-ku-bi-ma | Thus Taram-Kūbi: |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 4 | sza-wi-ru-u2 / u3 a-nu-qu2-u2 | šawirû-disease, and anuqu-illness, |
| 5 | sza i-ba-szi2-u2-ni / sza-s,i2-ri | that there is a ṣiru |
| 6 | a-na a-ka3-li-ki / li-ib-szi2-u2 | to your storehouse they shall bring. |
| 7 | ke-na!-tim-ma 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | kēna-tumma: 1/2 mina of gold |
| 8 | dingir-ba-ni / tu3-sze2-bi-lam | Ilum-bani, you sent me. |
| 9 | a-i-u2-tim sza#-wi-ri | “My father, my mother’s son, |
| 10 | sza te2-zi-ba-ni i-nu-mi3 | of Tezibanu. At that time |
| 11 | tu3-us,2-u2 _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | he shall live. The silver shall increase by 1 shekel. |
| 12 | u2-la2 te2-zi-ba-am / _e2_-tam | “If he does not leave, the house will be plundered. |
| 13 | tu3-la2-qi2-it-[ma] / tu3-sze2-s,i2 | You take it and you bring it out. |
| 14 | isz-tu3# tu3#-us,2-u2-ni | after he has left |
| 15 | da-nu-tum [bu-bu]-tum | Anutum, Bubutum |
| 16 | i-na# a-lim{ki} / u3-la2 sze-am | in the city he will weigh out the barley |
| 17 | 1(disz) _sila3_ / te2-zi-ba-am / sze-am | 1 qû of tēzibam barley |
| 18 | a-na# u2-kul2-ti2-ni / asz2-ta-na-am | I have given to you as food. |
| 19 | u3 tap-hi!-ra-am sza szu-ri-nam | and a companion of mine |
| 20 | i-na it-[...] | in ... |
| 21 | a-di2-in-ma [lu]-u2 | I gave, and either |
| 22 | qa2-ti2-<<a>> / ag-da-ma-ar | (Sum) I want to utter an arazu prayer to him (Akk) I desire an agdamar prayer to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na _e2_ a-lim{ki} / a-na [sze-im x] | and to the house of Bison for barley |
| 2 | asz2 <sza> a-da-da i-szu-u2!-ma asz2-ta#-qa2-al | Because he has a father, I shall weigh it out. |
| 3 | mi3-num / ri-ib-szu | “Woe, his fury! |
| 4 | sza ta-asz2-ta-na-pa2-ra-ni | that you constantly send to me, |
| 5 | a-na a-ka3-li-ni-i | to Akalīnu |
| 6 | la2-szu / ne2-nu / ri-ib-szi2 | “Loss, nenu-disease, rībši, |
| 7 | ne2-ta-na-pa2-asz2 sza i-qa2-ti2-a | we shall not be able to hear what I say. |
| 8 | ib-szi2-u2 / u2-la2-qi2-it-ma | he created, he took, and |
| 9 | usz-te2-bi4-la2-kum / u4-ma-am | I have sent to you daily. |
| 10 | i-be2-tim / e-ri-im / wa-asz2-ba-ku | (Sum) I am the one who sat down (Akk) The one who sits down(?) |
| 11 | sza-tum / sza-na-at | The second is the second |
| 12 | i-hi-id-ma / me-eh-ra-at | he weighed out, and it was equal to |
| 13 | [_tug2_] s,u2-ba-ti2-a / _ku3-babbar_ / i-na | a ṣibatu-garment of silver in |
| 14 | [sza] i-qa2-ti2-ka3-ma / i-ba-szi2-u2 | that he gave you, and there are |
| 15 | sze2-bi4-lam-ma / sze-am 1(u) asz2 | Send me barley, 10 (gur) |
| 16 | la2-asz2-am / a-szu-mi3 / t,up-pi2-im | There is no (further) withdrawal (from the payment) of the tablet. |
| 17 | sza a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 _dumu_ ku-ra | of Assur-imitti, son of Kura |
| 18 | sza szi2-bi4 / sza il5-qe2-u2 | of the rations that they took |
| 19 | _e2_-tam2 / u2-sza-ah-di2-ir-ma | a house he had built, and |
| 20 | a-ma-tim / u2-ka3-ti2-ma | (Sum) The word is a flood that keeps on pouring out(?) (Akk) It holds the word of the flood |
| 21 | sza-zu-uz2-ta-ka3 / a-wa-tam2 | The word of your šāzuzta priest |
| 22 | ig-mu-ru-ma | saw, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ asz2-ta-qal a-di2 ta-la2-ka3-ni | 2/3 mina of silver I have weighed out until you bring it. |
| 2 | la2! i-ra-ga-am / i-na a-la2-ki-ka3 | he will not pay back. At your departure |
| 3 | ta-ta-u2-wa / mi3-szu-um / ta-ki-li | “You have sinned, what have you done? |
| 4 | ta-asz2!-ta-na!-me-ma hi-im-t,a2-tim ta#-asz2#-[ta-na-pa2-ra-am] | You keep on asking, and you keep sending me falsehoods. |
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