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CCT 3, 25, BM 113366 (P358585)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 3, 25, BM 113366 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358585 |
| Museum no. | BM 113366 |
| 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 um-ma ta-ra-<am>-ku-<bi>-ma | Speak to him thus: |
| 2 | a-wa-tam2 / sza _e2_ ku-ra sza tu3!-wa-du-u2 | the word of the kūru-house that you have spoken |
| 3 | ta-bu-a-at / _ku3-babbar_ isz-ti2 pa2-nim-ma | the payment of the silver from the front |
| 4 | sze2-bi-la2-ma / t,up-pu-szu a-na _e2_-ti2-ka3 | send, and his tablet to your house |
| 5 | li-ip-hu-<ru> lu-u2 / t,up-pu-um sza _e2_ | or a tablet of the house |
| 6 | en-na-su2-en6 / _e2_ szu-be-lim pa2-qi2-id | Enna-suen, the house of Šubelum, is appointed. |
| 7 | u3 t,up-pu-um sza _e2_ ku-ra / puzur2-a-szur3 | and the tablet of the house of Kūru, Puzur-Assur |
| 8 | u3-ka3-al / _ku3-babbar_ i-na pa2-ni-ka3 | he shall hold. The silver in your presence |
| 9 | sze2-bi-la2-ma / i-na _e2_ ku-nu-ki-ka3 | send me, and in the house of your seal |
| 10 | li-ni-di2 _ku3-babbar_ a-na sze2-bu-li-im | may he give. The silver for the šebulum |
| 11 | mi3-ma / la2 ta-pa2-la2-ah / _ku3-babbar_ / a-na | whatever you do not take away, the silver to |
| 12 | _e2#_{[be2-ti2}-ka3-ma / e-ra-ab / sza-tum] | enter your house! That one |
| 13 | sza-na-at _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi-la2-ma | send me another amount of silver, and |
| 14 | u2-t,a2-tam2 a-pa2-ni-ka3 li-isz-pu-ku-ni-kum | May they write to you a good word about you. |
| 15 | ba-pi2-ra-am sza e-pu-sza-ku-ni | the scepter which he made, |
| 16 | il5-te2-be-er / a-szu-mi3 sza _e2_ ku-ra | Ilte-bēr, the Ašumi of the house of Kūra |
| 17 | puzur2-a-szur3 a-szu-mi3-ka3 / ip-la2-ah-ma | “Puzriš-Assur, your father, will be frightened, and |
| 18 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma mi3-ma la2 ta-pa2-la2-ah | Thus (says) Nēnu: “Do not be afraid! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wa-tam2 / ku-bu-us2-ma u2 a-wi-lum2 | (If) a claim arises and the man |
| 2 | sze2-ep-szu / a-na a-lim{ki} li-iq-ru-ba-am | his work to the city may he entrust. |
| 3 | u2-sa2-li-szu-ma / a-wa-tam2 | he filled him with a word |
| 4 | ig-mu-ur a-pu-tum ki-ma | “He made the apsû-demon like |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am ta-asz2-me-u2 / al-kam-ma | You heard the tablet. Come, and |
| 6 | e-en6 / a-szur3 / _dingir_-ka3 u3 <i>-li be-ti2-ka | Witness: Assur, your god, and <your> lord. |
| 7 | a-mu-ur / u2 a-di2 / ba-al-t,a2!-ku-ni | I saw, and as long as I lived, |
| 8 | e-ne2-ka3 la2-mu-ur / du-lu-um! a-na li-bi4-ni | By the word I will see, the work to our lord |
| 9 | e-ta-ra-ab / ki-ta-am / u2 isz-ra-am! | (Sum) He entered, he kissed the ground (Akk) I entered, I kiss the ground |
| 10 | a-na {d}mar-tu-im sza _dumu_ szu-ku-bi-im | to Martūm of the son of Šukubum |
| 11 | ub-la2-ni / i-na _e2#_{[be2-ti2}-szu-ma / i-ba-szi2] | he brought, in his house there is |
| 12 | t,up-pa2-am / sze2-bi-la2-szu-ma / ki!-ta-a-am | Send him a tablet, so that he can return it. |
| 13 | u3 isz-ra-am / li-di2-in-ma / i-na | and Išrām give, and in |
| 14 | be2-ti2-ka3 / li-bi-szi2 / a-szu-mi3 / am-tim | “May your heart be at peace with me, the wild bull! |
| 15 | a-szur3-tak2-la2-ku isz-pu-ra-ma i-na t,up-pi3-szu | Assur-taklāku wrote me, and on his tablet |
| 16 | 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na e-la2-li2 _dumu_ szu-ku-bi4-im | 1/3 mina of silver to Elali, son of Šukubum |
| 17 | a-di2-in / am-tam2 / szu-ub-ri-tam2 li-isz-a-ma!-ki-im | “Let the wild bull and the šubrūtu ask you! |
| 18 | _dumu_ szu-ku-bi4-im / asz2-al-ma | son of Šukubum I asked, and |
| 19 | um-ma szu-ut-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-szur3-tak2-la2-ku la2 i-di2-nam | Thus he: The silver of Assur-taklāku he did not give. |
| 20 | t,up-pa2-am sze2-bi4-la2-szu-ma / am-tam2 | Send him a tablet, and I will read it. |
| 21 | li-isz-a-am-ni-a-ti2 | may they ask me. |
| left | ||
| 1 | be2-tam2 sza t,e2-hi _e2_-ti2-ni / qa2-ra-be-e puzur2-a-szur3 | the other side of the exit of our house, the courtyard of Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | isz-a-ma-kum sza _e2_ na-ga-ri-im ka3-la2-szu | of the house of the šandabakku all of it |
| 3 | i-la2-qe2!-ma / isz-ti2 pa2-nim-ma / u2-sze2-ba!-la2-kum | He will take it and he will bring it to you from the front. |
Sources & licences
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