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CCT 3, 36, BM 113427 (P358602)

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

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Designation	CCT 3, 36, BM 113427
ID	P358602
Museum no.	BM 113427
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	um-ma 1(u)-tum sza bu-ru-tim-ma	Thus (says) the 10 of burūtum:
2	a-na pu-szu-ke-en	into a container
3	qi2-bi-ma 1(u)-tum	Speak, and 10th
4	sza szi2-ma-la2 isz-ti2-ni	that the šimala payment is with us
5	sa2-bi-is a-hu-u2-ni	he imposed upon him.
6	a-ta szu-ma mi3-ma	“From the water, whatever
7	ta-ki-li
8	a-na ka3-ri-im	to the quay
9	ka3-ni-isz{ki}	of Kanish,
10	isz-ta-ap2-ru-nim	has sent to me,
11	ki-ma ni-a-ti2	like a lion
reverse
1	a-wa-tam2 / ta-e-er!-ma	“The word(s) you see(?)
2	u3 te2-er-ta-ka3	and your return
3	li-li-kam-ma	let him come, and
4	u2-za-ni / pi3-te2	He will clear the account.
5	a-hu-u2-ni / a-ta	Ahuni ...
6	a-na s,u2-ha-ri-ka3	to your servant
7	na-ah-da2-ni	his friend
8	a-na ha-ra-nim	to Harānum
9	ta-da-nim	given.

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