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CCT 3, 04, BM 113313 (P358609)

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

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Designation	CCT 3, 04, BM 113313
ID	P358609
Museum no.	BM 113313
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 a-szur3-i-di2-ma	Thus Assur-idi:
2	a-na a-szur3-na-da	to Aššra-nada
3	u3 a-szur3-ta-ak-la-ku	and Assur-taklakku
4	qi2-bi-ma	speak!
5	2(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) _ma-na an-na_	2 talents 10 minas of lead
6	ku-nu-ku 2(disz) _ansze hi-a_ s,a-la-mu	sealed documents of 2 homers of shalamu-flour
7	3(u) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu 4(disz) _tug2_ szu-ru-tum ka3-ab2-tu3-tum	30 kutanu-garments, 4 šurūtu garments, the kabtûtu-official
8	sza li-wi-tim	belonging to Liwītum
9	1(u) 7(disz) _ma-na an-na_	17 minas of lead
10	a-qa2-ti2-szu a-di2-in 1(disz) _tug2_ ra-qu2-tum	his offerings I gave. 1 raqutu-garment
11	1(disz) _tug2_ sza ta-tur4-a-li-sza	1 garment of Ta-tura-liša,
12	1(disz) _tug2_ sza dingir-szu-gal mi3-ma a-nim	1 garment of Ilu-shugal, whatever
13	lugal-{d}iszkur un-la-ku-nu-ti2	Lugal-Iškur, your servant
14	a-na a-szur-ta-ak-la-ku qi2-bi-ma	Speak to Assur-taklakku:
15	lu-qu2-tam2 a-ni-tam2	a luqūtum (and) an ālitum
16	za-ki-ma szu-ma a-hi a-ta	He is cleared, he is the brother of Āta
17	i-na isz-te2-en6 a-li-ki-im	in the middle of the city
18	_ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi-lam li-bi	the silver to send, its interest
19	la tu3-la-ma-an i-hi-id	he will not return (to court)
20	me-eh-ra-tim i-na ra-mi-ni-ka3	(Sum) My first-born son, by your own name,
21	sze2-bi-lam	send me!
22	2(u) 6(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu 1(disz) _ansze_	26 kutanu-garments, 1 donkey
reverse
1	s,a-la-mu-um 5(disz) _ma-na_	Ṣalmum 5 minas
2	_an-na_ i-a-u2-tum mi3-ma	“Ana, whatever
3	a-nim szu-nu-nu ub-la-ku-nu-ti2	they brought to you.
4	2(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) 1(disz) _ma-na_	2 talents 11 minas
5	_an-na_ ku-nu-ku 3(u) 5(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu	35 kutanu-garments
6	2(disz) _ansze_ s,a-la-mu 6(disz) _ma-na an-na_	2 homers of shalamu, 6 minas of lead
7	u3 5/6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	and 5/6 mina of silver
8	a-qa2-ti2-szu mi3-ma a-nim	his offerings, whatever
9	i-a-um kur-ub-esz18-dar	I, Kur-ub-ištar,
10	na-asz2-a-ku-nu-ti2 _an-na_ u3 _tug2 hi-a_	the naškūtu of tin and textiles
11	ma-la i-na _e2-gal_-lim	as much as in the palace
12	i-za-ku-a-ni a-na a-szur-ta-ak-la-ku	they will stand, to Assur-taklakku
13	di2-in szu-ma	he is the judge.
14	a-szur-ta-ak-la-ku la-szu	Ašur-taklāku has none.
15	a-szar wa-asz2-bu sze2-bi-il5	where he lives, raise up!
16	lu-qu2-tum ma-la iz-ku-a-ni	the luqūtu-offering, as much as he imposed,
17	t,up-pa2-am sze2-bi-lam	Send me a tablet!
18	a-na a-szur-ta-ak-la-ku	to Aššar-taklāku
19	qi2-bi-ma i-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim	Speak in Burušḫatum
20	ka3-ra-am	it is a prize
21	la tu3-sza-ab2 i-nu-mi2	did not seize. At that time
22	te2-ru-bu a-la-an	you entered, the city
left
1	1(u) u4-me la tu3-sza-ab2 s,u2-ha-ra-tim	10 days you will not make the ṣuharatum offerings
2	la#? e-ri-isz za-ki-a-ma ra-ma-ku-nu a-tal-ka3-nim	“I am not a stranger, you are free, I will come to you.

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