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CCT 4, 10, BM 115114 (P358637)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 4, 10, BM 115114 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358637 |
| Museum no. | BM 115114 |
| 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 a-szur3-i-di2 qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Assur-idi: |
| 2 | um-ma a-szur3-na-da-ma | Thus Assur-nada: |
| 3 | 6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am | 6 minas of refined silver |
| 4 | sza-du-a-su2 sza-bu | his head is high, |
| 5 | sza na-ru-qi2-ka3 ku-nu-ki-a | Seal it with your seal! |
| 6 | a-szur3-dan na-asz2-a-kum | Ašur-dan is your provider. |
| 7 | 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ wa-s,i2-su2 | 3 shekels of silver, his wages |
| 8 | sza-bu ni-isz-pu-ra-kum | we wrote to you. |
| 9 | i-na sze2-ep / szu-{d}iszkur | at the feet of Šū-Addu, |
| 10 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma / a-di2 1(u) u4-me | Thus (says) Nenu: for 10 days |
| 11 | a-li-ku / a-di2 sze2-ni-szu | “I went with him, |
| 12 | u3 / sza-la2-szi2-szu | and his third |
| 13 | i#-lu-ku-ni?#-ma a-ni-ma | came to me, and here |
| 14 | 5(disz) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ | 5 minas of silver |
| 15 | nu?-na-sza-ra-kum | we will send to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | wa-ar-ki-szu#-nu-ma | after them |
| 2 | si2-ka3-tum# [u2]-s,i2-u2-ma | he brought out the si-ka-tum-vessel and |
| 3 | ma-hi-ru-um pa2-ru-ud-ma | “If a claim arises, |
| 4 | i-na re-esz15 ba-ab2-tim | at the beginning of the flood |
| 5 | u2-la2 na-at,-u2-ma / pa2-am | “If he does not ..., |
| 6 | u2-la2 nu-ma-la2 _ku3-babbar_-pu | he shall not pay, the silver |
| 7 | da-nu a-na _ku3-babbar_ ma-dim | Anu for the silver of a builder |
| 8 | e ta-ad-gu5-ul | “Ha! You have destroyed! |
| 9 | szi2-mu ba-at-qu2-ma i3-li2-a-lam5 | the fate was decided and Ilī-alam |
| 10 | a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | to their fathers |
| 11 | at,-ru-su2 i-na _ku3-babbar_ a-nim | I have sent him. With silver of the east |
| 12 | 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar ki_ szu-a-nim | 4 minas of silver with Šū-Anum |
| 13 | al-qe2-ma t,up-pa2-am | I took and a tablet |
| 14 | ha-ar-ma-am sza ku-nu-ki-a | the ḫarmām of my seal |
| 15 | szu-ut il5-qe2 sza a-na | that he took, which to |
| 16 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | 1 mina of gold |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza i-na na-ru-uq a-szur-e-mu-qi2 | who by the command of Assur-emuqī |
| 2 | la2-ap2-tu3 | |
| 3 | sza-bu-a-ni-ma | šabūni, and |
| 4 | la2 ni-tu3-ru-szu-ni | they did not return to him. |
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