Home › Tablets › P358679

CCT 4, 28, BM 113307 (P358679)

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

Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets

Designation	CCT 4, 28, BM 113307
ID	P358679
Museum no.	BM 113307
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)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

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 im-di2-dingir-ma / a-na	Thus Imdi-iluma: to
2	isz-tar-ba-asz2-ti2 / u3 a-mur-dingir	Ishtar-bašti and Amur-ilī,
3	qi2-bi-ma / a-ma-la2 / te2-er-ti2-a	“Speak to me, I will give you a firm positive answer.
4	t,up-pi2-a / szi2-ta!-me-a-ma	My tablet is my interpretation
5	lu _an-na_-ki / lu _tug2_-ti2-a / lu e-ma-ri	be it your An, be it my garment or my garment,
6	di2-na-ma / lu ba-ab2-ti2 / ma-la2#!	“May he be taken away(?) by a judge(?)!
7	qa2-at-ku-nu / ik-szu-du	he sealed your hands.
8	lu sza ki-ma / i-a-ti2 / me-eh-ra-tim	or that which like a younger brother,
9	i-na-di2-u2 / u3 a-di2 / 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	and 10 minas of silver
10	sza ta-asz2-pu-ri-ni / um-ma a-ti2-ma	As to what you wrote me, thus (says) Ati:
11	sza ki-ma / ku-a-ti2 / u2-la2 i-mu-u2	(Sum) The one who is like a lion, he does not know (Akk) Who is like an eagle he did not know
12	sze2-bi-lim-ma / sza _ku3-babbar_-pi2-ki	Send me your silver!
13	szi2-ma-am / a-sza-a-ma	“I want to hear the šīmâ-demon
14	a-mur-dingir / u2-sze2-s,a-a-ki-im	Āmur-ilum brought you out,
15	a-mur-dingir / a-ma-kam / la2 i-sa3-hu-ur	Amur-ilī is my mother, she does not turn away.
16	szi2-ma-am / asz2-a-ma lu _an-na_-kam	“What is it that I want to say, whether it is an arazu prayer
17	lu _tug2 hi-a_ / i-ba-szi2	or a garment there is
18	u3 a-na-ku / la2 ka3-s,u2-da-ku	And I am not able to sleep.
reverse
1	a-mur-dingir / u4-ma-kal2! / la2 i-bi-a-at	Amur-ilī, the lord, the one who has no rival
2	li-it-be2-a-ma	may he speak, and
3	li-tal-kam / masz-ka3-tam2	let him go, the maškātam-tax,
4	u2-la2 a-sza-ka3-nam / a-mur-dingir	... Amur-ilī,
5	u2-qa2-a / a-di2 / a-mur-dingir	until Amur-il,
6	i-la2-ka3-ni / la2 ta-ha-di2-ri	He will come to me, do not fear!
7	ki-ma / a-mur-dingir / e-ru-ba-ni-ni	When Amur-ilī entered me,
8	u4-ma-kal2 / la2 usz-bi-a-su2	(Sum) The lord, the one who does not dwell with him (Akk) The day that he is not dwelling with him
9	1(disz) _tug2_ a-bar-ni-am 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	1 abarnum garment, 1/3 mina of silver
10	asz2-qul2 / a-na isz-tar-ba-asz2-ti2	For Ištar-bāṣti,
11	e-la2 / na-szi2 / u2-za-an	He raises a hand to the one who is seated.
12	a-mur-dingir / pi2-te2 / pa2-la2-ha-am	Amur-ilī is the one who opens the mouth,
13	lu i-de8 / a-na _ninda_ / u3 _kasz_	may he know. For bread and beer
14	la2 i-da-gal lu a-wi-il5	he does not have, be it a man
15	ta-ah-si2-is-tum	Tahsistum
16	sza u2-s,ur-szi2-esz18-dar u3 1(u) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	of Uṣurši-Ishtar and 10 1/2 minas 5 1/2 shekels of silver
left
1	sza _igi_ e-na-be-lim / u3 a-szur-sag10	before Enabbelim and Assur-sag
2	i-na li-bi / t,up-pi3-a-ma / li-ib-szi2	From the contents of my tablet may she dwell.
3	_ku3-babbar_ / a-na-kam / i-ta-aq-ra-ni	the silver to me he shall pay.
4	i-t,up-pi2 / t,up-pi2-ma / usz-tam2-t,i2-ku-nu	He will write a tablet and write it to you.

Sources & licences

Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number

Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.