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CCT 4, 30, BM 113334 (P358685)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 4, 30, BM 113334 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358685 |
| Museum no. | BM 113334 |
| 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 | Speak thus: |
| 2 | um-ma e-la2-li2-ma isz-tu3 | Elali says thus: from |
| 3 | a-li-ka3-ni i-di2-ku-bu-um | his way Idi-Kūbum |
| 4 | u3 _illat_-su2 1(u)-tum sza ha-hi-im | and his 10th billatu of hahum |
| 5 | u3 a-na-ku a-na _e2-gal_-lim | and I to the palace |
| 6 | ne2-ta-na-li-ma ru-ba-u2 | Nēta-nālima, the prince, |
| 7 | ki-ma / i-ta-pu-lim / i-ta-na-pu#-lu-ni-a-ti2 | As soon as they have sinned, they keep shouting at me |
| 8 | a-ma / me-eh-ra-at | “Which is superior? |
| 9 | ma-mi3-tim sza [u2-bi]-lu-ni-a-ti2-ni | the land that he brought to me |
| 10 | a-na ka3-ri-im la2-pu-ta-nim | I will send to you. |
| 11 | u3 szi2-[ki-tam2] ni-im-gu5-ur-szu-nu-ma | and the šikitam-offerings of their own accord |
| 12 | a-wi-lu-u2 i-ta-ba-al-ku-tu3 | (Sum) The man screamed, the man trembled (Akk) The men shouted |
| 13 | lugal da-me / e-ta-pa2-asz2-ma | “The king of battle, he has performed it, and |
| 14 | ku-si2-szu / la2 ta-aq-na-at | His sandals are not torn out. |
| 15 | szi2-ik-na-tum / a-hu-ra | The šiknatum of Ahura. |
| 16 | ru#-ba-u2 / i-na ba-ri-szu-nu | The prince, among them |
| 17 | i-ta-t,u3-lu / a-bi a-ta | They have sinned, their father from the sea |
| 18 | be-li a-ta / ki-ma | My lord, why, like |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,up-pa2-am / ka3-ru-um | Tablet of the kāru-offering. |
| 2 | isz-me-u2-ni / mu-hu-ur-szu | he heard, his opponent |
| 3 | te2-er-ti2 ka3-ri-im | the extispicy of Karim |
| 4 | u3 te2-er-ta-ka3 li-li-kam-ma | and your extispicy may come, and |
| 5 | la2-tal-kam / a-ma-kam-ma | I will come, I will speak, and |
| 6 | ta-ta-wa-[am um]-ma a!-ta!-ma! | You said thus: |
| 7 | e la2 ta#!-[ap-ri]-id | Do not be negligent! |
| 8 | a-na-ku a-na [a-la2]-ki#-a | I to go |
| 9 | u3 a-di2 u4-mi3-im a-nim# | and as long as Anum |
| 10 | na-ak-s,u2-di2-a a-[wa-tam2?] | a word |
| 11 | a-ni-tam2 ah-sza#-ah-ma# [a-bi] | This is what I have done, my father |
| 12 | a-ta a-la2-nu-ka3 ma-[nam] | from the water of the alānu canal ... |
| 13 | i-szu / u4-me-e ma-du!-[tim] | He who has many days |
| 14 | a-ta-sza-ab2 a-na ka3-ri-im | I have sat down for the kalû-festival. |
| 15 | i-hi-id-ma / la2-ma ku-[s,i2-im] | he weighed out, and ... he cut off. |
| 16 | la2-tal-kam-ma la2 ap2-ri-[...] | I will come back and not ... |
| 17 | [x]-szu-ni [x] ni i-na ap2-ri-[x x] | ... his ... in ... |
| 18 | [...] ha-la2-qam [...] | ... is destroyed |
| 19 | [...] e ih-li-qu2 ti2 [x] | ... they fell ... |
| left | ||
| 1' | um-ma 1(u)-tum-ma at-la2-ak-ma ih-da | Thus (says) Adad-tumma: I went and he died. |
| 2' | ru-ba-um [...] a-di2 | The prince ... as far as |
| 3' | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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