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CCT 4, 09, BM 115110 (P358742)

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

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Designation	CCT 4, 09, BM 115110
ID	P358742
Museum no.	BM 115110
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 szu-hu-bur qi2-bi4-ma	Speak to Šuḫubur
2	um-ma pu-szu-ke-en6-ma / ta-asz2-pu-ra-am	Thus Pušukēn: you wrote me.
3	um-ma a-ta-ma / sza i-ku-nim	Thus (says) “Which of you did you know?
4	sze2-li / a-wi-lum2 / a-na szal2-sza-ti2-szu	“If a man, in order to save his life,
5	la2 ka3-szi2-id / _ku3-ki_ lu a-ta	not to be counted, may the land of Kutha be yours!
6	lu _e2_ a-bi-ka3 ma-la2 ad-ma-tu3-nu-ni	or the house of your father as much as I have given to you
7	pi2-<ir>-sza-ma t,up-pa2-ka3 la2-as,-ba-at-ma	<Its mouth> is a tablet. I will take it and
8	ma-la2 a-le-e-u2 / la2-al-qe2	“Alas, I will take.‭ (Šumma ālu 31 unknown)
9	a-szu-mi3 _an-na_ bi4-il5-tim u3 4(disz) _tug2_	Ašumī-ana, bi₂-iltim and 4 garments
10	_ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu / as,-ba-at-ma	his silver I took, and
11	nu-sze2-szi2-ib-ma a-na 1(asz) _gu2_ 3(disz) _ma-na an-na_	for 1 talent 3 minas of lead
12	7(disz) _gin2-ta_ 9(disz) _ma-na ku3-bi_	7 shekels 9 minas of silver
13	sza 4(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2-ta_ 1(disz) _ma-na_	of 4 garments, 15 shekels each, 1 mina
14	_szunigin_ 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar / sza3-ba_ 8(disz) _ma-na_	total: 10 minas of silver in its center: 8 mina.
15	al-qe2 2(disz) _ma-na_ i-na tu3-a-ri-szu	I took. 2 minas at its return
16	[isz]-tu3# za-al-pa2 i-sza-qa2-lam	from Zalpa will weigh out.
17	[i-na] 5(disz)! _ma-na ku3-babbar_	for 5 minas of silver
18	[x ma]-na a-sza ki-ma	x minas of field like
reverse
1	[la2-li]-im u2-ta-e-er	he returned the silver.
2	ta-asz-pu-ra-am / um-ma a-ta-ma	you wrote me, thus:
3	sza 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-ki_ a-na en-na-a-szur3	of 1 mina of silver to Enna-Assur
4	a-bi-ik / a-s,e2-er	“Storm, he who goes out,
5	[1(disz) ma]-na-im / sza a-ma-kam	1 mina of my word
6	[ta]-di2-nu-szu-ni u3 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	and 2/3 mina 5 shekels of silver
7	[u3] 6(disz) _ma#?-na#?-e / an-na_	and 6 minas of tin
8	[sza] li-bi-szu 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	of its interest: 1 2/3 minas of silver
9	i-na sza la2-li-im sza al-qe2-u2	from the rations that I took,
10	u3 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3	and 1/3 mina of silver from your silver
11	u2-ra-di2-ma 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	he brought, and 2 minas of silver
12	a-di2-szum-ma 4(disz) _ma-na la2?_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	until 4 minas less 5 shekels of silver
13	sza! 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-ki_ u2-pi3-iq-szum	of 1 mina of silver he appointed him.
14	szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	the price of your silver, 6 minas of silver
15	dan-a-szur3 na-asz2-a-kum	Dan-Assur is your provider.
16	a-szu-[mi3 i-ku]-nim te2-er-ta-ka3	my name he established, your extispicy
17	isz-ti2# [a-li-ki-im pa2]-nim-ma	with the one who came before me
18	[li-li-kam]-ma / ma-la2	Let him come, so that he can take a boat.
19	u2-sze2-lu-u2 i-sze2-pi3-a	they shall remove, they shall make perfect,

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