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CCT 5, 05, BM 119403 (P358879)

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

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Designation	CCT 5, 05, BM 119403
ID	P358879
Museum no.	BM 119403
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 sza-lim-a-hu-um-ma	Šalim-ahum says thus:
2	a-na la-qe2-ep u2 pu-szu-ke-en6	To take and to seal
3	qi2-bi-ma 6(asz) _gu2_ 3(u) _ma-na_	say: 6 talents 30 minas
4	_an-na_ ku-nu-ki-a 1(u) 8(disz) _tug2_ szu-ru-tum	a kunukû-stone, 18 šurātu-garments
5	sza li-wi-tim	belonging to Liwītum
6	1(disz) me-at _tug2_ ku-ta-nu	100 kutanu-garments
7	7(disz) _ansze hi-a_ s,a-la2-mu	7 homers of chick-peas,
8	1(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) _ma-na an-na_ a-qa2-ti2-szu-nu	1 talent 10 minas of tin, their offerings
9	mi3-ma a-nim ku-nu-ki-a szu-su2-en6	“What is it that makes the heavens tremble in your presence?
10	u2 dan-a-szur3 i-ra-de8-u2-ni-ku-nu-ti2	and Dan-Assur will bring to you.
11	_sza3_ 1(u) _tug2_ sza dan-a-szur3 1(disz) _tug2_ szu-ra-am	from 10 garments of Dan-Assur, 1 šuram garment
12	a-na a-wi-il5-tim di2-na	Give it to a man!
13	_an-na_ u2 _tug2 hi_-ti2-a a-na _dam-qar_	tin and wool for the merchant
14	ke-nim sza ki qa2-qi2-di2-ku-nu	the loyal one who with your hands
15	a-u4-me qu2-ur-bu-tim di2-na	“At that time, a lawsuit was brought.
16	szu-ma a-u4-me qu2-ur-bu-tim	“He is the storm of the qurbūtum-festival,
17	la2 i-ba-szi2 ki-ma i-qi2-pu-ni	he does not have, as he commanded
18	_an-na_ u2 _tug2 hi_-ti2-a / a-na	an ointment and a good garment for
19	_dam-gar3_ ke-nim sza ki-ma	the loyal merchant who like
20	qa2-qi2-di2-ku-nu / di2-na / _dam-gar3_-ku-nu	your hands, judgments, your merchant
21	lu ke-en6 _iti-kam_ isz-te2-en6	may it be true, month after month
22	u2 sze2-na la2 tu3-sze2-qa2-ra	You should not strew fresh grass.
23	_ku3_ ma-la2 i-na s,e2-er _dam-gar3_	the silver as much as in the wages of the merchant
24	ta-na-di2-a-ni u2 u4-me	You give me days of daylight.
25	i-na t,up-pi3-ku-nu lu-up-ta-nim	Let me write on your tablet.
26	2(disz) ri-ik-sa3-an 1(u) 4(disz) _ma-na an-na_	2 riksan 14 minas of tin
27	a-na a!-gu-a 6(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu	for Agua 6 kutanu-garments
28	a-ha-ma a-na _dam-gar3_-ri	each to the merchant
29	mi3-ma a-nim a-s,e2-er	whatever ...
30	la2-qe2-ep u2 pu-szu-ke-en6	I took, and the plants of pušu-kēn
31	szu-su2-en6 u2 dan-a-szur3	Šusuen and Dan-Assur
32	na-asz2-u2 / _ansze hi-a_ s,a-la2-me	he will carry. The donkeys and sheep are weighed.
33	_tug2 hi-a_ sza dan-a-szur3 isz-ti2	garments of Dan-Assur, together with
34	_ansze hi-a_ s,a-la2-me e-mi3-da-ma	the donkeys of the ṣalmu-offerings I brought, and
35	a-na u4-me qu2-ur-bu-tim	in the days of battle
36	di2-na-a ba-ab2 ha-ra-ni-szu	Judged by him, whose fate has been decided.
37	_ku3-babbar_ li-szi2-qi2-il5-ma	silver may he weigh out, and
38	i-sze2-pi3-szu _ku3-babbar_ lu-ub-lam	he has made, the silver I shall bring.

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