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CCT 6, 22, BM 115172 (P358930)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 6, 22, BM 115172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358930 |
| Museum no. | BM 115172 |
| 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] puzur4#-a-szur3 du10-s,i-la2-a+szur3 | To Puzur-Assur, Duṣilli-assur |
| 2 | [a]-szur3#-ba-ni u3 i-ku-pa2-sza | Assur-bani and Ikupaša |
| 3 | [qi2]-bi#-ma / um-ma bu-za-zu-ma | Thus (says) Buzazu: |
| 4 | a-di2 / sza asz2-ta-pa-ra-ku-nu-ti2-ni | as long as I have written to you, |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / _an-na_-ki | Thus I, your Anuna |
| 6 | lu ha-ra-an / su2-ki-nim / szu-ma | May he be a harran-priestess, a sukinnu-priest. |
| 7 | na-t,u3-u2 / lu-sze2-ri-bu-nim | Let them bring in the naṭû-demons. |
| 8 | lu ri-ik-si2 / lu bi-szu-ma | be it a rīksu-demon or a dead man, |
| 9 | a-na ka3-ni-isz i-na su2-na-ti2-a | In the end, in my lap |
| 10 | lu-sze2-ri-bu-nim / a-sza-me-ma | I will ask and |
| 11 | am#!?-tum / em-s,a-at / i-s,e2-er (bu-ru-tum?) | “The wild bull(?) is a wild bull, he is an equid |
| 12 | [x-x]-ti2-szu / a-na a-wi-lim | to a man |
| 13 | [...]-x-u2-lu / a-na e-ra-bi4-im | ... to enter |
| 14 | [...]-x u2 / _an-na_-ki | ... ... of heaven |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x] la2 tu3-sze2-ra-ba-nim | ... you did not send to me. |
| 2 | [isz-ti] / _illat_-tim-ma / le-ru-ba-am | May he enter with a flood. |
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