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Prag 428 (P359056)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 428 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359056 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 428 |
| Collection | Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 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 i-li-a-ma | Thus Ilia: |
| 2 | u3 la2-qe2-ep-ma a-na | and I took, and to |
| 3 | i-di2-esz18-dar qi2-bi2-ma | Iddin-Ištar, speak! |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 u3 sze2-bu-la2-tu3-ka3 | your silver and your dowry |
| 5 | ma-la2 t,up-pi3-ka3 szal2-mu | as much as your tablet is complete, |
| 6 | _dumu_ su2-i-ta-a ub-lam | son of Suita brought. |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ um-mi3-a-nu-ka3 i-s,a-ab2-tu3 | the silver of Ummi-anu seized |
| 8 | a-hu-ka3 a-szar la2-mu-tim | your brother, where there is none, |
| 9 | isz-e-u2 nu-sa3-li-szu!-nu-ti2-ma | they smote, and |
| 10 | um-ma szu-nu-ma u2-la2 ni-sza-me | Thus they: “Let us not be afraid! |
| 11 | il5-e-u2-ni-a-ti2-ma | they carried off, and |
| 12 | nu-ta-sze2-er um-ma i-ri-szum-ma | we did not lament, thus he said to him: |
| 13 | u3 en-na-num mu-nu-a-ti2-ni | and En-ana-num, her husband, |
| 14 | ta-<e>-ra-szu-um um-ma a-hu-ka3 | <You> have sent him, (saying) thus: your brother |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar la2_ tu3-ta-ra-szu-um | the silver he shall pay back. |
| 16 | na-ru-qi2-ni i-ma-si2 | he smote him with his weapon. |
| 17 | ni-ka3-si2-ni li-di2-in-ma | may he give to us, and |
| 18 | wa-ar-ka3 ta-<e>-ra-szu-um | After you have returned, |
| 19 | _ku3-babbar la2_ ta-sza-ka3-na-am | you will place the silver. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-sza-ka3-nam-ma | you place, and |
| 2 | i-s,a-bu-tu3-ma isz-ti2 | they will seize and with |
| 3 | a-li-ki-im pa-nim-ma | before me, and |
| 4 | ti2-ib-a-ma a-tal-kam-ma | Come, and I will come. |
| 5 | tu3-za-ki um-ma i-ri-szum | You will clear it, saying: "Irišum" |
| 6 | u3 en-na-num-ma | and Ennanum |
| 7 | li-li-kam-ma _ku3-babbar_ | may he come and the silver |
| 8 | sza a-hi-szu lu-ta-er-ma | Let him return the one who is with him, and |
| 9 | u3 ne2-nu lu ni!-di2-szu-um | or a nēnu, or his family |
| 10 | a-bi-wa-qar ni-is,-ba-at-ma | Abī-waqar we captured, and |
| 11 | <<ni-is,-ba-at-ma>> | we seized, and |
| 12 | um-ma szu-ut-ma 1(disz) me-at 2(u) | Thus (says) he: 1 hundred 20 |
| 13 | s,a-am-ru-a-tim _ansze_ s,a-la2-ma-am | ṣamrūtum (means) a donkey. |
| 14 | 2(disz) _tug2_ ga-zi-iz-te2-en6 | 2 garments, gaziz-tēn, |
| 15 | e-zi-ba-am 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na uruda_ | Disregard that 15 minas of copper |
| 16 | i-di2-in-ni-a-ti2 um-ma szu-ut-ma | he gave to me, thus: |
| 17 | re-eh-tam2 i-na ha-ra-nim | the remainder in the threshing floor |
| 18 | a-szu-mi3-szu a-qi2-ip _ansze_ | his name I proclaimed. The donkey |
| 19 | s,a-la2-ma-am i-di2-ni-a-ti2 | the ṣalama-payment of the debtors |
| 20 | 7(disz) _ma-na_ ni-di2-szu | 7 minas, his nidiŋ-measure |
| 21 | 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)? _i3 szah2?_ ub-lam | 1/2 (mina) 3 ban2 of šaḫ’ublam oil |
| 22 | lu sza a-bi-a-qar! | or of Abi-aqar |
| left | ||
| 1 | lu sze2-bu-la2-tu3-ka3 sze-am ni-sza-a-ma-kum | Let us bring you barley! |
| 2 | na-ru-uq en-um-dingir u2-sze2-li2-u2-ma u2-la2 isz-<e?>-u2 | The scepter of Enum-ilī he raised up, but he did not rise. |
| 3 | i-na _u4? 2(disz)-kam?_ um-ma szu-nu-ma / al-ka3-nim _ku3-babbar_ lu ni-a-ti2 | on the 2nd day?, saying: “They are, come, and the silver may be ours. |
| 4 | zu-za um-ma ne2-nu-ma / isz-tu3 i-na _dam-gar3_-tim la2 ni-zi-zu | “Your body, so that we shall not stand in the merchant’s business. |
| 5 | la2 na-x | not ... |
Sources & licences
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