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Prag 430 (P359058)

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

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Designation	Prag 430
ID	P359058
Museum no.	Prague I 430
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 im-di2-dingir-ma# [a-na]	Thus Imdi-ilum: to
2	a-mur-dingir qi2-bi-ma# [a-hu]-qar	Say to Amur-ilum: Ahu-qar
3	i-li-kam-ma / a-na# [lu-qu2]-tim	came to me, and to the storehouse
4	sza sze2-pi2-szu sza u2-[sze2]-s,i2#-u2-ni	whose bricks he had made
5	ni#-ka3-si2 / ni-si2-ma / a-na	We will gather, we will gather and to
6	_an-na_-ki-a 9(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2-ta_ a-na	of heaven 9 1/4 shekels to
7	_tug2 hi_-ti2-a 9(disz) la2 1/4(disz) _gin2-ta_ isz-ku-nam	a garment of mine, 9 less 1/4 shekels each, he set up.
8	u3 4(disz) _ansze hi-a_ me-tu3 / ki-ma lu-qu2-tum	and 4 homers of emmer, dead, as luqūtum,
9	szi2-it _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ / i-s,a-ab2-tam2	the price of 1 mina of silver he shall take
10	la ir-szi2-u2-ni li-bi / im-ta-ra-as,	he did not live there, his heart trembled.
11	a-hi a-ta / lu-qu2-ti2 sza sze2-ep	“My brother, from the side of the luqūtu-vessel that is broken,
12	a-na-li2 / u3 lu-qu2-tam2 sza ha-hi-im	“Alas, and luqūtum of Ḫaḫum,
13	a-na _ku3-babbar_ / ta-e-er-ma _ku3-babbar_	to silver you shall return, and the silver
14	1(disz) _ma-na_ / i-s,a-ab2-tam2 / li-ir-szi2	1 mina of iṣābtam-flour
15	_ku3-babbar_ ku-nu-uk-ma / isz-ti2 / pa2-nim-ma	the silver is sealed and with the face
16	a-li-ki-im / a-na-li2 u3 i-di2-{d}iszkur	the city, the city and Idi-Adad
17	[t,ur4-da]-a-ma u3 sza-at-a-szur3	Ṭurdama and Šat-Assur
18	isz-ti2-szu-nu / li-ir-de8-u2-nim	May they bring me with them.
19	a-na-kam / i-na _ka2_ a-bu-lim	here at the gate of Abulim
20	ma-asz2-ka3-tam2 _ku3-babbar_-pi2 1(disz) _gin2_	the exchange rate of 1 shekel of silver
21	sza tu3-sze2-ba-la2-ni / la2-mur-ma	I will see what you have brought, and
22	li-bi / le-li-a-ma la2-ah-du	May my heart be rejoicing and rejoice!
23	u3 a-ta / a-ma-kam / t,up-pi2-a	And why did I write my tablet?
24	a-mur-ma [a]-li _ku3-babbar_-pi2	I saw, and where the silver
reverse
1	1(disz) _gin2_ [i-ba-szi2]-u2 / sza-asz2-qi-il5	1 shekel there is, šašqīl
2	u3 sza li#-bi4 / e-nu-be-lim	and of the libīb priestess, I will prove it.
3	_ku3-babbar_ a-di2 / a-a-im u4-mi3-im	the silver until the father of the day
4	ib-ta-na-t,i2-il5-ka3-ma	shall keep you in good health, and
5	la tu3-<sza>-asz2-qal-szu / a-pu-tum	You shall not raise a claim against him.
6	i-hi-id-ma / la i-sa3-na-li-ka3	he hired, and he will not serve you.
7	_ku3-babbar_ lu sza li-bi-szu lu sza ba-ri-ni	the silver be it of his own or of ours,
8	sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma / sze2-bi-lam	Send me a message!
9	u3 _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ sza ba-ab2-ti2-a	and 1 shekel of silver belonging to Bābtiya
10	sza la2 i-de8-u2 / sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma	that he did not know, he shall take, and
11	_ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi-lam-ma / li-bi	send me silver!
12	ha-di / a-di2 lu-qu2-tum / sza sze2-ep	“Hadi, until the luqūtu-demon of the šep
13	a-szur3-du10 u3 a-hu-wa-qar	Assur-ṭab and Ahu-waqar
14	e-li-a-ni / la ta-la2-kam	Do not go up to me!
15	lu-qu2-tum sza sze2#-ep a-szur3-du10	luqūtu-vessel of the brickwork of Assur-du
16	wa-di2 i-ta-s,a-am / bar-ki	“If he slips in through the window,
17	lu-qu2-tim sza sze2-ep a-szur3-du10	the luqūtum-work of the work of Assur-du,
18	a-hu-wa-qar a-na 1(u) u4-me	Ahu-waqar for 10 days
19	u2-s,i2-a-am ki-ma lu-qu2-tum	I went out like a corpse.
20	e-ru-ba-ni / a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim#	entered, to Burušḫatum
21	sze2-ri-ib-ma / lu-qu2-tam2 a-na	“Let him enter, and I will give you a luqutû-vessel.
22	_ku3-babbar_ ta-e-er-ma / ti2-ib-a-ma	the silver returned, and he will recover.
23	a-tal-kam u3 mi3-ma te2-er-ti2-a	I came, and whatever extispicy
24	u3# ba-ab-ti2-a i-pa2-ni-ka3#	and my debts he will compensate you.
25	[lu]-za-ki-a-am u3 mi3-szu-um [_ku3-babbar_]	let me clear it, and his wife the silver
26	i-na sa3-al-e!	in the street
left
1	tu3-usz-te2-ne2-ba#-lam 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na a-hu-qar / a-ta-na#-[di2]-in	Tuštenebalam 2 minas of silver to Ahu-qar I have given.
2	u3 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar#_ a-na ka3-ni-isz3 a-sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 ta-asz2-pur-ma	and 2 minas of silver for the kāniš-tax of the field as a gift you sent, and
3	_ku3-babbar_ u2-la2 isz-qu2-lu-szu-um 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na-ku / a-na-kam i-na	The silver shall not exceed its value. 2 minas of silver I myself, in
4	ra-mi3-ni-a / a-di2-szu#-um a-ma-kam ma-la2 / nam-gu5-ra-tu3-nu-ni _an-na_-ka3	“As for me, as for him, it is a word, as much as you are capable of destroying in heaven.
5	li-di2-na-ku-ma _ku3-babbar_-pi3 sze2-bi4-lam pu-szu-ke-en6 ki-[ma i]-a-ti2 la2 i-za-az	May they give me silver, send me! Puszukēn he shall not stand like me.

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