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Prag 434 (P359062)

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

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Designation	Prag 434
ID	P359062
Museum no.	Prague I 434
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-di2-su2-en6-<ma>	Thus Idissuen:
2	a-na szu-a-nim qi2-bi4-ma	To Šū-Anum speak!
3	2(u) 3(disz) _tug2_ sa3-ap2-ti2-nu	23 sapunu-garments,
4	sza szu-{d}en-lil2	of Šū-Enlil,
5	u3 i-a-ti qa2-dum	and me, the slave
6	szi2-im na-ru-qa2-tim	the fate of the narūqu-festival
7	_ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu-nu 2(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2_	their silver: 2 1/3 minas 6 shekels
8	5(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 3(disz) _gin2 uruda_	5 minas 13 shekels of copper
9	a-na da-ti-szu-nu asz2-qul2	I have poured out for their lives.
10	u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ a-na qa2-ti	and 2 minas for the hand
11	i-di2-esz18-dar a-di2-in	Iddin-Ištar gave.
12	mu-nu-a-ti-szu 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 3(disz) _gin2_	his dowry: 1 mina 13 shekels
13	_ku3-babbar_ szu-{d}en-lil2	silver of Šū-Enlil
14	isz-qu2-ul _sza3-ba_ 4(u) _ma-na_	therefrom: 40 minas
15	_uruda sag10_ u3 2(u) _ma-na_	fine copper and 20 minas
16	hu-sa-e i-di2-esz18-dar	Idī-Ištar,
17	u2-bi-il5-szu-um	he raised up for him.
18	u3 i-na <sza> sze2-ep	and in <the middle> of
19	_dumu_ isz-du-ke-en6	son of Išdu-kēn,
20	asz2-pu-ra-kum um-ma	I wrote to you thus:
reverse
1	a-na-ku-<ma> szu-{d}en-lil2	I, Šū-Enlil
2	sza-bi a-na-kam	what is inside it?
3	sa3-ap2-ti2-ni _ki dam-gar3_-ri	his lips with the merchant
4	al-qe2-ma isz-ti	I took and with
5	sa3-ap2-ti2-ni-szu usz-ta-ta-tim	his lips have been swollen,
6	sa3-ap2-ti2-ni a-szar	our lips where
7	a-ta-di2-nu szi2-im-szu-nu	I have given, their name
8	u2-la u2-ka3-al szu-ma	he does not hold, that
9	i-na sza sze2-ep	in the šēp
10	_dumu_ isz-du-ke-en6	son of Išdu-kēn,
11	mi3-ma la ta-di2-szum	anything you did not give him,
12	a-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 3(disz) _gin2_	for 1 mina 13 shekels
13	_ku3_ sza isz-qu2-lu i-nu-mi3	the silver that he weighed out at that time
14	sza sa3-ap-ti2-nu-szu	of his lips
15	e-ru-bu-ni-ni 4(u) _ma-na uruda_	they entered, 40 minas of copper
16	u3 2(u) _ma-na_ hu-sa-e	and 20 minas of husâ,
17	ub-lu-szum u3 a-ma-kam	I brought to him, and my mother
18	a-s,e2-er _uruda_ u3 hu-sza-e	the carrying of copper and ḫušā’e
19	ma-la ta-le-e-u2	as much as there is
20	a-wa-tam2 gu5-mur-ma	a word is uttered
21	_ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_	1 shekel of silver
left
1	ku-ub-sa3-ni-ma u3 szu-up-ra-ma _ku3-babbar_	seal, and send, and the silver
2	lu-sze2-bi4-la2-szu-um za-ku-tam2 szu-up-ra-am	Let me send him a sealed document.
3	u3?-la2 / a-ta-ma a-s,e2-er _uruda_ u3 hu-[sa]-e	“Why is he carrying copper and husāšu-silver?
4	ki-am _ku3_ sze2-bi4-la2-am#	send me the silver!”

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