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Prag 485 (P359095)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 485 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359095 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 485 |
| 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-di3-lum2-ma | Thus Imdilum: |
| 2 | a-na puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma / mi3-szu sza a-na-kam | Speak! What is it that I want to say? |
| 4 | ta-ak-lu-u2 / i-na | “The enemy in |
| 5 | {d}utu-szi / t,up-pi2-i | Šamaš on tablet |
| 6 | ta-sza-me-u2 / ti2-ib-a-ma | you will praise, you will rejoice, and |
| 7 | a-tal-kam / a-szu-mi3 | I came, my name |
| 8 | _dumu_ u2-za-ri-e-a | son of Uzariya |
| 9 | szu-ma / _ku3-babbar_ i-da-na-kum | If silver he shall give to you |
| 10 | li-di2-na-ku-um | may they give to me. |
| 11 | szu-ma / la i-da-na-kum | If he does not give it to you, |
| 12 | i3-li2-asz2-ra-ni | Ilī-ašranni, |
| 13 | i-na sza-ha-ti2-szu | in his womb |
| 14 | e-zi-ib-ma | Disregard that |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ / lu-sza-asz2-qi2-il5 | silver I shall pay. |
| 2 | a-ta / i-na _ansze_-ri-ka3 | from your donkey |
| 3 | ri-ik-ba-a-ma | it is a pledge |
| 4 | a-tal-kam / u3 wa-bar-ka3 | I came, and your servant |
| 5 | szu-ma / i-na sza-ha-ti2-ka3 | He is in your womb. |
| 6 | wa-sza-ab2 / | who dwells |
| 7 | isz-ti2-ka3 / [a?]-wu-a-szu | with you, his man |
| 8 | szu-ma / la-szu / a-na | If there is none, to |
| 9 | ti2-me-el-ki-a / szu-pur-szu-ma | Send him to Timelkia! |
| 10 | wa-ar-ki-ka3 / li2-li2-kam | After you, may it be abundant! |
| 11 | a-ta / i-na sze2-pi2-i-ka3 | Why, at your feet, |
| 12 | mi3-ma / _la2#_ tu3-ba-lam | whatever deficit you shall bring |
| 13 | 1(u) _gin2# [ku3]-sig17#_ sza su2-en6-ba-ni | 10 shekels of gold belonging to Suenbani |
| 14 | sza en#-um#-a-szur | of Enum-Assur |
| 15 | _dumu_ [en]-na-su2-en6 | son of Ennasuen |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na _dumu-munus_ a-mur-a-szur _dam_-<szu> | to the daughter of Amur-Assur, his wife |
| 2 | e-zi-bu / szu-esz18-dar u2 ma-an-za | Disregard that ŠuʾʾIshtar has eaten or drunk anything unclean. |
| 3 | li-di2-nu-ni-ku-ma bi-lam | let them give to you, so that I may live! |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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