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Prag 486 (P359096)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 486 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359096 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 486 |
| 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 | a-na um-mi3-a-ni | to Ummīanni |
| 2 | li-pa2-a / szu-la-ba-an | “Lipa’a, šulabān, |
| 3 | u3 sza ki-ma | and that like |
| 4 | li-pa2-a / qi2-bi-ma | speak!” |
| 5 | um-ma a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 | Thus Assur-imitti |
| 6 | a-mur-esz18-dar / a-mur-{d}utu | Āmur-ištar, Amur-šamaše, |
| 7 | u3 im-di2-dingir-ma | and Imdi-iluma |
| 8 | 5(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 52 1/3 minas of silver |
| 9 | u3 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | and 1 mina of gold |
| 10 | _sza3-ba_ 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | therefrom: 1/2 mina of gold |
| 11 | sza ik-ri-bi-szu | whose prayer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ku-nu-ki / sza li-pa2-a | Seal it with my seal! |
| 2 | a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 | Assur-imitti |
| 3 | na-asz2-a-ku-nu-ti2 | are yours. |
| 4 | sza-du-a-su2 / sza-bu | šadū-asû means “to live. |
| 5 | sza 4(u) _ma-na ku3 an-na_ | of 40 minas of tin |
| 6 | sza-ma-a / sza 2(u) _ma-na_ | that of 20 minas |
| 7 | _tug2_ ku-ta-ni u3 szu-ru-tim | the kutānu-garment and the šurrum-garments |
| 8 | sza-ma-ma / i-pa2-ni-u2-tim-ma | “The heavens are filled with abundance, |
| 9 | ab2-ka3-nim | cows |
| 10 | ha-ra-szu | his limbs |
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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