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Prag 537 (P359143)

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

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Designation	Prag 537
ID	P359143
Museum no.	Prague I 537
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 i-di2-su2-en6 u2 la2-qe2-ep	to Idissūn I shall take.
2	a-na la2-qe2-ep / qi2-bi-ma um-ma	To take, speak! Thus
3	tu3-ta-a-ma 6(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na an-na_	and 6 1/3 minas of tin
4	i-pa2-ni-tim / a-szu-mi3 tu3-ur-a-szur3	Ipanitum, my name is Tūr-Assur.
5	u3 a-szi2-ti2-szu / i-li-bi4-a tal-qe2-ma	and his wife he took, and
6	t,up-pa2-am / sza ku-nu-ki-ka3 ta-di2-nam	You will give the tablet of your seal.
7	a-ha-ma 2(disz) t,up-pe2-e / sza ka3-ri-im	Together: 2 tablets of the karum-offering.
8	tal-qe2-a-am / sza _ku3-babbar_ a-na-ku	you took, of silver I myself
9	u2-sza-ra-ku-ni / u4-ma-am me-er-u2	“If the day reaches me,
10	tu3-ur-a-szur3 / a-na _an-na_	Tur-Assur to An
11	sza a-ta / tal-qe2-u2 / is,-bu-tu3-ni-ma	that you took, seized me, and
12	a-di2 ma-la2 u2 2(disz){sze2-ni}-szu a-na	as much as there is, two times to
13	ka3-ri-im / ir-de8-u2-ni-ma	the quay he brought, and
14	si2-ki u2-ka3-i-lu um-ma	he weighed out the wool, saying:
15	szu-nu-ma# mi3-ma a-na	they, whatever to
16	la2-qe2-ep la2 i-di2-in	he took, he did not give.
reverse
1	6(disz) _ansze_ sza um-mi3-a-ni	6 homers for Ummiani,
2	ik-tu3-u2-ma / a-na	he sealed and to
3	ma-at el-me-el-me t,a2-ab2-tam2	The land of Elmelme is good.
4	i-za-bi4-lu / ka3-ru-um di2-nam	They are shouting “It is a case of judgement!‭
5	i-di2-in-ma a-s,e2-er 6(disz) _ansze_	he gave, and the harvest of 6 donkeys
6	1(u) _tug2 sag10_-tim a-ka3-na-ak-ma	10 good quality garments I weighed out, and
7	a-na me-er-e tu3-ur-a-szur / e-zi-ib	Turn back to me, Tur-Assur!
8	a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam / a-ta / ta-la2-kam_-ma a-na	for 1 month you will carry, and to
9	me-er-e / tu3-ur-a-szur / u2-ka3-an-ka3	... Tūr-Assur will hold.
10	szu-ma a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam la2 ta-<<ta>>-tal-kam_	If for 1 month you do not go,
11	_tug2 hi-a_ / i-ta-bu-lu-ma a-na-ku	they piled up garments and I
12	ku-a-ti2 a-sze2-e-ka3 a-hi a-ta / i-na	(Sum) You are the one who ... (Akk) You (are) the one that ...
13	{d}utu-szi t,up-pi3 ta-sza-me-u2 ti2-ib-a-ma	Šamaš, you have heard my tablet, listen to me!
14	a-tal-kam la2-ma u4-mu-u2 im-lu-u2-ni	“I came, the storm swept over me,
15	isz-ti2 me-er-e a-wi-lim ku-ta-i-in	from the foot of a man he smote
16	e la2 ta-li-kam-ma 1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_	did not come, and 1/2 mina
17	_ku3-babbar_ a-na _tug2#_-[ba-ti2-a / i-s,e2-ri-ka3]	the silver for my garments of yours
18	e al-qe2 a-na i-di2-su2-en6	I took, to Idissu
left
1	qi2-bi4-ma szu-ma la2 i-la2-kam szi-be-e szu-ku-szum#	Speak to him, but he will not pay. He will give him the šukû-offering.
2	1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ a-na	1/2 mina of silver to
3	_tug2#_-ba-ti2-a i-s,e2-[ri-szu]	his garments
4	a-na szu-mi3 szi2-be-e i-na t,up-pi3-[im]	according to my own name, according to the tablet
5	lu-up-ta-ma sze2-bi-lam	Send me a report!

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