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Prag 540 (P359146)

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

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Designation	Prag 540
ID	P359146
Museum no.	Prague I 540
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 s,u2-ha-ri-im]	to the ṣuḫarum
2'	wa-szu-ra-am u2-la2 ta-mu-u2	“It is enough, it is enough!‭ (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) means "to know."
reverse
1'	u3 a-s,e2-er ki-a-ma / di2-nam	and the aṣītu-festival in the same way,
2'	a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im ta-di2-szi2	you will give to the ṣuharu-official.
3'	a-hi a-ta / a-na-ku u3 a-ta	“As for me, and as for you,
4'	u2-la2 sza a-wa-tim	or of a word
5'	_tug2 hi-a_ / a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im /	garments for the ṣuharû-festival
6'	me-er-i-a wa-sze2-er	a lamenting lament
7'	szu-ma / _tug2 hi-a_	If a garment
8'	wa-szu-ra-am	he was victorious
9'	la2 ta-mu-a	did not see,
10'	[ta-ah-si2]-is-tam2 / _igi_ szi2-be-e	a tahsīstam-vessel in front of the sun.
11'	[... x a-wa]-ti2-a a-[na]	... my words to
left
1	[...] ma la2 [ta-x]	... the boat did not
2	[...] ti2-ka3 / a-na-ku	... of your life, I
3	[...]-kum	... your

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