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Prag 549 (P359155)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 549 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359155 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 549 |
| 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 a-la2-bu-um | Alabām, |
| 2 | u3 a-szur3-la2-ma-si2-ma | and Assur-lamassima |
| 3 | a-na puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | Speak, and you will write me. |
| 5 | um-ma a-ta-ma 1(u) 5(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ | Thus (says) Yata: 15 garments |
| 6 | sza qa2-tim qa2-ti2 i-na-a | that the hand of the hand is now |
| 7 | i-na sza-am-szi2 / t,up-pa2-ka3# | At the wording of the tablet |
| 8 | ni-isz-me-u2 i-na | We heard in |
| 9 | li-li-a-ti2-szu | his lilītu |
| 10 | ku-s,u2-um i-tal-kam | he came. |
| 11 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma a-lik | Thus (says) Nēnuma: "Go!" |
| 12 | _tug2 hi-a_-ti2-ka3 sza qa2-tim | your fine garments of the hand |
| 13 | sze2-ti2-qam-ma / qa2-tam2 | “It is a hand, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza puzur4-a-szur | belonging to Puzur-Assur, |
| 2 | lu ni-di2-ma li-bu-szu | let us know, and his limbs |
| 3 | la2 i-ma-ra-as, | he shall not cut off. |
| 4 | a-na ha-qa2 ni-isz-ta-par2 | we sent to the haqa. |
| 5 | a-na _tug2_-ti2 sze2-tu3-qi2-im | to a garment of embroidered fabric |
| 6 | i-tu3-ra-ma te2-er-ti2-ni | returned, and our remission |
| 7 | za-ku-tum / i-la2-ka3-kum | he will weigh it out for you. |
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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