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Prag 585 (P359188)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 585 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359188 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 585 |
| 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 szu-a-nim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to him! |
| 2 | um-ma szi2-la2-ma-si2-ma | Thus Šilamassi, |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | you wrote me. |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ | thus: “Why the silver |
| 5 | sza ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti2-ki | of your praise, |
| 6 | puzur4-esz18-dar li-di2-na-ki-im | May Puzur-Ištar give to you, |
| 7 | e-ri-szu-ma | Erišuma |
| 8 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi3-ma u2-la2 i-di2-in | whatever he did not give |
| 2 | a-hi a-ta _ku3-babbar_ | a half share of the silver |
| 3 | sza _tug2 hi_-ti2-a | of my garments |
| 4 | u2 sza a-mu-tim | and the plants of the flood |
| 5 | sza na-ni-a ub-la2-ku-ni | that Nania brought, |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_-pi2 i-pa2-ni-ti2-ma | the silver he received, and |
| 7 | sze2-bi-lam | send me! |
Sources & licences
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