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Prag 593 (P359195)

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

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Designation	Prag 593
ID	P359195
Museum no.	Prague I 593
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 a-na-li2 u3	to Anāli and
2	puzur4-esz18-dar qi2-bi-ma	Puzur-Ištar, speak!
3	um-ma a-szur3-ma-lik-ma	Thus Assur-malik:
4	a-na puzur4-esz18-dar	to Puzur-Ištar
5	qi2-bi-ma _tug2 hi-a_ u3	say: “The garments and
6	_ansze hi-a_ ma-la2	donkeys, as much as
7	i-na qa2-at,-ra-a	in the quay
8	ku-nu-ki sza a-bi-ni	Seal of our father.
9	u3 szu-mi3-a-bi-a	and Šumi-abiya
10	ip-qi2-du-ku-ni	has appointed you,
reverse
1	_tug2 hi-a_ u3 _ansze hi-a_	garments and donkeys
2	a-na a-na-li2	to Ana-li
3	pi2-qi2-id	entrusted
4	i-na si2-si2-ka3-tim	in the sisikātum
5	szu-mi3 u3 szu-mi3	My name and my name
6	_dam-gar3_ wa-du-u2	the merchant who resides
7	a-na-ku _dam-gar3_	I, the merchant

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