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Prag 637(b) (P359236)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 637(b) |
|---|---|
| ID | P359236 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 637(b) |
| 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-na-a qi2-bi4-ma [um-ma] | Speak thus: |
| 2 | ma-num-ba-lum2-a-szur-ma | Mannum-balum-Assur, |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 4 | a-ma-kam _an-na_ 1(asz) _gu2_ li-qe2-ma | “It is the word of Anu. Take one talent and |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ ep-sza-am szu-ma | that silver is a good thing |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar la2_ i-ba-szi2 i-na | there is deficit in silver. |
| 7 | na-ap-tu3 ha-ra-nim _an-na_ | the scepter of heaven and earth |
| 8 | a-s,e2-er s,u2-ha-re-ka3 a-na | to the aṣer of the harvest, to |
| 9 | sza-la2-ti2-wa-ar sze2-bi4-il5-ma | Šalā-tiwar, raise up, and |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ le-pu-szu-nim | they shall pay the silver. |
| 11 | a-na-kam _an-na_ a-na | “Why is the tin to |
| 12 | szi2-mi3-im la2 i-ba-szi2-ma _ku3-babbar_ | there is no fate, and the silver |
| 13 | a-na szi2-mi3-im i-ba-szi-ma | there is to be a verdict |
| 14 | _ku3-babbar_ a-ma-kam a-na s,i2-ib-tim | the silver for a gift |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-la2-kam-ma tu3-sze2-ba-lam | he will come and bring it to me. |
| 2 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3 | the one who multiplies your extispicies, |
| 3 | i-na na-ap-tu3 ha-ra-nim | at the opening of the quay |
| 4 | _an-na_ li-di2-nu-nim-ma | may he give me, and |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(asz) _gu2_ le-pu-sza-ku-ma | they shall pay one talent of silver and |
| 6 | na-asz2-pe-er-ta-ka3 bur-a-szur | at the našperta of Bur-Assur, |
| 7 | u2-sza-asz2-me-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma | he will ask, thus I: |
| 8 | isz-tu3 wa-asz2-ba-ku-ni a-di2 | from where I grew up until |
| 9 | esz15-ri-szu u2 esz15-ra na-asz2-pe3-ra-[tu3-a] | his eshrīšu-plant and the nashpiratû-plant |
| 10 | a-di2 a-la2-ki-ka3 i-ta-na-la2-[ka3] | as long as he goes he will go. |
| 11 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma a-di2 _ku3-babbar_ | Thus I, together with the silver |
| 12 | ma-ti2 na-asz2-pe3-ra-at x-x | (Sum) The land is entrusted to ... (Akk) It is sent to the land ... |
| 13 | i-ta-na-la2-ka3 | he will pay back. |
| 14 | isz-ti2 a-he-e na-me-er | with each other he will be equal. |
| 15 | um-ma szu-ut-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(asz) _gu2_ i-na | Thus says he: 1 talent of silver from |
| 16 | qa2-ti2-a la2 i-ba-szi2 _ku3-babbar_-ku-nu | there is none, your silver |
| 17 | bu-la2-tu3-u2-a i-na _e2-gal_-lim | my burial in the palace |
| 18 | x x x um-ma szu-ut-ma | "He is |
| left | ||
| 1 | ... te2-er-ta-ka3 | (Sum) ... of the tēriš temple (Akk) [... of] the terta temple |
| 2 | li-li-kam-ma | let him come, and |
Sources & licences
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