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Prag 650 (P359249)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 650 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359249 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 650 |
| 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 puzur4#-[...] | to Puzur- |
| 2 | u3 a-szur3-[...] | and Assur- |
| 3 | qi2#-bi-ma um#-[ma x-ma] | Speak! Thus ... |
| 4 | a-na a-szur3-[...] | To Aššīr- |
| 5 | qi2#-bi-ma i-[na ...] | Speak in ... |
| 6 | a-lim{ki} [...] | of the city |
| 7 | szu-ma / sza# [...] | If that of ... |
| 8 | a-wi-lim x [...] | A man |
| 9 | um-ma a-ta-[ma a-na ...] | Thus says ... |
| 10 | sza isz-ti2-ka3# [...] | who with you |
| 11 | lu-mu-un li-bi4-[im] | the lord of abundance |
| 12 | ti2-szu-a-am ik-ri-[ba-am] | the Tišu’am he dedicated. |
| 13 | pi3-ka3 lu#!? ub-[lam] | by your mouth may he bring |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu-mu-un# li-bi4-[im] | lord of abundance |
| 2 | la2 ti2-szu-a-ni / ik-ri-ba-[am] | without his life he dedicated it. |
| 3 | pi3-i ub-lam lu a-hi | I have brought my mouth to speak. |
| 4 | a-ta-ni / lu-mu-un | Atani, the lord |
| 5 | [li]-bi4-im / la2 i-szu-a-[kum] | he does not hold you back. |
| 6 | [u3? a-ta] ik-ri-ba#-am# | and from/by means of Ikribam |
| 7 | pi3#-ka3# [ub]-lam# um-ma a-ta-ma | by your command he shall bring, thus: "Why |
| 8 | lu a-hu-[um] ra-bi4-u2-um | or an older brother |
| 9 | i-a-[ti2] pa2-la2-ah-ka3 | the eye of your reverent servant |
| 10 | lu i-de8-[u2] / i-na pi3-i | they should know. From the mouth |
| 11 | puzur4-a-szur3 ta-li#-[...] | Puzur-Assur |
| 12 | a-wa-tim la2 dam!-qa2-tim | a good word |
| 13 | a-na x [...] | to ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | ga x [...] pa2-ni-a-tum# | Milk ... of the precinct |
| 2 | a-szur3-[x-x] lu!?-bi4-il5 | Assur-x-lu-bi-il |
| 3 | mi3-ma [u2-la2] ni-it-mu-u2 | anything unclean |
Sources & licences
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