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Prag 669 (P359265)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 669 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359265 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 669 |
| 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 la2-qe2#-[ep-ma a-na] | Thus says La-qêep: to |
| 2 | hu-a-ta#-la2 [(...)] | Huatala ... |
| 3 | qi2-bi-[ma] _gin2#_ | speak, and shekels |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ en-nam-[x-(x)] | the silver of Ennam- |
| 5 | _dumu_ ba-la2 na-asz2-a-ki-im | son of Bala, the naškum priest |
| 6 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 7 | a-szur-mi3-ti2 | Assur-miti |
| 8 | _dumu_ szu-esz18-dar | son of Shu-Ištar |
| 9 | tap-pa2-i | a friend |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-di2-na-ki-ma | let him give to you, and |
| 2 | a-ma-kam | it is the word |
| 3 | a-szur-isz-ta-ki-in | Assur-ištakin |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ sza t,up-<pi2>-ki | the silver of your tablet |
| 5 | la2-ma / a-li-ka3-[ni] | the deficit of his travel |
| 6 | sza-di2-na-szu | his sellers |
| 7 | a-na-kam / a-na#-[ku] | Why am I? |
| 8 | u2 a-bu-sza-[lim] / ni-s,i2-bi-it# [i-na] | and Abu-šallim the herdsman in |
| 9 | ka3-sza-di2-a | Kašadiya |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2-ma-li2 / mi3-ma / la2 ta-ra-gi5-<mi3>-szu | “Umali, what did you not return to him? |
| 2 | 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza a-la2-la2 | 3 shekels of silver for the milling, |
| 3 | ku-nu-ki-a i-di2-ku-bu-um [na-asz2-a-ki-im] | I will give you my seal, I will hold 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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