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Prag 670 (P359266)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 670 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359266 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 670 |
| 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 | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 5 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ puzur4-esz18-dar | 1 mina of silver: Puzur-Ištar |
| 6 | na-asz2-<a>-ki-im | to be gathered |
| 7 | [... ...]-e-tim | ... the ...s |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x ...] | |
| 2' | iq!-bi-ma# [um-ma szu-ut-ma] | he said thus: |
| 3' | mi3-ma i-li-[bi-a] | whatever it is that the god |
| 4' | u2-la2 i-szu szu-[ma] | if he does not have it, he will die. |
| 5' | ki-a-ma [i-di2]-na-ki-ma | as he gave you, and |
| 6' | um-ma a-na-[ku]-ma mi3-szu-um | Thus (says) I: what |
| 7' | ki-a-ma ta-da-nam | like you gave |
| 8' | szu-a-num tu3-ha-ba-al | Šuʾānum you shall remove. |
| 9' | szu-ma i-di2-na-ku-um | If he gives me, |
| left | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ di2-nam szu#-[ma] | The silver shall be paid in full. |
| 2 | la2 ki-a-am! la2 ta-[...] | “It is not so, it is not |
| 3 | [...] na-ta# [...] | ... by means of ... |
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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