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Prag 704 (P359287)

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

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Designation	Prag 704
ID	P359287
Museum no.	Prague I 704
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 szu-hu-bur a-szur3-ba-ni	Thus Šuḫubur, Assur-bani:
2	u3 sza-lim-a-szur3 a-na	and Šalim-Assur to
3	pu-szu-ke-en6 / qi2-bi-ma	Say to Pušuken:
4	3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-a-szar	30 minas of silver he shall weigh out.
5	ub-lam _sza3-ba_	he brought into it
6	1(disz) me-at 7(u) 7(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu	177 kutanu-garments
7	_ku3-bi_ 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) _gin2_	its silver: 15 minas 4 shekels
8	3(u) 1(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ u3 1/3(disz) _tug2_	31 hi-a garments and 1/3 garment
9	sza a-ki-di2-e _ku3-bi_ 5(disz) _ma-na_	of akidû, its silver: 5 minas
10	8(disz) _ansze hi-a_ s,a-la2-mu	8 homers of ṣalamu-flour,
11	_ku3-bi_ 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_	its silver: 2 1/2 minas 5 shekels
12	1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) _gin2_ u2-nu-su2-nu	1/3 mina 4 shekels, their utensils
13	1(u) _gin2_ u2-kul2-ta-asz2-nu	10 shekels: Ukultašnu;
14	1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_	1 mina 15 shekels
reverse
1	ni-is-ha-tum	Nishatum
2	3(disz) ka3-s,a-ru 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_	3 kaṣaru, 1 1/2 mina
3	6(disz) _gin2_ lu-bu-szu-nu	6 shekels, their lubus
4	4(u) 1/2(disz) _ma-na an-na_ qa2-tim	40 1/2 minas of tin
5	1(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-bi_	13 1/2 shekels each, its silver
6	3(disz) _ma-na_	3 minas
7	4(disz) _gin2_ sza sa-e-tim	4 shekels of coarse flour
8	1(u) 4(disz) _gin2_ wa-s,i2-tum	14 shekels of wax
9	1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ te2-s,u2-pe3-em	1/2 mina 1 1/2 shekels of teṣu-paste
10	6(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ i-ma-sa3-im im-t,i2	6 1/2 shekels he measured out, he died.
11	mi3-ma a-nim i-a-szar	whatever there is,
12	i-ra-de8-a-kum	will bring to you.
13	2(disz) _tug2_ sza a-szur3-ba-ni	2 garments of Assur-bani,
14	2(disz) _tug2_ sza sza-lim-a-szur	2 garments of Šalim-Assur,

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