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Prag 738 (P359317)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 738 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359317 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 738 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [a]-na#?-kam? / pi2-la2-hi-esz18-dar / en#-[...] | To Pilaḫi-Ištar, En- |
| 3' | _ku3-babbar_ x num / di2-x | silver ... |
| 4' | a-pa2-ni? en-na-nim sza ki#-ma# [...] | “My eyes, the one which like ... |
| 5' | i-tu3-wa-ar / _ku3-babbar_-pu-szu-nu | he shall return. Their silver |
| 6' | ta-ab-lu / te2-er-tum | tablû (means) extispicy. |
| 7' | wa-ar-ka3-num / i-li-kam | After that, he will come. |
| 8' | um-ma szu-nu-ma / a-na _ku3-babbar_-ku-nu | thus they: for your silver |
| 9' | li-ba-ku-nu / la2 i-pa2-ri-id# | May your heart not be disturbed! |
| 10' | tu3-wa-ar / _ku3-babbar_ i-ba-szi2 | Tuwar there is silver. |
| 11' | lu# ku-ta-ni / lu sza [a]-ki#-di2#-e | Be it a kutānu-demon, be it one of the akidīhu-demonic, |
| 12' | [sza] ba#-ri-ni a-na [...] | Whoever breaks the contract to ... |
| 13' | [...] x u3 _ku3#-[x_ ...] | ... ... and silver ... |
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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