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Prag 789 (P359358)

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

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Designation	Prag 789
ID	P359358
Museum no.	Prague I 789
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'	[...] x szu-ma	... he is
2'	[a-hi sza] ke-na-tim a-[ta]	“As for the brother of the truth, why
3'	[...] _ku3#-babbar_ a-na _an-na_ 9(disz) _gin2-ta_	... silver for tin: 9 shekels each
4'	[...] _gin2-ta_ ni-la2-qe2-e	... shekels we shall take.
5'	[...] x sza x u2? a?-hu-um	... aḫum
6'	[...] i-ta-ba-al-ni-a-ti2	(Sum) ... he smote me(?) (Akk) The ... that he struck me
7'	[...] _an-na_ ki-ma _an-na_	... of tin like a stone.
8'	[...]-ni li-di2-na-ma	... may he give to him
9'	[ma-la2] _ku3#-babbar_ u2-ka3-i-lu-u2	the mina of silver he shall weigh out
10'	[u2 a-ta] ka3-i-il5 a-hi a-ta#	“At the border, at the border
11'	[... i]-na li-bi4-ka3	... in your heart
12'	[...] i-a-ti2 u3 [...]	... me and ...

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