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Prag 817 (P359374)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Prag 817 |
|---|---|
| ID | P359374 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 817 |
| 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 ...] | to ... |
| 2' | tu3-ka3-al#? [...] | You will hold ... in your hand |
| 3' | um-ma a-mur-esz18-dar#-[ma] | Thus Āmur-ištar: |
| 4' | ma-s,a-ku u2 ka3-ra#?-[...] | I am a guardian of food(?) |
| 5' | a-na 1(u)? 1/3(disz)? _gu2 an-na#_ [...] | for 10 1/3 talents of tin ... |
| 6' | u2 1(disz) [n me?]-at#? ku-ta-ni# [...] | and 100(?) kutānu-plants |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza a-na# [a]-bi4-ka3 | that to your father |
| 2' | u2-sze2-li-a-ni | he brought down, |
| 3' | a-na [x x?] x sza [...] | to ... of |
| 4' | x x [...] | |
| 5' | um-[ma a]-mur-esz18-dar#-[ma] | Thus Amur-Ishtar: |
| 6' | x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [... u2]-s,ur#-sza-a-szur3 | ... Uṣur-ša-Assur |
| 2 | [...]-ba li-qe2 | ... may he take |
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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