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KKS 33a+b (P359971)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KKS 33a+b |
|---|---|
| ID | P359971 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 699 |
| 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 esz18-dar-tu3-li-su2 | to Ištar-tulissu |
| 2 | u3 a-mur-ka3-la2 | and Amur-kala |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma a-szur3-e-nam-<ma> | Thus Assur-enam: |
| 4 | a-na sza u2-na-hi-du-ku-nu-ni-ma | to whom they will give you, and |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 6 | ar-hi-isz al-ka3-ni-ma | quickly come to me and |
| 7 | u2 ha-<ra>-ni la2-ta-la2-ak | he has shaved his head. |
| 8 | u2-ma-am tu3-ta-hi-ra-nim | when you have returned, |
| 9 | a-pu-tum | |
| 10 | ki-ma ta-asz2-me-<a>-ni7 | like a tašmēni |
| 11 | a-mur-ka3-la2 | Amur-kala, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-ta-al-kam | let him go. |
| 2 | szu2-ha-ri sza ha-ra-an | the šūḫaru of the harān |
| 3 | a-lim{ki} li-ir-de8-am | of the city may he bring |
| 4 | szu-ku-bu-um u2 a-hi-a-a | Šukubum and Ahiya |
| 5 | i-ta-lu-ku-ma | they went away, and |
| 6 | u2 a-ak-na la2-szu | and aaknu-flour |
| 7 | a-pu-tum la2 ta-sa3-hu-ur | You should not reject the apsûtu-demon. |
| 8 | ti2-ib-a-ma | Tiba, and |
| 9 | a-ta-al-kam | I went. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na esz18-dar-tu3-li-su2# | to Ištar-tulissu |
| 2 | u3 a-mu-ur-ka3-la2# | and Amurkala |
| 3 | _kiszib3_ a-szur3-e-nam | seal of Assur-ennam |
| 4 | a-na a-mur-ka3-la2 | to Amur-kala |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku | of Assur-taklāku, |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar la2_ te2#-zi-ba-am | the silver deficit of Tezibam |
Sources & licences
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