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KTS 1, 12 (P360019)

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

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Designation	KTS 1, 12
ID	P360019
Museum no.	Ist Ka 0134
Collection	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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 a-la2-hi-im / szu-{d}a-szur3	to Alaḫum Šū-Assur
2	zu-pa2 u2 i3-li2-a-lim qi2-bi-ma	“Speak to Ilī-alim:
3	um-ma a-szur3-na-da-ma	Thus Assur-nada:
4	3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza sza-la2-ah-szu-a	3 minas of silver belonging to Šalahšua
5	uh3-ta-bi-la2-ma / ha-lu-li	Uḫta-bilama, destruction!
6	me-eh-ra-tim i-di2-nam	he will give back.
7	i-na a-wi-ti-ni 6(disz) ku-ta-ni	among our men, 6 kutānu
8	u2-sze2-ba-al-szu-ma	he shall bring him, and
9	a-wi-lu-um / i-a-ti2 / i-za-za-am	“Woe, my eyes are filled with tears.
10	6(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-ni / i-ku-pi2-a	6 kutānu-garments
11	na-asz2-a-ku-nu-ti2 a-wi-lam	the man's possessions
12	sza-hi-t,a2-ma _tug2#_-[ba-ti2-szu]	he washes his garments,
13	li-il5-qe2-ma s,i2-ib-tam2	may he take, and a ṣibtam
14	sza sza-tim a-ni-tim	of this year
15	a-na _e2#_{[be2-ti2}-ni lu-sze2-ri-ib]	to our house may I enter.
16	li-bi / la2 u2-la2-ma-an	(Sum) My heart does not ... (Akk) I do not let my heart ...
17	szu-ma s,i2-ib-tam2 sza sza-tim	That is the prosperity of that year.
reverse
1	a-ni-tim ta-da-nam	you will give back.
2	la2 i-mu-a / _tug2 hi-a_	without a garment
3	la ta-da-na-szu-um	you will not give him.
4	szu-{d}a-szur3 sza pa2-szu a-na _ku3-babbar_	Šū-Assur, whose name is proclaimed for silver
5	i-di2-na-ni mi3-szu-um _ku3-babbar_	gave to him, what is the silver?
6	la u2-sze2-bi-lam a-na ni-ih-ri-a	he did not send to me.
7	a-na pa2-ni-a sze2-bi-la2-nim	send to me!
8	sza 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sa3-he-er-tam2	of 10 shekels of refined silver
9	lu s,i2-pa2-ra-tum lu tu3#-di2-na-tum	or ṣiparātu-disease, or tudinatu-illness,
10	lu 6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ lu [7(disz)] _ma-na_	or 6 minas of silver or 7 mina
11	_ku3-babbar_ a-na pa2-ni-a sze2-bi-la2-nim	send me silver!
12	szu-ma i-na ba-ab2-ti2-a / mi3-ma	“He is in my womb, what
13	la2 ta-al-qe2-a / _ku3-babbar_ / a-hu-um	you shall not take. The silver of the brother
14	lu-sze2-bi-lam-ma u2-ul s,i2-ib-tam2	Let me send, but it is not good.
15	ki-ma a-hu-um a-na [a]-hi#-im	like a brother to a neighbor
16	i-du-nu la2-di-in u2-ul	They will give it, but they will not give it.
17	be2-u2-la2-tim lu ha-bu-la2-ku-szu-um	“May the be-ulātum-demons be his habulakušum-disease,
18	a-szur-ta-ak-<<ta-ak>>-la2-ku szu-ma	Assur-taklāku is he.
19	wa-sza-ab2 2(disz) _tug2 hi-a_	he will carry. 2 garments
left
1	[x x]-hi sza ma ti2 a lu-sze2-bi-lam szu-ma la2-szu a-ser2#	... let me send it to him, but he is missing.
2	[x] bu szu / szu-up-ra-szu-um / ti2-ib-nam u2 e-s,i2	Send him ...
3	sza _ku3-babbar_ 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ <u2> e-li-isz-sza-ma-nim	of silver 1/3 mina with eliš-šamanum
4	s,u2-ha-ri na-hi-da-ma ba-a-ba-tim x la2 a-di2	The ṣuḫaru-festival, the festival of Baʾabātum ...
5	a-la2-ka3-ni bi-it	his ala-ka-ni-domo

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