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KTS 1, 15 (P360025)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTS 1, 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360025 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ka 0133 |
| 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 im-di2-lim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Imdīlim: |
| 2 | um-ma a-mur-dingir-ma mi3-szu sza | Thus Āmur-ilum: what is it that |
| 3 | ta-asz2-ta-pa2-ra-ni um-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 4 | a-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 i-sa3-al-e | why does he weigh out your silver? |
| 5 | tu3-usz-te2-ne2-ba-la2-ma u2 _e2_ | Tuštenebalama and the house |
| 6 | sza-ni-u2-tim ni-is-ha-tim i-na-su2-hu | secondly, they will discard the nishtu-disease. |
| 7 | u2 szi2-la2-tu3-ka3 ma!-da-ma | and the šilatu-plant of the land |
| 8 | u2 pe3-er-da-tu3-ka3 / e-ta-ak-la2-ni | When he eats the food of the terdatu-festival, |
| 9 | a-a-um _ku3-babbar_-pi3 / sza a-ta la2 ti2-de8-u2 | the silver that you have not weighed out, |
| 10 | a-na-ku lu u2-szu-ra-ku / mi3-ma a-a-kam-ma | May I be released! What is it that I do not know? |
| 11 | la2-al-kam-ma la2-al-qe2-ma | “Let me go, let me take, and |
| 12 | [ma]-ah-ri-ka3 la2-asz2-ku-un-ma li-ba-am | I shall place before you, so that there will be peace. |
| 13 | [la2]-di2-na-kum / ma-ti2 ki-ma sza a-da-gu5-lu-ma | I will give you the land like that of Adagulum. |
| 14 | i-_ku3-babbar_-ap2 a-ba-e-szu#-nu | he will pay back the silver to its owners. |
| 15 | 1(u) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ i-na-szu-ru-ni-ma | 10 minas of silver he shall pay, and |
| 16 | a-szi2-a-ma-tim i-pa2-ni a-ba-e-szu-nu | “Ašī-a-ma-tum’tim, the one who searches for their name, |
| 17 | u2-sze2-bu-lu-ni-ma a-ba-u2-szu-nu | they brought, and their fathers |
| 18 | i-sza-me-u2-ni-ma li-ba-szu-nu | will hear, and their heart |
| 19 | i-la2-mi3-nu / ma-ti2 a-mi3-a-tim | Iluminu, the land of the sea, |
| 20 | a-na-ku e-pu-usz / tu3-s,a-wi | I did (this), but you have turned back. |
| 21 | ki-ma sza a-wa-tim a-mi3-a-tim | like that of the words of a mother |
| 22 | e-ta-pu-szu-ni-<ma> li-bi4 | they have performed against me, and the heart |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ba-e-szu-nu u2-la2-mi3-nu-ni-ma | their fathers he shall remove from them and |
| 2 | a-ba-u2-szu-nu _igi_ i-li-szu-nu | their father before their god |
| 3 | ik-ri-bu-um i-pi3-szu-nu u2-[s,i2]-a-ni | Ikribum their work he carried out. |
| 4 | lu szu-nu-tu3-ma a-wa-tam2 a-mi3-tam2 | or they are, and a word, an omen |
| 5 | a-szur3 u2 esz18-dar-_za-at_ e u2-t,a2-hi-a-ni-szi2 | Ashur and the goddess Ishtar-zat ... for her. |
| 6 | i-nu-mi3 s,a-ah-ra-ku-ni-ma a-a-e | At that time, you were sent to me, but where are you? |
| 7 | la2 a-ra-du-u2 i-re-szi2-ka3 | (Sum) I am the one who does not have a companion (Akk) I do not have companion(s) with you |
| 8 | a-zi-zu / ma-ti2-ma ba-za-am u2 szi2-la2-tam2 | (Sum) The azizu priestess, wherever you are, the šalātum priestesses(?), |
| 9 | la2 ar-szi2 / u4-ma-am a-na-ku | (Sum) I am the one who does not fear the storm (Akk) I have no fear of the storm |
| 10 | a-na a-hi-ka3 s,a-ah-ri-im sza | to your brother, the one who |
| 11 | ke-na-tim-ma a-tu3-ru-ma | True, I returned, and |
| 12 | u2 wa-di2 / a-wi-lu-tu3-ni e?-ti2-i | “It is the day of his manhood(?) |
| 13 | a-wa-tim sza ta-ta-wu-ni u2-ul | The words that you spoke are not true. |
| 14 | sza t,up-pi3-ka3 / am-ti2-szi2 / u2-ul | That which I wrote on your tablet is not mine. |
| 15 | sza a-na-kam e-ba-ru-ti2 5(disz)! [u2] 6(disz)! | which are for the 5th and 6th ebrutu |
| 16 | a-na ni-ka3-si2 / usz-ta-zi#-zu#-ni | for the niŋa drum, which he has set up |
| 17 | szu-nu-ti2-ma ki-a-ma la2 ah-szu-uh#-ma# | they are, and like a pig I have sinned, and |
| 18 | u2 ri-hi-bu-um li-is,-bi4-ti2 | and riḫībûm-plant may they cut off. |
| 19 | [isz]-te2-en a-ta i3-li2 tu3-kul2-ti2 | from the source of the god the food offerings |
| 20 | u2 ba-asz2-ti2 a-ba-ka3 lu-sza-lim-ma | May I be well!” |
| 21 | kur-ba-ma e-en a-szur3 u2 | I am the one of the mountains - Assur ... |
| 22 | e-ne2-ka3 la2-mur | at the word I will see. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na i-bi4-sa3-e _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) ma-[na u2 4(disz)?+1(disz)] _ma-na_ sza | for Ibbisa’e, 10 minas and 4+1 mina of |
| 2 | a-mu-ru la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-[pa2-ra-am u2] lu-qu2-ti2-ka3 | Do not send me a message, and I will speak to you. |
| 3 | i-ru-qa2-ni-ma? um-ma a-[ta]-ma# a-s,e2-er | he entrusted to me, thus (says) he: |
| 4 | a-wa-tam2? le-pu-szu [e]-ru-bu u2 a-na-ku | they shall perform a word, and I |
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