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KTS 1, 30 (P360047)

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

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Designation	KTS 1, 30
ID	P360047
Museum no.	Ist Ka 0093
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	um-ma wa-ak-lum2-ma a-na	Thus (says) Waklum: to
2	pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi-ma	Say to Pušuken:
3	ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma a-ta-ma	you wrote me, thus:
4	5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza as2-qu2-dim	5 minas of silver belonging to Asqudim
5	a-na-kam! as,-ba-at-ma u3 1(u) _ma-na_	I took, and 10 minas
6	a-na s,i2-ib-tim / al-qe2-ma	I took as a gift, and
7	_ku3-babbar_ u2-sze2-bi4-la2-ku-um / lu-qu2-tam2	the silver he shall send to you, the debt
8	sza as2-qu2-dim / sza u2-s,a-bi-tu3	of Asqudim, who seized
9	a-na _ku3-babbar_ u2-ta-ar-ma _ku3-babbar_	for silver he shall return, and the silver
10	sza s,i2#-ib-tim / u2-ta-ar-ma	of the ṣibtu he shall return and
11	szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 u2-sze2-ba-la2-ku-um	the rent of your silver he shall pay.
12	2(asz) _gu2_ 5(disz) _ma-na an-na_ 3(u) ku-ta-ni	2 talents 5 minas of lead, 30 kutānu
13	2(disz) _ansze_ s,a-la2-ma 5(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_	2 homers of straw, 5 minas 5 shekels
14	hu-sa3-ra-am _sag10_ wa-at-ra-am	ḫusārām sag watram
15	1(u) 1(disz) _gin2_ a-mu-tum ki-is,-ru-um	11 shekels: Amūtum, kiṣrûm;
16	mi3-ma a-nim a-na as2-qu2-tim	whatever to take away
17	a-bi-i / i-di2-in _igi_ a-szur3	my father gave, before Assur
18	u3 i-li-a / a-ka3-ra-ba-kum	and the gods of Akkad
19	me-er-i a-ta / ki-ma a-an	“My feet, like a sea,
20	_ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 1(disz) _gin2_ tu3-usz-ta-am-ru-s,u2	1 shekel of your silver you shall redeem.
21	i-hi-id-ma / a-di2 1(asz) _gu2_	he weighed out, and with 1 talent
22	_ku3#-babbar_ u3 e-li-isz a-lik-ma	the silver and above he went, and
23	_ku3-babbar_-ap2 a-wi-lim / s,a-bi-it	the silver of a man seized
24	t,up-pi / tu3-ka3-al	You will hold the tablet.
25	sza a-na e-ta-lu-ti2-ka3	who to your supplication
reverse
1	a-na ma zu t,up-pi3-a / ta-s,a-bu-tu3	You will draw up for me a tablet.
2	a-wi-lum2? / sze2-t,u3-ti a-bi4-a	“Awīlum, my slanderer, my father,
3	u3 sze2-t,u3-ti2 / il5-te2-qe2	and debts he took.
4	szu-ta-am-ri-is,-ma / ma-la	Šutamriṣ, and as much as
5	ta-ga-mi3-li-ni e-pu-usz	Tagamilī I did.
6	2(disz) s,u2-ha-ri-a / usz-ti2-mi3-it	2 (mana wool for) Ṣuḫarīya, she gave birth.
7	u3 _ku3-babbar_-ap-ku-nu / i-ta-ba-al	and your silver he shall weigh out.
8	a-na ti2-mi3-il5-ki-a	to Timillia
9	ti2-i-ir-ti2 / i-ta-la2-ak	he went on a campaign.
10	u3 a-ta / a-ma-nu-um	and from afar
11	szu-pu-ur-szu-nu-ti2-ma _ku3-babbar_-pi2 / a-na	send them, and the silver to
12	s,e2-ri-ka3 / lu-sze2-bi4-lu-nim	Let me send them to you in the steppe!
13	_ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2 / la2_ i-be-e-lu-nim	1 shekel of silver he shall pay.
14	i-szar-be-li2 / s,u2-ha-ri	Išar-bēlī, the ṣuḫaru
15	isz-ti2 as2-qu2-tim / wa-sza-ab2	from the Asqutum he will reside.
16	i-hi-id-ma / i-pa2-ni-im-ma	he hired, and he looked, and
17	sze2-ri-a-szu	in the morning

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