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TPAK 1, 028 (P360238)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TPAK 1, 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360238 |
| Museum no. | AMM 001-089-90 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| 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 szu-ma-bi4-a qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Šuma-abīya: |
| 2 | um-ma a-ba-a-a-ma | Thus (says) Abaya: |
| 3 | a-szu-mi3 / be-lum2-ba-ni | Ašumi, his lord |
| 4 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | that you wrote to me |
| 5 | a-na a-am-ku-a / e-ti2-iq-ma | he passed on to the river, and |
| 6 | a-s,a-ba-su2 / u2 a-ta / a-ma-kam | His grasp ... |
| 7 | te2-er-ta-ka3 li-li-kam | May your extispicy come to me! |
| 8 | ma-la2 _ku3-babbar_ ha-bu-la2-ku-ni | as much silver as your debtors |
| 9 | i-na na-asz2-pe2-er-tim | in the scribal art |
| 10 | u2-di2-a-am szi2-it-ra-am | “At the time of my death |
| 11 | sza a-ki-di2-e | of Akīdu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-ku-ka3-am | is the šakku-official |
| 2 | i-na ti2-mi3-il5-ki-a | in Timil, |
| 3 | u2-s,u2-ra-num _dumu_ e-nam-a-szur | Uṣuranum, son of Ennam-Assur |
| 4 | u2-sze2-bi-la2-ku-um a-ma-kam | I will send to you. It is my word. |
| 5 | asz2-al-ma u2-la i-di2-na-ku-um | I asked, but he did not give me. |
| 6 | szu-pu-ur-szu-ma szi2-im | write to him and he will be well. |
| 7 | szi2-it-ri-im u2 sza-ku-ki-im | šītu-disease and headache, |
| 8 | lu-sze2-bi-la2-ku-um | let me send to you. |
| 9 | asz2-ta-na-me-ma | I constantly ask, and |
| 10 | mu-ta-nu / i-na a-lim{ki} | a man in the city |
| 11 | a-ma-kam sza-il5-ma | “It is the word, it is šalāma |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-lu-um / be-ti2-ni | Šulum, our lady, |
| 2 | sze-bi4-lam | send! |
Sources & licences
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