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AKT 1, 16 (P360475)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 1, 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360475 |
| Museum no. | Ank 4676 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, 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 puzur4-a-szur3 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Puzur-Assur: |
| 2 | um-ma ili5-we-da-ku-ma | thus Ilī-wedaku: |
| 3 | a-di2 sza a-di2-i u4-mi3-im | as far as the day |
| 4 | a-ni-im _ku3-babbar la2_ u2-sze2-bi-lu-ni | this silver that he sent to me |
| 5 | s,u2-ha-ru isz-tu3 | ṣuḫaru from |
| 6 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | Burušḫatum |
| 7 | u2-ma-am / u2-ra-am | “Umam, Ura’am |
| 8 | wa-s,a-am qa2-bi-u2 | speak!” |
| 9 | a-szi2-a-ti2 _ku3-babbar la2_ u2-sze2-bi-la2-kum | a claim of silver he shall pay to you |
| 10 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 11 | isz-ti2 / ma-asz2-ka3-ti2-szu | with his dowry |
| 12 | u3 ni-a-um 1(u) _ma-na-ta_ | and ten minas each |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ li-li-ik-ma | the silver may he go and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu szu-um-szu / a-szi-a-ti2 | or his own name, |
| 2 | a-di2 u2-mi3-im a-nim | until the day of Anum |
| 3 | am-s,u2-ur / a-bi a-ta | Amṣur, whose father is from the sea |
| 4 | szu-ma isz-ti2 e-na-hi-dingir | he is from Enaḫi-ilum |
| 5 | a-wa-tam i-du-uk | a word he killed |
| 6 | s,u2-ha-ra-am / isz-te2-en6 | a ṣuḫarām-vessel |
| 7 | la2 ta-be2-el uz2-ni pi2-te2-ma | Do not be negligent, open my ears, and |
| 8 | isz-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ | together with silver, 1 mina |
| 9 | sza ki-ma / sze2-bu-lam | who like a lion |
| 10 | a-ta-wu-u2 / a-na-ku-ma | Atawû (means) I. |
| 11 | la2-li-kam-ma | I will come, and |
| 12 | i-ni-ka3 la2-mu-ur | I will see your name. |
| 13 | te2-er-ta-ka3 / za-ku-tam2 | (Sum) It is the tērta-demon, the exalted one, (Akk) The treasury of the zakkutam priestess |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2-qa2-a / a-bi a-ta be-li2 a-ta | My father, why, my lord, why? |
| 2 | _tug2#_-[ba-ti2 sza li-bi4 i-di2 a-szur2] | garments of the messenger of the Assyrian army |
| 3 | _dumu_ usz-a-szur3 / sza-di2-szu | son of Uš-Assur, his father |
| 4 | la2 ta-ga-mi3-il5-szu | do not raise him up! |
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