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AKT 1, 78 (P360537)

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

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Designation	AKT 1, 78
ID	P360537
Museum no.	AMM 109-639-64
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 u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur qi2-bi-ma	Speak to Uṣur-ša-Assur:
2	um-ma dingir-i-di2-ma / a-ma-la	Thus (says) Ilī-iddina.
3	tu3-sza-hi-zi-ni a-na _e2-gal_-lim	to the palace
4	e-li-ma / te2-i-ra-ti2-ka3 / a-du-u2-ma	Above your tērītu, now
5	um-ma ru-ba-um-ma / ma-la	Thus (says) Rubāma: as much as
6	u2-na-hi-du-szu-ni / a-wa-ti2-a / u2-ka3-al	He will hold back my words.
7	um-ma ru-ba-um-ma / a-szu-mi3 _ku3-sig17_	Thus (says) Rubāma, the goldsmith.
8	u2 sza szu-lu-a-at / te2-er-tam2 ub-la-ni	and the one who brought the šulû-disease,
9	a-na wa-ah-szu-<sza>-na / a-sza-pa2-ar	I will write to her father.
10	u2 pe2-er-dam u2-sze2-ba-al	he will bring out the sprouts.
11	a-pu-tum a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na	“It is enough, it is enough for her.‭
12	sze2-ep-ka3 la ta-sza-ka3-an / a-di2	You will not place your foot on the ground, until
13	ru-ba-am / bu-ru-usz-ha-ti2-am	“My prince, my lord,
14	u2 u2-szu-na-la-<i>-am / u2	<(If)> he stretches out the grass, he will prosper.
15	wa-ah-szu-sza-na-i-am / ra-bi	the great waḫšušanam
16	si2-ki-tim u2-ta-mu-u2	they have inspected the wool.
17	u2-la i-la-kam / a-na-kam	“It is not there, it is indeed there!
18	i-ma-at sza-ar-la	“It is the year of Šarla
reverse
1	sza-bu-a-i-u2 / ha-ra-na-am	the Šabuʾāyu, the haranam priest
2	u2-ka3-i-lu-ni-a-ti2-ma / i-s,a-ab2-tu3-ni-a-ti2	they shall hold them back, and they shall seize them.
3	1(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu-um _sag10_ ut-ru-um	1 kutanum-garment, red, urrum-colored,
4	a-na-ku [x] i-la-ap2-ta / _e2_	I ... the door bolt of the house
5	tam2-ka3-ri-im / ni-si2 / u3 mi3-ma	The Tamkarim, the herdsman, and whatever
6	sza na-asz2-a-ni-ni / i-s,a-ab2-tu3-ma	who took possession of us, and
7	u2 ni-a-ti2 / u2-ta-szi2-ru-ni-a-ti2	and my limbs he made to tremble,
8	um-ma ru-ba-um-ma / a-sza-pa2-ar	Thus (says) Rubāma: I will write.
9	szu-lu-a-at u2 a-bi-i3-li2	... Abi-ilī,
10	a-szi2-a-ku-nu / u2-ta-ru u3 _ku3-sig17_	who dwells with you, the utaru and the gold
11	a-na-ku-ma / u2-sza-ba-szu-nu	I will make them dwell.
12	u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur / mi3-ma la i-da-an	“Uṣur-šašur, he does not give anything.
13	ru-ba-um / _sag10_ e-ta-u2	the rabām priest, the good one, has left
14	um-ma szu-ut-ma la2 i-ha-da-ar	Thus says he: "He will not be frightened."
15	a-[di2] ha-ra-na-am / u2-sze2-szu-ru-szu-ni	as far as Haranam brought him,
16	a-na-kam / a-mu-ur-qa2-ti2-esz18-dar	Why Amurqati-Ištar?
17	la-szu / ni-sza-pa2-ar-szu-ma	we will send him, and
18	i-na la-mu-na szu-ma	He is from the old age.
19	i-ta-al-kam a-na ma-la	he has gone, as much as
20	te2-er-ti2-ka3	of the extispicy
left
1	e-pa2-asz2 / su2-a-tim / sza ta-aq-bi-a-ni	“I will do the supplication that you spoke to me.‭
2	um-ma ru-ba-um-ma mi3-szu-um	Thus (says) the rabāma priestess: what
3	la2 u2-sze2-bi-la-szi2-na	did not send to them,

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