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AKT 3, 067 (P360676)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360676 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| 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 | um-ma sza-lim-a-hu-um-ma a-na | Šalim-aḫum speaks thus: |
| 2 | en-nam-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma | Ennam-Assur, speak! |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 4 | za-ku-a-ku ki-ma dan-a-szur e-ru-ba-ni | I am exempt, like Dan-Ašṣur entered, |
| 5 | a-ta-la2-kam a-sza-me-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ | I shall weigh out, and 1 mina of silver |
| 6 | u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ nu-a-u2 isz-ta-du | and 2 minas of nuā’u together |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ da-ma-qam li-im-hu-ur | the silver as a gift may he receive. |
| 8 | i-na u4-mi3-im sza t,up-pa2-am | On the day that the tablet |
| 9 | ta-sza-me-u2 al-kam-ma e-en | Come, come! How is it that you are |
| 10 | a-szur u3 e-ni-a a-mu-ur | Assur and Enia I saw. |
| 11 | ta-ah-si2-is-tam2 a-na a-hi-ka3 | a tahsīstam-gift to your brother |
| 12 | e-zi-ib-ma a-hu-ka3 la2 ki-ma | Disregard that your brother has acted in this way. |
| 13 | qa2-qi2-di2-ka3 _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2 qa2-at-ka3 | your hands silver as much as your hands |
| 14 | ka3-asz2-da-at-ni na-an-szi2-a-ma | “I will bring our kašdātnu-vessels, and |
| 15 | me-eh-ra-at _ku3-babbar_ sza nu-a-e | the remainder of the silver that is not received |
| 16 | a-na-ku a-na-kam la2-di2-na-ku-ma | I myself, I will give to you, and |
| 17 | ha-ra-nam sza ra-mi3-ni-ka3 | “Ḫarānum, of your own free will |
| 18 | ka3-szi2-id mi3-ma pa2-nu-ma | he will be able to find anything. |
| 19 | la2 i-ka3-bi4-du | he will not be able to pay. |
| 20 | a-szur u3 {d}nin-szubur | Assur and Ninšubur |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-t,u3-la2 mi3-ma li-bi4 | May he live, whatever he wishes for. |
| 2 | la2 i-la2-mi3-nu-ma as-hu-ru-nim-ma | they shall not pay, and I shall return to you, and |
| 3 | tu3-ta-sze2-er al-kam-ma | It is time to return. |
| 4 | e-ni-a a-mu-ur me-er-at | “Here I see. It is greater than |
| 5 | um-mi3-a-nim i-ga-ra-am | his master is a slave |
| 6 | tu3-mi3-id-ma ki-ma a-wi-lim | you will measure out, and like a man |
| 7 | ra-bi4-im a-di2 u4-mi3-im a-nim | The great one, as long as he lives, |
| 8 | ta-su2-hu-ur u3 szu-nu pa2-ni-a | you will return, and they will appear before me. |
| 9 | wa-ab-lu-ma u2-la2 i-sza-pu-ru-ni-kum | “If he does not send it to you, |
| 10 | a-nu-a-e la2 ta-asz2-te2-ne2-ar | the Anuʾānu’s you shall not send. |
| 11 | a-qa2-qi2-di2-ka3 la2 ta-sza-hu-ut | I will speak to you, do not be afraid! |
| 12 | sza-ru-um li-szi2-szu-nu qa2-dum | The šarû-priestess, the qadum priest, |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_-pi3-szu-nu i-sza-ha-at a-hi-ka3 | their silver he shall weigh out against your brother. |
| 14 | ba-ab ka3-ri-im lu ka3-a-na-ti2 | “Bab-karim, be it kalānatu! |
| 15 | a-dan-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Say to Adan-Assur: silver |
| 16 | lu i-a-am lu ku-a-am | either a man or a woman |
| 17 | sza na-ru-qi2-ka3 ma-la2 qa2-at-ka3 | of your sceptre, as many as your hands |
| 18 | i-ka3-szu-du a-na en-um-a-szur | he will measure out. To Enum-Assur |
| 19 | di2-in-ma lu-ub-lam | let me bring a verdict. |
| 20 | szu-ma ni-qi2-am ha-bu-ul ni-qi2-szu | He is a nīqû-priestess, he is the one who destroys his nišu-priestly. |
| 21 | u2 di2-ta-am ka3-la2-ma | all kinds of grass, |
| 22 | a-na-ku-ma a-da-szu-um | I and his father |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na na-ab-ri-tim a-ni-sza-am | to the nabrūtu-official, her husband |
| 2 | li-ik-szu-dam | may he reach. |
Sources & licences
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