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AKT 3, 079 (P360688)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360688 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 en-um-a-szur3-ma | thus Enum-Assur: |
| 2 | a-na nu-uh3-sza-tim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Nuhšatum |
| 3 | mi3-szu-um a-wa-tim li-la2-tim | What are the words of the lilû-demons? |
| 4 | ta-asz2-ta-na-pi2-ri-im | you have sent to me. |
| 5 | a-ha-at-ki isz-ti2 ma-ha-ti2-a | (Sum) I am the one who is angry with you from my shrine (Akk) Your anger is with my shrine |
| 6 | ta-pa2-tum-ma a-wa-tu3-szi2-na | you open, and their words |
| 7 | sa3-ra u3 ta-ki-li | saŋara and takili |
| 8 | ta-asz2-ta-na-me-i | you have given to me, |
| 9 | a-na-ku-u2 / sza-al-ma-ku-ma | I am well, and |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ra-am u2 s,u2-ha-ar-tam2 | ṣuḫarām (means) “to bind, bind.’ |
| 11 | ma-ma-an u2-la2-ma-an | nobody will take it away. |
| 12 | u2 szi2-it szu-ma la2 szu-nu-ti2 | and that one is not theirs, |
| 13 | ma-nam sza-ni-a-am | what else? |
| 14 | ti2-szu mi3-szu-um a-na | his life, what to |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sa3-he-er-tim sza ki-ma | the sahērtum-festival, which like |
| 2 | asz2-ta-na-pa2-ra-ki-ni | I constantly send to you. |
| 3 | mi3-isz-la / tu3-na-szi2-ri | You bring in half a shekel. |
| 4 | i-na {d}utu-szi t,up-pi2-i | by Utu the tablet |
| 5 | ta-sza-me-i-ni / pa-szi2 | “You have sex with me, |
| 6 | na-ki-pi2 isz-ra-tim | the nakīpi of the Išritum |
| 7 | sze2-na-tim si2-si2-ni | a šenātu-container |
| 8 | a-ni-ki mi3-ma sze2-na-tim | Your name is everything that is pleasing. |
| 9 | sza za-ak-ri-im | of the zakrīm |
| 10 | a-na ha-ra-ni-a | to Ḫaraniya |
| 11 | a-na wa-s,a-i-a sze2-bi4-lim | Send it to me! |
| 12 | na-ab2-ri-a-tim sza i-la2-tim | the steles of the gods |
| 13 | u3 ki-ta-a-am | and the lower |
| 14 | ra-bi-tam2 sze2-bi4-lim | the great one, send me! |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim | to these words |
| 2 | t,up-pu-u2 1(u) i-li-ku-ni-im | 10 tablets of Ili-kūnum, |
| 3 | a-wa-ti2 / la2 tu3-usz-ta-ki-x / | “Do not listen to my words! |
Sources & licences
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