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AKT 3, 080 (P360689)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360689 |
| 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 en-um-a-szur3-ma a-na la2-li-a <u2> | Thus (says) Enum-Ašur: <To the lalû-priest>: |
| 2 | nu-uh3-sza-tim / qi2-bi-ma | “Nuḫšātum, speak! |
| 3 | mi3-szu / sza ta-ki-li | What is it that you have done? |
| 4 | ta-asz2-ta-na-me-i-ni-ma | you have repeatedly spoken to me, and |
| 5 | um-ma a-ti2-ma / s,u2-ha-ra-am | Thus (says) Atīma, the ṣuharam-official. |
| 6 | u3 s,u2-ha-ar-tam2 u2-la2-ma-nu | and the ṣuḫartam-tax he shall pay. |
| 7 | um-ma szu-nu-<ma> a-la2-nu-szu-nu / ma-nam ti2-szu | Thus (says) <they>: their alānu-priests: what is his life? |
| 8 | ez-bi / ta-ki-li / la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-me-i | You are furious, you do not rejoice! |
| 9 | u3 szi2-it / la2 ta-sza-me-ma | And you will not listen to her. |
| 10 | li-ba-sza / la2 i-ma-ra-as, | her heart will not be pacified. |
| 11 | isz-tu3 u4-mi3-im sza a-na a-lim{ki} | from the day that to the city |
| 12 | e-ru-bu _ku3-babbar_ 1(asz) _gu2_ u3 2(asz) _gu2_ | entered. The silver is 1 talent and 2 talents. |
| 13 | sza-qu2-ul / a-wa-tum sza ki-li-ma | The šāquŋul-word (is) a word that is twisted. |
| 14 | gam2-ra / sza _dumu-munus_ a-hi-i-a | payment of the daughter of Ahiya |
| 15 | la2 da-mi3-iq-tim sza a-na-ku | (Sum) I am the one who does not fear evil (Akk) The one who is not fearful of evil that I |
| 16 | asz2-pu-ra-ma / ir-de8-u2-ni-szi2-ma | I wrote, and they brought her, and |
| 17 | u3 _diri_-tam2 a-wa-sa3-<<ni>> | and a third of his words |
| 18 | u2-t,a2-ba-ma / ki-ma a-na | he will be satisfied, and like to |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | wa-ar-ki-ti2-a / s,a-al-tum | “After my death a famine |
| 2 | mi3-ma la2 i-ba-szi2-u2 / e-pa2-asz2 | Whatever there is, he will do. |
| 3 | la2-li-a / u2-qa2-a / la2-li-a | Lalia, uqāʾa, lalala! |
| 4 | i-na ma-qa2-tim / pu-su2-nam | in a grave, a pitfall |
| 5 | i-na qa2-qa2-ad s,u2-ha-ar-tim | in the middle of the ṣuhartu |
| 6 | a-sza-kan2-ma / ha-ra-ni | I shall place, and his wife |
| 7 | e-pa2-sza-am / la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-me-i | Do not be afraid! |
| 8 | ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ ma-dam-ma | like silver a wife |
| 9 | ag-ta2#-am#-ru / mi3-szu-um a-wa-tim | Agtamru, what is the word |
| 10 | li-[la-tim] ta-asz2-ta-na-pi3-ri-im | you have repeatedly smeared me. |
| 11 | la2-li-a | lalāya |
| 12 | i-na ma-hu-ra-at _e2#_{tim#} | in front of the house |
| 13 | lu wa-sza-ab2 / e-er-szu-szu | May he be his servant. |
| 14 | asz2-ra-kam / lu na-ad-a-at | May it be placed there. |
| 15 | u2-ku-ul-tu3-szu / ga-ma-ar-szu | his ukultû-offerings, his tribute, |
| 16 | sza a-na-nim u3 a-la2-nim sza-bu | of Ananu and Alānum are present. |
| 17 | u3 sza a-di2 a-ma-kam wa-asz2-bu | and that which until the word is heard |
| 18 | lu a-li-ku / i-lu-ku | "Let me go, let me go!" |
| 19 | sza-bu-ma / pa2-szi2 na-ki-pi2 | The šabû-demon, the nakipītu-demon, |
| left | ||
| 1 | s,i2-pa2-ra-tim si2-si2-ni mi3-ma sa3-he-er-tum | ṣiparātum sisini saḫertum |
| 2 | a-hu-ra-at-ni / ki-ta-am / _gal_ / na-ab2-ri-[a-tim] | “Ahuratni, the lower one, the great one of the enemies, |
| 3 | sza i-la2-tim isz-ra-tim sze2-na-tim sze2-bi4-la2 | Send me the gifts of the gods and goddesses! |
| 4 | ta-as-ka3-ri-nam a-na-kam im-sza-'i?-im | you will send to me, what is it that I want to say? |
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