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AKT 3, 094 (P360703)

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

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Designation	AKT 3, 094
ID	P360703
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	a-na dan-a-szur en#-[am-a-szur]	To Dan-Assur, Enam-A[ssur]
2	u3 puzur4-a-szur qi2-[bi4-ma]	and Puzur-Assur, speak!
3	um-ma a-zi-a-ma a-na [dan-a-szur]	Thus Azizama to Dan-Assur:
4	u3 en-nam-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma	and Ennam-Assur, speak!
5	a-hu-u2-a a-tu3-nu be-lu-u2-[a]	My brothers, Atunu, my lord
6	a-tu3-nu a-na-kam a-di2 5(disz) szi2#-[szu]	“Atunu, what is it? 5 times
7	a-ha-at-ni a-lam ta-ak-szu-ud	I conquered the city.
8	um-ma szi2-it-ma szi2-ma-at	Thus (says) Šīt-Sîn:
9	a-bi4-ni la2-asz2-me a-na-ku-ma	(Sum) My father, I did not listen to him. (Akk) I did listen to his father.
10	ak-ta-na-la2-szi2 um-ma a-na-ku-ma	I have kept waiting for her, thus I:
11	a-hu-ni ra-bi4-u2-tum	his great brother
12	li-li-ku-ni-ma u3 _ku3-babbar_	may they come, and the silver
13	1(disz) _gin2_ sza _GAN2#_-lim# [li-ip-hu-ra-ma]	Let one shekel of field be gathered, and
14	u3 szi2-ma-at a-bi4-ni	and the fate of our father
15	ku-lu-ni-ma lu ni-isz-me	Come, and let us hear (it).
16	i-na wa-ar-ki-tim	in the future
17	a-na a-lim ta-li-ka3-ma	To the important one, come and
18	um-ma szi2-it-ma szi2-ma-tim	Thus (says) the šītum-official:
reverse
1	la2-asz2-me a-na-ku a-na a-lim{ki}	I myself to the city
2	ki-ma ku-nu-ti2 u2-ta-er-ma	he returned it like a gift, and
3	um-ma a-na-ku-ma a-hu-ni	Thus (says) I: Ahuni
4	ra-bi4-u2-tum i-na _GAN2#_-lim#	the great one in the field
5	_e2_ ku-nu-ki u3 szi2-ma-tim la2 ni-pa2-te2	We did not open the house of your sealing and of the contract.
6	a-lu-um di2-nam i-di2-ma a-di2	“Aluʾum, judge, until when?
7	ta-la2-ka3-ni-ni _e2_ ku-nu-ki	you will carry, the house of your seal
8	u3 szi2-ma-tum la2 i-<<i>>-pa2-te2-a	and fate will not approach me.
9	u3 _ku3-babbar_ i-ba-ab-tim la ni-[la2-qe2]	and the silver that he has purchased, we shall not take.
10	sza i-la2-qe2-u2 i-sza-ri-iq-szu-um	that he will take, will redeem him.
11	a-hu-a a-tu3-nu be-lu-a a-tu3-nu	My brother, who are you? My lord, who is you?
12	a-na-kam la2 wa-asz2-ba-ku-ma	Why do you not sit down?
13	a-ha-at-ni la2 tu2-sa3-ha-ha-ni	You shall not slander me,
14	i-_ku3-babbar_ sza a-bi4-ni sza a-ma#-[kam]	the silver of our father, of the word
15	i-ba-szi2-u2 1(u) _ma-na-ta_	there are 10 minas
16	_ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-la2-nim-ma szi2-ma#-[am]	send me silver so that I may hear it!
17	la2-asz2-a-ma a-mi3-sza-am	there is none, and her mother
18	lu-s,a-ma i-na re-szi2-ku-[nu]	Let me go and with your head
19	la2-zi-iz lu wa-asz2#-[ba-ku]	I will stand, I will sit.
20	a-na-ku [a]-na#-[kam]	I myself
left
1	la2 a-sa3-hu-ur be-lu-a a-tu3-nu	I do not fear my lord.
2	ki-ma a-bi4-a ku-nu-ti2 ta-ak-la2-ku	Like my father, you are bound.
3	ep-sza-at a-ha-ti2-ni ti2-de8-a _e2_	the deeds of our brothers you brought into the house
4	a-bi4-ni la2 tu3-ha-la2-aq szi2-ma-tim	(Sum) His father, do not abandon him (Akk) Do not abandon his father
5	la2 [ta-sza]-me-<<ma>>	Do not listen!

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