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Fs Alp 64 (P360797)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Alp 64 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360797 |
| 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 | i-na ma-ti2-ka3 / eb-lu-um | In your land the Eblum |
| 2 | si2-ka3-tum / mi3-ma hu-lu-qa2-e | The sikātu-vessel - what is destroyed? |
| 3 | sza _dumu_ a-szur la2 i-ba-szi2-u2 | of the son of Assur there are none |
| 4 | szu-ma hu-lu-qa2-u2-um | If he is a robber |
| 5 | i-na ma-ti2-ka3 i-ta-ab2-szi2 | in your land he has taken |
| 6 | lu ta-sze2-e-u2-ma / lu | or you will bring, or |
| 7 | tu3-ta-ru-ni-a-ti2-ni / szu-ma | you will return to me, that is |
| 8 | da-mu / i-na ma-ti2-ka3 | My blood in your land |
| 9 | i-ta-ab-szi2 / di2-i-ki | “He has seized your judgment, |
| 10 | lu ta-du-nu-ni-a-ti2-ma | you gave me, and |
| 11 | lu ni-du-ku a-ki-di2-i | May we kill the Akidi! |
| 12 | la tu3-sze2-la2-ni / szu-ma | do not bring me out! That is it! |
| 13 | a-na ma-ti2-ka3 / e-ti2-qu2-nim | to your land they have passed, |
| 14 | lu ta-du-nu-ni-a-ti2-ma | you gave me, and |
| 15 | lu ni-du-ku / mi3-ma | Let us go! What |
| 16 | la2 te2-ri-szu-ni-a-ti2-ni | do not return to me! |
| 17 | ki-ma a-bi-ka3-ma | like your father |
| 18 | i-na e-li-tim | in the upper |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e-li-tim 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2-ta_ | above 12 shekels each |
| 2 | _an-na_ / ta-la2-qe2 / i-na | you will take the tin. |
| 3 | wa-ri-ti2-im 1(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-babbar_ | the debt note: 1 1/4 shekels each of silver |
| 4 | i-na e-ma-ri-im | at dawn |
| 5 | ki-ma a-bi-ka3 / ta-ka3-al | like your father you will hold. |
| 6 | wa-at-ra-am / mi3-ma | “What is it that I have done? |
| 7 | la2 ta-la2-qe2 / szu-ma nu-ku-ur-tum | You will not take (it). If a nukurtu-demon |
| 8 | ma-a / e-la2-tum la2 i-la2-kam | “The upper one is not mine,’ |
| 9 | 5(disz) _ma-na an-na_ isz-tu3 | 5 minas of tin from |
| 10 | ha-hi-im u2-sze2-bu-lu-ni-ku-um | he brought to you the rebels. |
| 11 | a-na a-szur a-na {d}iszkur | to Assur, to Adad |
| 12 | a-na er!-s,i2-tim u3 e-t,a2-me | to the earth and the people |
| 13 | sza a-bi-szu / qa2-su2 | of his father, his hand |
| 14 | i-szi2 / pa2-szu-ur-szu | (Sum) He is the one who reveals his face (Akk) The one who sees his face |
| 15 | u2 ku-si2-szu i-ba-la-ka3-at-ru!-qa2!-am | and his sandals he shall remove |
| 16 | u3 ka3-su2 u2-ma-li-ma | and his mouth he filled, and |
| 17 | it-bu-uk um-ma ru-ba-u2-um-ma | he swore, thus (says) the governor: |
| 18 | x ZU i ma | ...; |
| 19 | as-li-ma | I went, and |
| 20 | u3-sa3-pi3-hi-ni | he has imposed upon him, |
| left | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-nu-ma szu-ma | thus they: he: |
| 2 | ma-mi3-it-ku-nu ni-na-di2 | we will give to you. |
| 3 | da-ma-ni ki-ma ka3-si2-im | his father like a cupbearer, |
| 4 | lu ta-bi-ik | may it be smashed. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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