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ArAn 03, 165 (P360803)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ArAn 03, 165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360803 |
| Museum no. | AMM 009-136-87 |
| 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 | _kiszib3_ a-szur3-ma-lik _dumu_ e-la2-li2 | Seal of Assur-malik, son of Elali |
| 2 | puzur4-a-szur3 u3 ma-num-ki-{d}iszkur | Puzur-Assur and Mannu-kī-Addu |
| 3 | a-na pa2-pa2-an-ta-ah-e | to the papantaḫe |
| 4 | is,-bu-tu3-ni-ma | seized me, and |
| 5 | um-ma puzur4-a-szur3 | Thus Puzur-Assur: |
| 6 | u3 ma-num-ki-{d}iszkur-ma | and Anum-kī-Addu |
| 7 | a-ma am-tam2 sza 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | whatever of 1/3 mina of silver |
| 8 | tu3-bu-lu a-na hu-lu-uq | “To tremble, to fall, |
| 9 | a-na du-ba-bi | for writing |
| 10 | ni-di2-na-kum! | we will give to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-ma a-na ha-tim | he to the province |
| 2 | lu a-na ma-tim / am-tam2 | or to another country |
| 3 | ri-de8-e / i-na ka3-ni-isz | The rīdeŋ priestess in the kaniš. |
| 4 | u3 ma-at ka3-ni-isz | and the land of Kanish |
| 5 | la2 ta-da-an-szi2 | you will not give her. |
| 6 | um-ma pa2-pa2-an-da!-ah-e-ma | thus Papadaḫe: |
| 7 | pu-ra-tam2 u2-sze2-ba-ar-szi2 | he will send her a message. |
| 8 | a-na a-wa-tim | to a matter |
| 9 | a-ni-a-tim ka3-ru-um | the lands of Karum, |
| 10 | ka3-ni-isz _tur-gal_ | the small ones, |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-di2-na-ni-ma _igi_ szu-ga-ri-a-en | gave me, and before Šugariya |
| 2 | sza a-szur-szi2-bu-ti2 a-di2-in | of Assur-šibuti I gave. |
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