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KTK 001 (P360853)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360853 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1545 |
| Collection | Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation |
| 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 ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz-ma | Thus (says) Karum, Kaniš: |
| 2 | a-na ka3-ri-im | to the quay |
| 3 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim s,a-he-er _gal_ | burushḫātu-plant, a large shadû-plant |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma a-na-kam sza ki-ma | [Say]: “This is what |
| 5 | kur-ub-esz18-dar im-hu-[ru-ni-a-ti2-ma] | Kur-ub-ištar received from me, and |
| 6 | um-ma szu-nu-ma [...] | Thus they: |
| 7 | ma-a-dam i-[...] | The land ... |
| 8 | kur-ub-esz18-dar [...] | Kurub-Ištar |
| 9 | i-di2-in [...] | He gave |
| 10 | [x x ...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x] a-ma-kam [...] | ... words ... |
| 2' | sza-lim-a-hu-um ha-[bu-lam] | Šalim-ahum, the robber |
| 3' | _ku3-babbar_ 2/3(disz)? _ma-na_ [...] | The silver, 2/3? mina ... |
| 4' | a-ni-sza-am a-na [...] | Here to ... |
| 5' | _ku3-babbar_ li-li-kam-ma | may silver come to me, and |
| 6' | a-na-kam li-ta-di2# | Why should he not give? |
| 7' | a-ma-kam lu a-sza-at | May my words be favourable. |
| 8' | sza-al-ma-hi-im | Šalmaḫum |
| 9' | lu _dumu_ szal2-ma-hi-im | or a son of Šalmaḫum |
| 10' | i-na _ku3-babbar_ na-ru?-qi2 | from the silver of the nāruqi(?), |
| 11' | lu-ta-er u3 ma-la2 u2-ta-[e]-ru! | I shall return, and as much as I return |
| 12' | t,up-pi3-szu [sze2-bi]-la#-nim | send me his tablet. |
| left | ||
| 1 | [u2 te2-er]-ti2 sze2-ri-a-nim | and the extispicy of the morning |
Sources & licences
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