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KTK 002 (P360854)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360854 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1520 |
| 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 | thus Karum |
| 2 | [wa-ah-szu]-sza-na-ma | he smote her and |
| 3 | [a-na sza]-qi2#-il5 t,a-tim | for a good šāqīku |
| 4 | [u2 bi4-ru-tim] sza# sza-la2-tu3-ar | and bīrūtum plants of the šalatû-festival |
| 5 | [qi2-bi4]-ma# | speak! |
| 6 | [...] ma-num-ki-a-szur3 | ... Mannu-kī-Assur |
| 7 | [...] szu-ma | ... he is |
| 8 | [... usz?]-te2#-bi4-il5 | ... raised |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a-ma-kam ma-num-[ki-a-szur3] | It is the word of Anum-ki-Assur |
| 2' | a-par2-sa3-ti2-ku-nu | your apparsatītu |
| 3' | le-ru-ub | let him enter. |
Sources & licences
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