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KTK 005 (P360857)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360857 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1569 ? |
| 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 | a-na ka3-ri-im ka3#-[ni]-isz#? | for the kārīm, the kaniš(?) |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi4#-ma um-ma wa#-[bar-tum] | Speak! Thus Wabartum |
| 3 | [sza] wa#-asz2-ha-ni-a-[ma] | that I have received, and |
| 4 | [u3] sza# wa-ah-szu-sza-na#-[ma] | and that of Wahšušana |
| 5 | [i]-nu#-mi3 la2!-qe2!-pu-um | when he took it |
| 6 | u3 a-li-ku isz-te2-ni-[isz] | and I went with him. |
| 7 | i-li-ku-nim-ma i-qe2-ra-ab2 wa-asz2-ha-ni-[a] | came to me and seized me. |
| 8 | a-mur-a-szur _dumu_ a-ta-a [...] | Amur-Assur, son of Atâ |
| 9 | [a-li]-ik-ma? [...] | I went and |
| 10 | [...] a [x x um?-ma?] | ..., saying |
| 11 | [a?-na?]-ku?-ma [x x t,up-pa2]-am#? | I and ... my tablet |
| 12 | [a-na]-kam-ma la2-szu [...] | Herewith his deficit ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-mur]-a-szur [...] | Amur-Assur ... |
| 2 | i-na a-li-ki [x] di2-[x] | on your way ... |
| 3 | ba?-ri x x x x | ... ; |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma a-na | “That is to |
| 5 | ba-re-e u3 a-tu3-nu | “Brēʾu and Atunu |
| 6 | sza-i!-la2 hu-ur-[szi2-a-nam] | ša-ila, huršian |
| 7 | _igi_ a-li-ki ni-ip-te2 | before the city of Niptu |
| 8 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Thus we: the silver |
| 9 | mi3-ma e ib-szi2-ni | whatever he brought, |
| 10 | mi3#-ma _ku3-babbar_ la2-szu# | whatever silver he has |
Sources & licences
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