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KTK 008 (P360860)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360860 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1553 |
| 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 qi2-bi-ma] | Say to the king, your lord: |
| 2 | um-ma szi2-ip-ru#?-[um?-ma?] | Thus (says) the messenger(?) |
| 3 | a-ma-la2 ti2-ir-ti2#-[ku-nu] | “Alas, your love-making, |
| 4 | ru-ba-am u2 _gal_ [si2-mi3-il5-tim?] | the prince and the great one Similtim(?) |
| 5 | u2-ta-mi3-u2? | he made appear(?) |
| 6 | ru-ba-um ma-[mi3-tam2] | the rabum priestess of the land |
| 7 | a-du zu [...] | as long as ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a-na _e2?_ ka3-ri#-[im ...] | to the granary |
| 2' | nu-sze2-ri-dam-ma i?-[...] | We will bring it to you and ... |
| 3' | a-na _an-na_ ne2-ta-pa2#?-[al? x x] | we have sen[t?] to heaven |
| 4' | u2-szu-ra-am la2 i-[mu-a] | he will not die. |
| 5' | ta-da-nam? la2 [...] | You do not give (them) away |
| 6' | szal2-ma-a-szur3 la2-szu# [...] | Šalma-Assur, his debt ... |
| 7' | a-di2 ma-la2 u2 sze2-ni-[szu ...] | as long as he lives and his sheepfold ... |
| 8' | u2 me-hi-ir t,up-pi3#-[ku-nu? u2?] | and a copy of your tablet |
| 9' | a-wi-lim la2 i-[...] | A man does not ... |
| 10' | _dub_ ha-ar-ma-[am x x] | Tablet of the harmam priestess ... |
| 11' | 2(u) _tug2_ sza qa2-tim# [...] | 20 ... garments |
| 12' | 1(disz) _tug2_ a-na mu-[...] | 1 garment for ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-ba-u2-ni be-lu-ni [...] | “Who is his father, his lord |
| 2 | ma-la2 ku-nu [...] | as much as you ... |
Sources & licences
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