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KTK 017 (P360869)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360869 |
| Museum no. | GE 8105 |
| Collection | State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 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 a-szur3-i-[di2 qi2-bi-ma] | Speak to Assur-idi: |
| 2 | um-ma a-bi#-la-ma [a-szu-mi3] | Thus Abilama, my father |
| 3 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni [um-ma a-ta-ma] | As to what you wrote me: "Why did you not tell me?" |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-lam _ku3-babbar_ x [x x] | Send me silver! Silver ... |
| 5 | i-ba-szi2-ma _ku3-babbar_ [...] | there is silver ... |
| 6 | la2 u2-sze2-ba-la2-kum a-sza-[me-ma] | I will ask you and |
| 7 | ma-num i-na qa2-qi2-ri-im# | Anum on the ground |
| 8 | [a]-nim _ku3-babbar_ i-da-ni-a-ti2 | the silver that they gave to me |
| 9 | [u2] a-na ka3-ni-isz / szi2-ma-am | and according to the whole truth |
| 10 | nu#-sze2-ra-ab2-ma _ku3-babbar_ isz-tu3 | we shall bring, and the silver from |
| 11 | ka3-ni-isz / nu-sze2-s,a-a-am | “We will not go out to the open country. |
| 12 | a-hi a-ta szi2-ma-am szu-ra-am | “My brother, what is my fate? |
| 13 | i-szu / _ku3-babbar_ i-na qa2-ti2-a | the silver in my hand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la2-szu / a-na ka3-ni-isz ki-ma | his deficit, in perpetuity like |
| 2 | e-ra-ab2-ma szi2-mi3-i a-na _ku3-babbar_ | he shall enter, and my fate for silver |
| 3 | u2-ta-ar-ma i-na a-la2-ki-ka3 | he will return and at your departure |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 i-da-mi3-iq!-tim | the silver of Idamiqtum |
| 5 | a-da-na-kum a-na-ku-mi3-in | I am your father, |
| 6 | mi3-ma i-li-bi4-a la2 ti2-szu | whatever he has not done, |
| 7 | ki-a-ma-mi3-in la2 ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | Why did you not write me? |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _gin2_ u2-ul _uruda_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | The silver is 10 shekels, but the copper is not 10 minas. |
| 9 | i-qa2-ti2-a i-ba-szi2-ma la2 u2-sze2#-[bi-la2-ku?] | there is, but he will not send me. |
| 10 | a-na-kam a-na a-hi-im [u2] | to the other side |
| 11 | eb-ri-im ap2-nu-ma [x x] | I am smitten, and ... |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _gin2_ ta-da#-[nam] | The silver is 10 shekels. |
| 13 | la2 i-mu-a-am | he did not see |
| 14 | s,u2-ha-ri [...] | (Sum) The ṣuḫari priestess(?) ... (Akk) The lamentation priest ... |
| 15 | u2-sza-di2#?-nu#-ma | he gave to them, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2 s,u2-ha-ru-a lu [...] | or ṣuharû-plant |
| 2 | i-na ka3-ni-isz wa-asz2-bu | in a sealed document he is living |
Sources & licences
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