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KTK 095 (P360947)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360947 |
| Museum no. | GE 8104 |
| 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 | 7(disz) [n _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-s,e2-er] | 7 minas of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 2 | i-na-[...] | Ina- |
| 3 | u3 hi-isz-[...] | and ... |
| 4 | i-ku-num [i-szu x] | Ikunum with his ... |
| 5 | 1(u) _geme2_ 1(disz) _ARAD2 e2_ [x x] | 10 female slaves, 1 male slave of the house ... |
| 6 | sza-ru-szu u2 eq-la2#-[tum] | šarušu and eqlatum |
| 7 | sza i-ku-num a-na | of Ikūnum to |
| 8 | ha-ar-pi2 _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2 | the ḫarpi of silver, as much as |
| 9 | qa2-su2-nu i-ka3-szu-du-ni | their hands they shall bind. |
| 10 | i-sza-qu2-lu-ma | they shall weigh out, and |
| 11 | i-na t,up-pi2-szu-nu | on their tablets |
| 12 | [ha]-ar-mi3-im | he was victorious |
| 13 | [ma]-hi-ir | received. |
| 14 | [szu-ma] la2 isz-qu2-lu | If he does not pay attention |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# 1(disz) _ma-na_-em | for 1 mina |
| 2 | [x] _gin2-ta_ i-na | x shekels each |
| 3 | [_iti] 1(disz)-kam_ u2-s,u2-bu _ku3-babbar_ | for 1 month they shall carry out the procedures. The silver |
| 4 | [i-qa2]-qa2-ad szal2-mi3-szu-nu | he will weigh out. Their totality |
| 5 | [u3] ke-ni-szu-nu ra-ki-is | and their trust is bound |
| 6 | a-di2 i-ku-num usz-ta-bu-u2 | as long as Ikunum lives, |
| 7 | mi3-ma i-szu-u2 sza i-ku-nu-um# | whatever he has, that he knows |
| 8 | _igi_ tu3-li _dumu_ tu3-li2-im# | before Tulum, son of Tulum |
| 9 | _igi_ a-gu5-za _igi_ [...] | before Aguz; before ... |
| 10 | _igi_ e-li2-a-[li?] | before Eli-ali |
| 11 | _igi_ szi2-zu-[...] | before Šizu- |
| 12 | _igi_ ab2-[...] | before the cow |
| 13 | _igi_ [...] | before ... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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