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KTK 099 (P360951)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360951 |
| Museum no. | GE 8101 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-sig17_ ki-sza-am | 1 shekel of gold, the kisham |
| 2 | sza i-s,e2-er | of the harvest |
| 3 | pe3-ru-a / bur-szi2-lim | ... buršilum |
| 4 | i-szu-u2 / bur-[szi2]-lim | he took. Bur-šilim |
| 5 | _ku3-sig17_ sza-bu | the gold of the sky |
| 6 | t,up-pu-um# [sza e-li-a-ni] | A tablet which is above |
| 7 | sa3-ar / a-[...] | Šar ... |
| 8 | ma-dam sza#? [...] | The house of ... |
| 9 | a-na# [pe3-ru-a] | to enter |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-tu3-[ar?-ma] | returned, and |
| 2 | bur-szi2-lim | buršīlim |
| 3 | u2-ba-ab2-[szu] | he shall release him |
| 4 | _igi_ {d}utu-ba-[ni] | before Šamaš-bani |
| 5 | _igi_ {d}iszkur-pi3-la2-ah | before Adad-pilaḫ |
Sources & licences
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