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KTK 103 & TCL 04, 093 (P360955)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 103 & TCL 04, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360955 |
| Museum no. | AO 07304 & GMII 1581 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France; 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)
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 | a-mur-{d}utu a-hu-u2 a-gu5-za | Amur-šamaš, brother of Aguza |
| 2 | a-szur3-gal _dumu_ a-gu5-za | Assurgal, son of Aguza |
| 3 | szu-esz18-dar a-szur3-du10 me-er-u2 | Šuʾiṭ-Išar, Assur-du, Meru, |
| 4 | a-gu5-za u3 a-ha-su2-nu | your oxen and their pigs |
| 5 | gu5-ba-ab2-tum ni-isz a-lim{ki} | Gubabtum, the life of the city |
| 6 | it-mu-u2 a-na be2-ti2-im | they spoke to me. |
| 7 | sza ka3-ni-isz sza a-szur3-_gal_ | belonging to Kanish, belonging to Ashur-rabi |
| 8 | wa-asz2-bu u3 szi2-ma-at | who dwells and the fate |
| 9 | a-bi-szu-nu u3 a-na mi3-ma | their father and whatever |
| 10 | szu-um-szu a-mur-{d}utu | his name Amur-šamaš |
| 11 | a-na a-szur3-_gal_ | to Ashur-rabi |
| 12 | u3 a-hi-szu me-er-e | and his brother, a censer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-gu5-za u2-la2 i-tu3-ar | He returned your oxen. |
| 2 | u3 me-er-u2 a-gu5-za a-na | and Meru, your ox to |
| 3 | a-mur-{d}utu u3 me-er-e-szu | Amur-šamaš and his descendants |
| 4 | a-na mi3-ma szu-um-szu u2-la2 i-tu3-ru | whatever he wishes he shall return. |
| 5 | qa2-qu2-ru sza t,e2-hi-i | the ground of the teḫû-festival |
| 6 | _e2_ i-di2-a-szur3 _dumu_ ku-bi4-di2 | the house of Iddin-Assur, son of Kubidi |
| 7 | a-na ba-ri-szu-nu i-za-zu | they stand opposite them. |
| 8 | _igi_ ku-ku-wa _igi_ il5-ba-ni | before Kukuwa, before Ilbani |
| 9 | _igi_ | before |
| 10 | _igi_ a-szur3-la2-ma-si2 | before Assur-lamassi |
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [a-szur3-du10] me-er-u2 a-[gu5-a u2] | Assur-dug, meru-plant, agû-plant |
| 2' | [a-ha-su2-nu] gu5-ba-ab2-tum [ni-isz] | their rivals, the gubabtum-priests, welsh |
| 3' | [a-lim{ki}] it-mu-u2 a-na# _e2#_{[be-tim]} | of the city they heard, to the house |
| 4' | [sza ka3-n-isz] sza a-szur3-_gal_ wa#-[asz-bu] | which is firmly established by Ashur-rabi. |
| 5' | [... a]-na ba-ri-szu-nu | ... to their outside |
Sources & licences
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