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AAA 1/3, 01 (P360975)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AAA 1/3, 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360975 |
| Museum no. | WML 49.47.43 |
| Collection | World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
| 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 {d}en-lil2-ba-ni | to Enlil-bani |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma / um-ma | Speak! Thus says |
| 3 | ta-ri-isz-ma-tum-ma | Tarišmatum |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 _e2_-tim sza wa-asz2-ba-ni-ni | Ašumi, the house that I purchased |
| 5 | ki-ma _e2_-tum an-hu-ni | like the house of Anḫuni |
| 6 | ap2-la2-ah-ma li-bi-tam2 | I am afraid and frightened. |
| 7 | i-na da2-asz-i-im usz-tal-bi-in-ma | (Sum) He sat on the throne (Akk) In the treasury he stood, and |
| 8 | e-me-ra-am / e-te2?-me er / a-szu-mi3 | “It is me, it is you, weeping and lamenting(?) |
| 9 | gu5-szu-ri sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | The gušuri that you wrote me, |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bu-lim! sze2-bi-lam | the silver of the šebūlim-tax to be brought |
| 11 | a-na-kam gu5-szu-ri li?-[...] | Why should my friend ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-ru-um i?-[...] | ... ... |
| 2' | u2-sa3-pa2-ah-ma ta-asz2-pu#-[...] | He removes it and you write ... |
| 3' | a-hi a-ta a-na-ku a-na [...] | (Sum) My brother, I am ... (Akk) I am the brother of ... |
| 4' | u3 a-ta a-na ma-num-[...] | And why to Anum- |
| 5' | a-la2-ki-ka3 / _ku3-babbar_ zi-tam2 sza# _e2#?_ | the silver, the rent of the house(?) |
| 6' | a-bi-ni ta-la2-ma-ad-ma li-ba-ka3 | our father you will praise, and your heart |
| 7' | u3 li-bi4 / i-nu-a-ah / a-na | and a young man ... to |
| 8' | ta-ki!-li u3 li-sza-nim | takīlu and lišanim |
| 9' | la2 ta-la-ak / i-na pa2-ni / wa-s,a-i-ka3 | Do not go to the presence of your army! |
| 10' | a-szu-mi3 ka3-li-ti2-ni tu3-na-hi-da-ni | “My name, all of it, you have brought to me. |
| 11' | um-ma a-ta-ma a-na _e2_-ni | thus: "Why to our house?" |
| 12' | a-bi-sza la2 tu3-sze2-ri-szi2 qa2-di2-ki-ma | her father did not bring her down, she is yours. |
| 13' | i-na _e2_-tim lu tu3-sze2-szi2-ib-ma _e2_-tam2 | in the house you shall settle, and the house |
| 14' | war-ka3-at-ki lu / ta-s,ur ki-ma tu3-us,-ni | May your warkātu be guarded like you have sat down. |
| 15' | ma-ti2-ma ba-za-sza u3 szi2-la-sa2 / u2-la | “Nobody will take away her throne and her šulāssu-vessel! |
| 16' | ib-szi2 / a-ni / isz-tu3 _u4 8(disz)-kam_ | from the 8th day |
| 17' | isz-ti2-a wa-[s,a-a-am] la2 ta-mu-wa | With me you will not be able to go out. |
| left | ||
| 1 | tu3-usz-te2-s,a-ma a-na _e2_ a-bi-sza | and to her father’s house |
| 2 | mu-szi2-a-tim ta-ta-na-la-ak-ma [...] | You keep wandering about night and day |
| 3 | la2 dam-qa2-tim asz2-ta-na-me-szi2-ma [...] | I constantly seek out the good deeds of you and |
| 4 | a-wa-ti2 sza-ma-a-am u2-la | the words of the heavens or |
| 5 | ta-mu-wa | Tamuwa |
Sources & licences
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