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KTH 02 (P360992)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTH 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360992 |
| Museum no. | SFH — |
| Collection | Sammlung Frida Hahn, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 | um-ma a-szur3-i-di2-ma | Thus Assur-idi: |
| 2 | a-na a-szur3-na-da | to Aššra-nada |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma / isz-ti2 | speak with me! |
| 4 | um-me-a-ni-a | his mother |
| 5 | a-ta-wi _ku3-babbar_ | Atawi the silver |
| 6 | mi3-ma la tu3-sze2-ba-lam | do not send me anything! |
| 7 | a-di3 / 5(disz) u4-me | up to 5 days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | wa-ar-ka3-tam2 | later |
| 2 | te2-er-ti2 i-la-ka3-kum | he will come to you. |
| 3 | szu-ma / ma-ma-na | “Hand of a Man’s |
| 4 | i-s,a-ba-at-ka3 | shall seize you |
| 5 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / _ku3-babbar_-ap2 | thus he: silver |
| 6 | a-bi4-ka3 la-mi3-di2 | my father did not know. |
| 7 | a-lu-um | Alûm |
| left | ||
| 1 | li-di2-ni-ma | give me, and |
| 2 | u2-la-ma-ad-ka3 | he shall pay. |
Sources & licences
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