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KTH 03 (P360993)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTH 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360993 |
| 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 | a-na a-szur-na-da | to Assur-nada |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | pi2-la2-hi-esz18-dar-ma | Pilaḫi-ištar |
| 4 | isz-tu3 / ba-ad-na | from the delivery |
| 5 | a-gu5-a / t,a2-bi-a-nu-um | Agu’a, the good one, |
| 6 | u2 il5-li-ba-ni u2-wa-sze2-ru-ni-ma | and Ili-bāni will bring, and |
| 7 | um-ma t,a2-bi-a-nu-ma | Thus (says) Ṭabinu: |
| 8 | ba-am isz-ti2-ni _tug2 hi_ | who with us garments |
| 9 | u2-qa2 i-_e2?_ isz-ti2-szu-nu | the uqâ of the oil-presser with them |
| 10 | isz-tu3 ba-ad-na | from Badna |
| 11 | na-ba-ta-am | to be taken away. |
| 12 | nu-s,i2-ma isz-ti2-szu-nu | we went out and with them |
| 13 | a-na _e2_ wa-ab2-ri | to the house of the slave |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-la2 u2-sze2-ru-ni | he did not bring in. |
| 2 | a-ha-ma _e2_ al-pi2 | together with the house of the thief |
| 3 | a-bi-it / _e2_-tam2 | the father of the house |
| 4 | im-lu-szu-ma 6(disz) _tug2 hi_ | he brought him, and 6 garments |
| 5 | i-ta-ab2-ku | he shall take. |
| 6 | ep-<<ra>>-ra-am a-na qa2-qi2-di2-a | I will do to you. |
| 7 | asz2-pu-kum-ma | I sent to you, and |
| 8 | a-na ba-ad-na | to Badna |
| 9 | a-na s,e2-er a-la2-bi-im | to the flock of alabīm |
| 10 | a-tu3-ra-ma wa-ba-ar-tam2 | I returned, and the remainder |
| 11 | sza ba-ad-na | belonging to Badna, |
| 12 | a-na s,e2-er ba-ru-li | to the flock of Baruli |
| 13 | e-li-u2-ma um-ma | above, thus |
| left | ||
| 1 | <<um-ma>> szu-nu-ma lu ni-isz-e | <Thus> they should be praised. |
| 2 | u2 szu-ma i-ha-li-qu2 | and that one will be destroyed. |
| 3 | ne2-nu nu-ma-la2 | he did not pay attention. |
Sources & licences
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