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KTH 07 (P360997)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTH 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360997 |
| 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-szur3-mu-ta-bi4-il5 | To Aššīr-mutabi-il |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma a-ha-ha-ma | Speak, thus Ahaḫa: |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ sza na-ru-uq | silver for the narūqu-allocation |
| 4 | dan-a-szur3 as,-ba-at-ma | I seized Dan-Assur, and |
| 5 | um-ma szu-nu-ma puzur4-a-szur | Thus (says) Puzur-Assur. |
| 6 | bu-za-zu u2 i-ku-pa2-sza | your būzu-vessel and its ikû-plant |
| 7 | il5-qe2-u2 / a-ma-kam _ku3-babbar_ | he took. The word of silver |
| 8 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu-nu-[ma ku-un]-ka3-ma | šašqī-qilûtu, seal, and |
| 9 | a-szu-mi3-szu-nu-ma eq#-lam# | Ašumīnum and the eqlam |
| 10 | le-ti2-qam2 / szu-ma x x [...] | He is ... . |
| 11 | i-pa2-ni-im-ma na-asz2-pe2#-er#-ta-ka3 | Look, and your supplication |
| 12 | za-ku-tum li#-li#-kam-ma | May the exorcist come to me, and |
| 13 | a-na-kam a-[szar] | where |
| 14 | ma-la2-ki-im lam#-lik | “I will go to you, I will go with you— |
| 15 | 3(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 3 1/2 minas of silver |
| 16 | a-na puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ad-ma-ku a-ha-ma | I myself, and |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ / a-na-kam | The silver is 10 minas. |
| 3 | szi2-bi4 i-szu-szu-um | the ši₂-bīti₄ of the Iszu-shum, |
| 4 | sza ki-ma i-na | which like in |
| 5 | e-ra-bi4-szu-ma u2-sze2-ba-la2-ni | he shall enter it and bring it to me. |
| 6 | i-nu-mi3 a-na | when to |
| 7 | _e2_ puzur2-a-szur te2-ru-bu | entered the house of Puzur-Assur. |
| 8 | _igi_ um-me-a-ni a-wa-tam2 | before his mother, a word |
| 9 | a-ni-tam2 i-di2-szi2 | Anitam gave to her. |
| 10 | a-hi a-ta szu-ma la2 ku-a-ti2 | “He is the brother of the father, and he has no equal. |
| 11 | ma-ma-an la2 i-szu | nobody has (ever) |
| 12 | ta-ki-li / sza ma-ma-an | The takīlu-flour of nobody. |
| 13 | la2 ta-sza-me a-na | Do not listen to |
| 14 | u2-um <<ti2>> ga-ma-lim | “Oh, life, I will make it abundant! |
| 15 | u2 u2-um e-t,a2-ri-im | “And the old one |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-hi-id-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | he bought, and silver, 10 minas |
| 2 | sza-am-qi2-tam2-ma / ma-ma-an u2-mi3 | The šamqītuma priestess, no one |
| 3 | la2 e-mar-szu isz-ra-am a-ba-silim na-asz2-a-ku-um | (Sum) He did not see him. (Akk) I saw him, I was smitten. |
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