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AnOr 06, 069-070 18 (P361045)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AnOr 06, 069-070 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361045 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1914-0433 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 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 puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma il5-we-da-ku-ma | Thus (says) Ilwedāku: |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | you wrote me. |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma / t,up-pi3 | Thus (says) the scribe: |
| 5 | sza a-hi-ka3 / szi2-ta-me-ma | that your brother heard, and |
| 6 | mi3-li-ik lu-qu2-ti2-ka3 | the luxuriance of your body |
| 7 | mi3-li-ik / a-ta-a | The milik priestess, why? |
| 8 | a-ma!-kam! wa-asz2-ba-ti2-ma | I am the one who dwells there, and |
| 9 | a-na-ku / mi3-li-ik | I am a lady. |
| 10 | lu-qu2-tim / a-ma-li-ik | “Luqūtum, I want to go! |
| 11 | i-na t,up-pi2-im / sza a-hi-a | On the tablet of my brother |
| 12 | 2(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na an-na_ | 2 talents 16 1/2 minas of lead |
| 13 | ku-nu-ku | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 6(u) _tug2 hi sag10_ 3(u) 5(disz) _tug2 hi_ | 60 hi-quality textiles, embroidered, 35 hi- quality textiles |
| 2 | sza qa2-tim 6(disz) _ansze_ | of the hand, 6 imaru |
| 3 | s,a-la2-mu / szu-ma a-ma-kam | Ṣalamu means “he is my mother. |
| 4 | ta-da-gal-ma / ha-ra-an | you will widen, and then he will become poor. |
| 5 | su2-qi2-nim / la2 ni-sza-hu-ut | (Sum) We should not sneer in the street (Akk) We must not tremble in the streets |
| 6 | ma te2-er-ti2 / ma-ma-an | “The house of reconciliation, no one, |
| 7 | i-la2-ak / u3 a-ta | he will go, and ... |
| 8 | te2-er-ta-ka3 / a-s,e2-er | “I will go out to the steppe!’ |
| 9 | ku-s,i2-im / u3 a-bu-sza-lim | Kuṣum and Abu-šalim |
| 10 | li-li-ik-ma | may he go and |
| 11 | a-bu-a-a / isz-te2-en6 | My father, he is the one who recited it. |
| 12 | _an-na_ u3 _tug2 hi_ qa2-tam | tin and fine textiles |
| 13 | i-pa2-ni-tim! / lu-sze2-ti2-iq | Let me pass through the thresholds. |
| 14 | a-na-ma / a-li-bi4 | Why ...? |
| 15 | ma-tim i-ma-qu2-tu3 / u3 sza-ni-um | The land will be plundered, and the second |
| 16 | _tug2 hi sag10_ lu-sze2-ri-ib | a good garment may I bring in. |
| 17 | i-nu-mi3 te2-er-ta-ka3 / i-lu-ku | At that time, at your return, they went. |
| 18 | na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2 a-ni-tam2 | this message |
| 19 | sze-bi4-il5-szi2 | send her! |
Sources & licences
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