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RA 059, 175-176, no. 33 (P361085)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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DesignationRA 059, 175-176, no. 33
IDP361085
Museum no.MAH 16469
CollectionMusée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotKanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates38.8517, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1a-na i-[...]to ...
2qi2-bi-ma um#-[ma]speak! Thus
3a-szur-i-mi3-ti2-[ma]Assur-imittī
4na-asz2-pe2-er-tam2a message
5sza 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) [_gin2_]of 1/3 mina 4 shekels
6_ku3-babbar_ sza e-na#-[na-tim]silver for the enanatum offerings
7_dumu_ ti2-ti2-na-tal#son of Titi-natal
8a-di2-na-ku-umI will give to you.
91(u) 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar#_13 shekels of silver
10ta-bu-[uk-ma]you seized, and
11ma [a-ta-ma]"Why
12na-asz2-[pe2-er-tam2]a gift
13ra-na x [...]For his own life ...
14_ku3-babbar_ [...]the silver ...
15ak-nu-uk#I sealed.
16a-na a-mur-esz18-dar#to Amur-Ištar
17asz2-pu-ur-ma#I wrote, and
18_ku3-babbar_ a-sza-[...]silver for ...
19szi2-be2-e szu-[ku-un]place a fate!
20i-na x [...]in
21lu-up-ta# [...]The lupta priestess
22nu-ra-[da-ma]to Nuradama
23la2!-al-[qe2 ...]I will take
left
19(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ ku-nu-uk-ma9 shekels of silver are sealed, and
2a-na a-lim{ki} lu-sza-ak-szi2-du-nimto the city I shall make them prosper.

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