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RA 060, 106, no. 40 (P361087)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | RA 060, 106, no. 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361087 |
| Museum no. | MAH 19609 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 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 im#-di2-lim qi2-bi#-[ma] | Speak to Imdīlum |
| 2 | um-ma u2-s,ur-szi2-esz18-dar#-ma# | Thus Uṣurši-ištar: |
| 3 | ki-ma a-di2 ha-am#-szi2-szu# | as long as he lives |
| 4 | te2-er-ta-ka3# [i]-li#-ka3-ni | He who goes in extispicy |
| 5 | um-ma a-ta-ma# [x x] | "Why ...? |
| 6 | a-pu-tum ku-ta#-ni# [x x] | ... a reed fence ... |
| 7 | a-szu-mi3 ki-[...] | Ašumi |
| 8 | 1(u) _gu2_ u3 x [...] | 10 talents and ... |
| 9 | a-na-kam szu-[...] | Why ...? |
| 10 | a-mi3-sza-[am ...] | Amīšam |
| 11 | u2-bu-lu-szu# [...] | ... his possessions |
| 12 | i-na u4-mi3-im# [sza] | On the day that |
| 13 | u2-la2-pi2-ta-ku-[ni] | shall remove from you |
| 14 | a-na 3(disz) u4-me-[e] | for 3 days |
| 15 | a-ta-la2-ak | I have gone |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | asz2-pu-ra-kum um-ma# | I wrote to you, thus: |
| 2 | a-na-ku-ma szu-ma | I, that one |
| 3 | te2-er-ta-ka3 mi3-ma | What is your return? |
| 4 | i-la-kam a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | will come to Burušḫatum |
| 5 | li-li-kam | may he go! |
| 6 | a-szu-mi3 sza puzur4-{d}[x] | the name of Puzur- |
| 7 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | that you wrote to me |
| 8 | um-ma szu-ut-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza [x] | Thus he: the silver of ... |
| 9 | u3 _tug2_-ti2-szu ra-mi3-ni a-s,a?-ba-at-ma# | and his own garment I took, and |
| 10 | isz-ti2 wa-ar-ki-tim | from the future |
| 11 | te2-er-ti2 i-la2-ak-szu-um | the extispicy of Ilakšum |
| 12 | a-szu-mi3 sza _dumu_ i-ku-pi3-a | the name of the son of Ikupiya |
| 13 | a-mur-esz18-dar asz2-al-ma | Amur-Ištar asked, and |
| 14 | um-ma szu-ut-ma a-la2-an | Thus says he: I will go. |
| 15 | sza na-asz2-pa2-ar-tam2# | of the sacrificial sheep |
| 16 | u2-sze2-bi4#-lu-szu-ni | they sent to him |
| left | ||
| 1 | mi3-ma u2-x [...]-lim | whatever ...-lim |
| 2 | _iti 1(disz)-kam_ isz-te2-en6# sa2-hi-ir | 1st month, eponymy of Šamaš-šarru-uṣur. |
| 3 | a-ta ma-la2-ka3 | from the water poured, |
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