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RA 060, 099, no. 37 (P361106)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | RA 060, 099, no. 37 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361106 |
| Museum no. | MAH 19604 |
| 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 puzur4-a-szur | to Puzur-Ašṣur |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | u2-s,u2-ur-sza-a-szur-ma | Ūṣurša-Assur, and |
| 4 | a-di2-i na-pa2-hi | as far as Napaḫi |
| 5 | asz2-pu-ra-kum um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I wrote to you thus: |
| 6 | a-ma-kam / a-ka3-ri-im | It is the word of a flood-wave. |
| 7 | a-wi-tam2 ta-er | the man will return. |
| 8 | u2 ti2-ir-ta-ka3 | and of the Tirta |
| 9 | li-kam-ma | let him come, and |
| 10 | u2 a-szar | and where |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-la2-ki-im | of Malakim |
| 2 | mi3-il5-ka3-ni-ma | his wife, and |
| 3 | u2 la2-at-bi4-ma la2-tal-kam | “It is too much for me, it is too little for me. |
| 4 | a-bi4 a-ta be-li2 a-ta# | Father, why, my lord, why |
| 5 | a-na-kam / bu-za-zu | “Why is your buzazu-plant?’ |
| 6 | i-mu-tim u2-s,a-ma | he brought out the flood, and |
| 7 | ki-ma li-bi4-im | like a lion |
| 8 | ta-da-nim | given. |
| 9 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ sza a-bi4-szu | for the silver of his father |
| 10 | si2-ki-i | (a kind of reed) |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-ta-ra-as, | he shall redeem. |
Sources & licences
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