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POAT 10 (P361123)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 10 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361123 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-563 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 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 | um-ma a-szur3-i-di2-ma | Thus Assur-idi: |
| 2 | a-na a-szur3-na-da | to Aššra-nada |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma / ra-ma-ka3 | Speak to me! |
| 4 | za-ki-a-ma / ti2-ib-a-ma | You are exempt, you are free, and |
| 5 | a-ta-al-kam | I went. |
| 6 | a-szu-mi3 ha-ra-ni-ka3 | Ašumi of Harani, |
| 7 | _dingir_ / li-ba-ti2-ka3 | the god of your heart |
| 8 | ma-li / u2 szu-ma | “He is a pig and he’s |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ ma-ma-an | the silver at 1 shekel per shekel |
| 10 | a-na na-ru-qi2-im | for the nārūqu-allocation |
| 11 | i-da2-na!-ku-um | he shall give to me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | na-an-szi2-am | he shall take. |
| 2 | sza-am-sza-am / sza | šammām / of |
| 3 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | 1 mina of gold |
| 4 | a-na a-szur3 ha-bu-la2-ku | to Assur, your robbery |
| 5 | i-na ik-ri-bi4-a | In my prayer |
| 6 | ep-sza-am 6(disz) _ma-na_ | did 6 minas of copper |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na {d}esz18-dar | silver to Ištar |
| 8 | i-na li-bi4 ik-ri-bi4-a | in the midst of my prayer |
| 9 | bi4-lam szu-ma la2 ma-s,i2 | “He is a bull, he is not able to go out. |
| 10 | i-na ra-mi-ni-ka3 | by your own |
| 11 | i-di2 / a-na szu-mi3-ka3 | The rent to your name |
| 12 | ak-ru-ub | I entered. |
| 13 | al-kam-ma | Come, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-he-ka3 a-na wa-ar-du-<<du>>-tim | each other in the future |
| 2 | la2 a-di2-na-ku-um | I do not give to you. |
Sources & licences
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