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POAT 30 (P361143)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361143 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-589 |
| 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 | a-na a-szur3-na-da | to Aššra-nada |
| 2 | qi2-[bi]-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | a-szur-ta!-ak-la-<ku>-ma | Assur-taklāku |
| 4 | 1(u) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 10 1/2 minas 6 shekels of silver |
| 5 | s,a-ru-[pa2]-am ku-nu-ki-ni | Seal it with a seal. |
| 6 | a-szur3-ma-lik _dumu_ la2-qe2-ep | Assur-malik, son of Laqep |
| 7 | na-asz2-a-kum szi2-ti2 | who bears the life |
| 8 | _an-na_-ki-ka3 u3 szi2-im | of your heaven and earth |
| 9 | _tug2 hi_-ti2-ka ni-da-ma | let us bring your good garments, and |
| 10 | i-sze2-pi3-a u2-ba-la2-kum | he will find and bring it to you. |
| 11 | 5(asz) _gu2 [an-na_] | 5 talents of tin |
| 12 | i3-li2-a-lum2 | Ilī-alum |
| 13 | u2-sze2-bi-lam | I sent to him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na te2-er-ti2-szu | on his return |
| 2 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 3 | _ansze hi-a_ sza a-szur3-na-da | donkeys belonging to Assur-nada |
| 4 | sze2-ri-a-ma | in the morning |
| 5 | _uruda_-szu li-szi2!-u2-ni-im | his copper may he place |
| 6 | u2-mu tam2-<ka3>-ri-szu | the day of his supplication |
| 7 | [ma]-al-u2 a-ma-la2 | he will weigh out the silver. |
| 8 | te2-er-ti2-szu _ansze hi-a_ | his extispicy a donkey |
| 9 | u2-sze2-ra-ma _uruda_-a-ka3 | he brought, and my copper |
| 10 | i-sa3-ri-du-nim | Isaridunum |
| 11 | a-di2 1(u) u4-me u2-za-ka3-ma | until the 10th day he will clear it, and |
| 12 | u2-s,i2-a-am | I brought in. |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ sza ta-ka3-nu-ku | 1 shekel of silver that you will weigh out |
| 14 | a-mu-ur-ma a-ma-kam | I saw, and I saw. |
| left | ||
| 1 | la2 a-sa3-hu-ur _uruda_-a-ka3 | I shall not return my copper. |
| 2 | a-da-ma _ku3-babbar_ u2-ba-la2-kum | he shall pay you the silver. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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