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POAT 42 (P361155)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361155 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-606 |
| 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 wa-al-ha-asz2-na-ma | thus Wa’alhašna: |
| 2 | a-na ku-na-ni!-a | to Kunaniya |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma / mi3-szu-um | Speak! Why? |
| 4 | ta-ra-szi2-i | you love, |
| 5 | a-na-ku / ba-al-t,a2-ku-ma | I am healthy, and |
| 6 | a-ti2-i | Atî |
| 7 | ta-ra-szi2-i | you love, |
| 8 | a-na a-szur-e-na-am | to Assurenam |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | qi2-bi4-ma <<bi>> | Speak! |
| 2 | isz-ra-am | received. |
| 3 | u2 sza-hi-re-en6 | and šaḫirû-plant |
| 4 | u2 sza-am-nam | and šamnam-plant |
| 5 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-kum | I shall send to you. |
| 6 | e-mi3 / a-ta | The young woman, from the water |
| 7 | szu-ma a-ha-ti2 | he is Ahati |
| 8 | te2-zi-ib | you will release. |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza e-pu-szu-ka3 | that I made for you |
| 2 | ta-mar | you will see. |
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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