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POAT 58 (P361171)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	POAT 58
ID	P361171
Museum no.	UM 41-41-002
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)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

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 bi-ti2-ti2 / ma-s,i2-i3-li2	To the house of Maṣi-ilī,
2	a-la2-hi-im a-szur3-_gal_ ah-sza-lim	Alahum, Ashur-rabi, Ahshalim
3	i-ku-pi2-a [x] x	Ikupia ...
4	u3 sze2-s,ur!?-da-gan2	and Šeṣur-Dagan
5	qi2-bi4-ma um-ma zu-ri-i-ma	Speak, thus Zurim:
6	a-na sze2-sur!-da-gan2 qi2-bi4-ma	Speak to Šerdagan
7	1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-ta u2 a-bu-ka3	1/3 mina of silver from A-ta and Abu-ka
8	isz-tu3 li-mi3-im i-di2-a-[bi4]-im	from the eponymy of Iddin-abīm
9	ha-bu-la2-tu3-nu 1(disz) _gin2-ta_ s,i2-ib-tam2	Ḫabulatunu 1 shekel each, ṣibtam
10	i-_iti 1(disz)-kam_ tu3-s,a-ba a-ha-ma	for 1 month you will seize each other.
11	1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na i-[li]-ib-li-bi4	1/3 mina of silver for Ili-iblubi
12	ha-bu-<<bu>>-la2-tu3-nu-ma	Habulatunuma
13	tap-nu-a-nim-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-na	you are adjured and the silver to
14	i-li-ib-li-bi asz2-qul2-ma	Ilī-iblibi I sat down, and
15	i-na e-s,i2-im / u2-sze2-li-ku-nu	they will bring you in the harvest.
16	u3 _ku3-babbar_ sza isz-tu3	and the silver that from
17	li-mi3-im i3-li2-a-lim	eponymy of Ilī-alim.
reverse
1	1(disz) _gin2-ta_-ma / tu2-s,a-ba	1 shekel each you took away.
2	a-bu-ka3 / ar-mi3-li _ku3-babbar_	the father of Armili silver
3	u2 s,i2-ba-su2 / mi3-isz-li-szu	and his ṣibāšu-disease
4	u2-sza-bi4-a-ni-ma t,up-pa2-am	he sent me, and a tablet
5	sza ku-nu-ki-a / a-di2-szu-um sza a-na	of Kunukia, together with that which to
6	mi3-isz-li-szu / la2 a-tu3-ru-szu-ni	I did not return him.
7	a-na mi3-sza!-al _ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ib-tim	for half a mina of silver and fine plants
8	a-ta / ta-za-za-ni / t,up-pu-um	Why do you stand (there)? A tablet
9	szu-ut sza ku-nu-ki / _e2_ bu-ra-a i-ba-szi2	that of your seal there is a house of būrāya.
10	a-na bi4-ti2-ti2 / u2 sza ki-ma	to a house and that like
11	i-a-ti2 qi2-bi4-ma 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	Say to me: 1/3 mina of silver
12	mi3-isz-lu-szu a-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	his share for 3 1/2 minas of silver
13	i-tu3-ar-szu / _ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ba-su2	he shall return. The silver and its interest
14	[a!]-s,e2#-er t,up-pe3-e-szu / li-ik-nu-uk!-ma	May he seal his tablet and
15	[u3] t,up-pe3-e-szu a-na sza ki-ma	and his tablet for that which like
16	szu-a-ti2 / la2-di2-in / a-na bi4-ti2-ti2	I will give that to my wife.
17	qi2-bi4-ma / a-di2 / esz15-ri-szu	Speak to him as far as his shrine.
18	asz2-pu-ra-kum / u4-ma-kal2	I sent to you daily.
19	i-zi-iz-ma / _e2_-be-su2	he stood and his house
left
1	u2! [ma-la] i-szu-u2 / a-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3!	and as much as he has for silver
2	di2-i-[n]-ma# [ma-s,i2]-i3-li2 u2 i-ku-pi3-a	Judge Maṣi-ilī and Ikupia.
3	[isz-ti2 a-szur]-_gal! ku3-babbar_ lu-ub-lu-nim-ma	May they bring me silver from Ashur-rabi.
4	t,up-pe3-e-szu <a-da-an>	He will give his tablet.

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