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Belleten 59, 07-08 (P361328)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Belleten 59, 07-08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361328 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| 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 ka3-ri-im | to the quay |
| 2 | ka3-ni-isz qi2-bi-ma | Say thus: |
| 3 | um-ma ka3-ru-um | thus Karum: |
| 4 | ta-am-ni-a-ma | you are adjured, and |
| 5 | szi2-ip-ru-u2 sza ka3-ri-im | the work of the kalû-official |
| 6 | tur4-hu-mi3-it | he smote. |
| 7 | a-na ru-ba-im sza ta-am-ni-a | to the prince of Tamniya |
| 8 | a-na ta-mu-im | for the tammû |
| 9 | er-ba-am ub-lu-ni-szu-ma | they brought him into the Erba. |
| 10 | um-ma szu-ut-ma a-na | “That is to |
| 11 | szi2-ip-ri-ma | work, and |
| 12 | a-li szi2-ip-ru | where is the work |
| 13 | sza a-ba-e-a | of Aba'ea |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza ka3-ri-im ka3-ni-isz | of the karim, the kaniš, |
| 2 | szu-nu li-li-ku-nim-ma | they must come to me, and |
| 3 | isz-ti2-szu-nu | with them |
| 4 | ma-mi3-tam2 a-la2-qe2-ma | I will take the property, and |
| 5 | u2-ma-sa3-ah-ni-a-ti2-ma | they shall remove, and |
| 6 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 7 | a-la-am e-pa2-asz2 | he will perform the alam-service. |
| 8 | u2 a x x x x x ti2 | ... ... |
| 9 | [...] x | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | 6(disz) [...] | 6 ... |
| 3 | er-ba-am ni-szi2-szu-um | Erbam, his people |
| 4 | u2-za-ku-nu ni-ip-te2 | they cleared, we opened. |
| 5 | a-li-kam e u2-ma-si2-hu | “Let me go, so that I may be pacified. |
Sources & licences
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