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DTCFD 34, 261ff. (P361330)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | DTCFD 34, 261ff. |
|---|---|
| ID | P361330 |
| 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 | um-ma wa-ak-lum2-ma | thus Waklum: |
| 2 | a-na ka3!-ri-im | to the kārīm |
| 3 | ka3-ni-isz{ki} | of Kanish, |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma t,up-pa2-am | Speak, and a tablet |
| 5 | sza di3-in a-lim{ki} | of the judges of the city |
| 6 | sza a-szu-mi3 _ku3-sig17_ | of Ašumi, gold |
| 7 | sza ni-isz-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2-ni | that we sent to you |
| 8 | t,up-pu-um szu-ut a-ku-usz | The tablet that I wrote |
| 9 | a-szu-mi3 _ku3-sig17_ i-s,u-ur-tam2 | my name is gold, a ṣurtam |
| 10 | u3-la ne2-s,u2-ur | “Ula-nēṣur |
| 11 | a-wa-tum sza _ku3-sig17_ | a word of gold |
| 12 | pa2-ni-a-tum-ma | the preceding, and |
| 13 | a-hu-um a-na a-hi-im | brother to brother |
| 14 | a-na szi2-mi3-im | for a fate |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-da-an | he will give |
| 2 | ki-ma / a-wa-at | like a word |
| 3 | na-ru-a-im | the stele |
| 4 | _dumu_ a-szur3 szu-um-szu | son of Assur, his name |
| 5 | _ku3-sig17_ a-na a-ki-di2-im | gold to the akidim |
| 6 | a-mu-ri-im | I saw |
| 7 | u3 szu-bi-ri-im | and Šubirum |
| 8 | ma-ma-an | nobody |
| 9 | la i-da-an | he shall not give. |
| 10 | sza i-du-nu | who gave |
| 11 | u2-la2 i-ba-la-at, | he will die. |
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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