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Sadberk Hanim Museum 18 (P361584)

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

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DesignationSadberk Hanim Museum 18
IDP361584
Museum no.ARK 167-9475
CollectionSadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotKanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates38.8517, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1[a]-na# szu-a-nim <<ki>>to you
2u3# en-nam-a-[szur]and Ennam-Assur
3qi2#-bi2-ma um-maspeak! Thus
4a#-mur-a-szur-maAmur-Assur
5en#-nam-a-szurEnnam-Assur
6isz-ti2 / a-li-ki-imfrom the city
7pa2-nim-mabefore me
8[...] ma#-a-ma... where?
reverse
1t,ur4-da-szuhis ṭurdašu
2la2 i-sa3-hu-urshall not return.
3szu-ma / s,u2-ha-ru-um#he is Ṣuharum
4ma!-a-ma / i-la2-kamwhere will he go?
5u2 / a-szur-i-mi3-ti2and Assur-imitti
6le-ru-ublet him enter.

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