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Sadberk Hanim Museum 21 (P361592)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Sadberk Hanim Museum 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361592 |
| Museum no. | ARK 451-11798 |
| Collection | Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul, 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 a-mur-esz18-dar u3 a-szur3-na-da | To Amur-Ištar and Ašru-nada. |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2 | Thus Ilī-alum: |
| 3 | a-na a-szur3-na-da qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Assur-nada, |
| 4 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar ARAD2_ sza en-na-nim | 2 minas of silver, servant of Ennanu |
| 5 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-kum | I shall send to you. |
| 6 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma a-na a-bi4-ni | Thus I: to our father |
| 7 | sze2-bi4-il5 i-te2-er-ti2 a-bi4-ni | “Šēbi-ilum, the sister-in-law of his father, |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ mi3-ma a sza masz? [x x] | silver, whatever water of the interest |
| 9 | u3 la2 u2-[...] | and not ... |
| 10 | ta-ru#-[...] | Taru- |
| 11 | sze2-[...] | I want to ... |
| 12 | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | um-ma# | thus: |
| 3 | ma-la?# | as much as |
| 4 | mu-hu-x [...] | Muhu- |
| 5 | i-sza-qal la2 [...] | he will weigh out. |
| 6 | s,i2-ib-tum [...] | ṣibtu-disease |
| 7 | mi3-szu sza <ta?>-asz2-pu-[...] | What has he done(?) |
| 8 | um-ma a-ta-ma [...] | Thus says ... |
| 9 | qa2-su2 sza a x x [...] | Hand of ... |
| 10 | a-na a-ni-ni-im | to Aninim |
| 11 | ap2-qi2-id a-ni-nu-um ba-ri | I entrusted to Aninum. |
| 12 | a-ta _ku3-babbar_ ta-ma-ha-ar | from the silver you will receive. |
| 13 | szu-ma-me-en _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | I am Šuma, 1 shekel of silver |
| 14 | s,i2-ib-tum a-na a-bi4-ni | ṣibtu-gift to our father |
| 15 | e-li la2-mu-mi3-im | above the Lammum |
| 16 | u2-la2 s,i2-ib-tam2 ta-al-qe2 | you will take as a loan. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 _ku3-babbar_ a-na szi2-ni-szu ta-x x x | and silver to his brothers ... |
| 2 | a-pu-tum u2-ru-kam _ku3-babbar_ usz?-e-ma | the apsûtu-priest of the city silver he shall weigh out, and |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar la2_ i-ha-li-iq szi2-be sze2-e | The deficit of silver shall be destroyed. The šību of barley |
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