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OrNS 52, 198, 3 (P361688)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 52, 198, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361688 |
| Museum no. | Overbeck no. 2 |
| Collection | Overbeck |
| 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 x-x-[x-ma] | Thus ...: |
| 2 | a-na a-szur3-_sipa#_ | to Ashur-re'i |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma a-hi [a-ta] | speak, and my brother, your father |
| 4 | be-li2 a-ta [x x] | My lord, why ... |
| 5 | la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-[pa2]-ar#? | Do not be negligent! |
| 6 | ki-ma s,u2-uh3-ra-am | like a pig |
| 7 | 1(disz) u3 2(disz) i-da-na-tim | 1 and 2 Idanatum, |
| 8 | [x]-ra-bu | ...rabu |
| 9 | [x] x ga lam? x x | ... milk |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] a-ni | ... his/her |
| 2 | [...] a-la-ki-a | ... to go |
| 3 | [ta-asz2]-ta#-na-pa2-ra-am | you constantly send to me. |
| 4 | a-ma-kam a-ta | “Alas, my father, |
| 5 | a-wa-tam2 isz-te2-et | a word follows |
| 6 | a-na a-wi-li-im# | to a man |
| 7 | qa2-ri-ib# [x x] | in the middle of ... |
| 8 | a-sza#-[...] | Ašaba- |
| 9 | la2 x [...] | Deficit ... |
| 10 | ti2 sza? x x [...] | the life of ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | ta-ki-li x [x x] | taboo ... |
| 2 | a-wa-tam2 szu-a?-[x x] | a word |
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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