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OAA 1, 075 (P361696)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | OAA 1, 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361696 |
| Museum no. | RC 1749e |
| Collection | Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA |
| 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-szur3-na-da | to Aššra-nada |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma | Thus Ilī-alum: |
| 3 | 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am | 15 shekels of refined silver |
| 4 | i-di2-su2-in | gave to him, |
| 5 | _dumu_ i-tur4-dingir ta-ad-mi3-iq-tam2 | son of Itur-ilī, a gift |
| 6 | sza szal2-ma-a-szur3 | of Šalma-Assur, |
| 7 | _dumu_ ha-la2-li [... x x ...] | son of Halalu ... |
| 8 | u3 i-na ka3-ni-isz{ki} | and in Kaniš |
| 9 | i-di2-esz18-dar _dumu_ a-szur3-ma-lik | Iddin-Ištar, son of Assur-malik |
| 10 | u3 szu-wa-ti2 | and Šuwati |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | as,-ba-su2-nu-ma | I seized them, and |
| 2 | um-ma szu-nu-ma isz-tu3# | Thus they: from |
| 3 | wa-ah-szu-sza-na | Waḫšušana |
| 4 | nu-sze2-ba-la2-kum u3 | we shall not bring you, and |
| 5 | a-ta i-ha-hi-im | from the water he will receive. |
| 6 | szal2-ma-a-szur3 ta-as,-ba-at-ma | [Šalma]-Aš[ur] you have seized, and |
| 7 | um-ma szal2-ma-a-szur3-ma | Thus (says) Šalma-Assur: |
| 8 | i-di2-esz18-dar | Iddin-Ištar |
| 9 | u3 i-di2-su2-in u2-sza-bi4-u2 | and he gave to him. |
| 10 | u3 te2-er-ta-ka3 | and your return |
| 11 | i-li-kam a-pu-tum | It is the ilīkam-demon of Apotropa. |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | silver for his šašqilu |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-ma mi3-ma i-qa2-bi4 | whatever he says, |
| 2 | ra-ki-su2#-ma t,up-pa2-am | It is his responsibility to write a tablet. |
| 3 | sza ku-nu-ki-szu le-qe2 | Take what is in his sealed document. |
Sources & licences
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