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OAA 1, 076 (P361711)

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

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Designation	OAA 1, 076
ID	P361711
Museum no.	C 18
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	u3 i-di2-su2-en6 / qi2-bi-ma	and Idissūn, speak!
3	um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma i-na	Ilī-alum speaks thus:
4	pa2-ni-tim-ma la2-ma lu-qu2-ut-ka3?	“Before you, let me lay hold of you(?)
5	tu3-sze2-bi4-la2-ni asz2-pu-ra-kum	you sent me. I wrote to you:
6	lu-qu2-tam2 mi3-ma a-na s,e2-ri-a	“Luqutam, whatever to the steppe
7	la2 tu3-sze2-ba-lam a-ta / ra-du-u2-ma	Do not send me!
8	tu3-ra-da2-am-ma ra-mi3-ni	Return to me, his love.
9	u3-la2 u2-za-ka3-am ki-ma lu-qu2-ut-ka3	he will pay back. Like a loan,
10	e-ru-ba-ni _uruda_ sza _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_	he entered, copper of 10 minas
11	u3 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ a-na a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku	and 15 minas to Assur-taklāku
12	asz2-hu-ut,-ma a-na szu-mi3 lu-qu2-ti2-ka3	I have stripped off, and to your name, your luxuriance
13	ak-la2 u3 _uruda_ 2(u) _gu2_ u3 e-li-isz	and copper, 20 talents and above
14	e-pa2-sza-ku-um u2-la2 wa-ar-ki	I shall perform (the ritual) again and again.
15	_uruda_ e-ru-ub-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_	he entered with copper and 1 mina of silver
16	u2-sze2-li u3 x [...] x _ma-na_	... ... minas
17	i-na ba-ab2-ti2-a [tal-qe2]-ma	he took in captivity and
18	e-ni-a ta-ap2-te2 a-szu-mi3	“This is the opening of my hand,
19	sza-ar-ma-ma u3 tap-pa2-e-szu i-na pa2-ni-tim#	The šar-māma and his companions in the presence
20	ta-sza-pa2-ra-am _dumu_-szu me-et	you write to me: his dead son
21	la2 ni-il5-e-ma la2 ni-li-ik-szum	Let us carry it, let us go!
22	i-na wa-ar-ki-tim	in the future
23	ta-sza-pa2-ra-am si2-ka3-tum	you will send to me.
24	la na-t,u3-ma / pa2-am / a-na	“He is not negligent, he has no regard for
25	ba-ab2-ti2-ka3 u2-la2 nu-ma-la2	(Sum) She does not sleep at night (Akk) The one who sleeps at night is not sleep
26	ni-ka3-su2 sza _illat_-at	his nīkassu-bowl of the reservoir
27	a-bu-um-dingir la sza-si2-u2	Abum-ilī is not šasiu
28	tu3-ra-a / asz2-al-ma	I have sat down, and
29	um-ma szu-ut-ma 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	thus he: 12 shekels of silver
30	a-na i-di2-su2-en6 a-pu-ul	to Idi-Suen I turned.
31	a-di2 szi2-ni-szu / asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2	I have sent to you, together with his brothers.
32	a-na _iti 3(disz)-kam_ ki-ma i-ta-pu-lu-ni	in the 3rd month, when they requested it
33	szi2-im _tug2 hi-a_ la2-qe2-u2 a-bu-um-dingir	the price of the textiles taken, Abum-ilum
34	li-pu-la2-ku-nu-ti2 szu-ma la2 isz-qu2-ul	They should perform (the ritual) for you, but he will not succeed.
35	s,i2-ib-tam2 u2-s,a-ba-am	(Sum) He seized the ṣibtu-priestess (Akk) He captured the shubû-priest
36	mi3-szu-um ma-la2 t,up-pi3-szu la2 isz-qu2-ul	“How much more has he lost than his tablet?
37	ma-a 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2_ i-di2-su2-en6 _ki_ tu3-ra-a	saying: “12 shekels Idissû, from Tura’a
38	i-la2-qe2 5(disz) _gu2_ _uruda_-a-ka3 sza-lim-be-li2	he shall take. 5 talents of copper Šalim-belī
39	a-na bu-ru-usz10-ha-dim u2-sze2-ri-ib	to Buruš-ḫadim he brought.

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