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MMB 1984, 19, 4 (P368335)

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

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Designation	MMB 1984, 19, 4
ID	P368335
Museum no.	MM 1977:012
Collection	Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden
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] im#-di2-dingir qi2-bi-ma	Speak to Imdi-ilum
2	[um]-ma# puzur4-esz18-dar-ma	Puzur-Ishtar speaks thus:
3	3(u) 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_	31 minas 15 shekels of silver
4	s,a-ru-pa2-am sza-du-a-su2	ṣarupam (is) his name.
5	sza-bu-u2 {d}suen-sag10	foremost Suensag,
6	_dumu gudu4_ sza {d}suen	son of the gudu priest of Sin
7	na-asz2-a-kum / i-na lu-qu2-tim	“I will bring it to you, in the luqūtu-vessel,
8	sza sze2-ep i-di2-{d}iszkur	of the foot of Idī-Adda,
9	u3 a-na-li2 a-s,e2-er 1(disz) _ma-na_	and Ana-li, the harvester, 1 mina
10	sza i-ku-pi3-a 2/3(disz) _gin2-ta_	of Ikupia, 2/3 shekel each
11	ta-u2-ur-ma _ku3-babbar_ u2-du-u2	you will return, and the silver will increase.
12	i-ta-szu a-na ma-la2	he has taken. For as much as
13	ta-szi2-im-ti2-a _ku3-babbar_ 1/2(disz) _ma-na_	Tašimmiya 1/2 mina of silver
14	e-ru-ba-ni 1(asz) _gu2-ta an-na_	he entered, 1 talent each of tin
15	u3 1(u)-_ta_ ku-ta-ni a-ma-la2	and 10 each kutānu I will weigh out.
16	te2-er-ti2-ka3 a-na i-ku-pi2-a	Your counsel to Ikūpu:
17	u3 a-hu-wa-qar	and Ahu-waqar
18	u2-ka3-al-ma / la2-qa2-a-am	he will hold and take.
19	u2-la2 i-mu-u2	he did not know.
20	i-na 8(u) 2(disz) _tug2 hi-a_	from the 72 garments
21	sza ik-ri-bi4-ka3	of your prayer
22	sza sze2-ep u2-zu-a	of the uzû-stone
reverse
1	_dumu_ li-ba-a _sza3-ba_	son of Libâ, in the womb
2	5(disz) _tug2_ i-a-u2-tum	5 Iautum textiles,
3	8(disz) isz-ra-tum 4(disz) _tug2_ ni-is-ha-tum	8 išrātum-garments, 4 nisḫatum garments,
4	6(disz) _tug2_ hu-lu-qa2-e	6 huluqā-garments,
5	u2-la2-mi3-da-ni szi2-ti2	he shall pay back in full.
6	_tug2 hi_-ti2-ka3 6(u) la2 1(disz) _tug2 sza3-ba_	a garment of your fault, 60 less 1 garments of the interior
7	4(u) _tug2 hi-a_ a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3	40 different garments for the tēritu-offering
8	a-na a-da-da _dub-sar_ a-di2-in	to Adda the scribe I gave.
9	szi2-ti2 _tug2 hi-a_ 2(u) la2 1(disz) _tug2_ isz-ti2	a total of 20 less 1 garments
10	lu-qu2-ti2-ka3 a-na pu-ru-usz-ha-tim	Let me take you to the cult centers!
11	u2-sze2-ri-ib a-hu-wa-qar	Ahu-waqar brought in.
12	la-qa2-a-am	taken.
13	u2-[la2] i-mu-a	he shall replace.
14	szi2-[ti2] _an-na_-ki-ka3 u3 _tug2 hi_-ti2-ka3	the life of your Anakku and your good garments
15	a-na _ku3-babbar_ u2-ta-a-ar-ma	for silver he shall return, and
16	a-ta-bi4-a-ma	I have sent, and
17	[a]-ta-la2-kam isz-ra-tim	I have sworn by the incantation.
18	sza# ik-ri-bi4-ka3	of your prayer
19	[sza] _e2_ ka3-ri-im sza	of the granary of
20	[il5]-qe2#-u2-ni a-na qa2-ti2-ka3	took, in your hand
21	u2-t,a2-hi
left
1	[...] 1/3(disz) _ma-na an-na_ a-na u2-zu-a	... 1/3 mina of tin for the uzû
2	_dumu#_ li-ba-a / a-pu-ul	son of Libâ, ...

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