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LAPO 19, 059 (P368353)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | LAPO 19, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P368353 |
| Museum no. | Kayseri 1830 |
| Collection | Kayseri Archaeological Museum, Kayseri, 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 szi2-ip-ri#-ni | for writing |
| 2 | u3 ka3-ri-im ka3-ni-isz | and karim, kariš |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma u2-bar-tum | Speak, thus Ubartum |
| 4 | sza# ku-sza#-ra#-ma | of kušara |
| 5 | a-na-kam ni-isz-me-ma | Here we heard, and |
| 6 | 2(disz)# _dumu_ a-szur i-na ma-at | 2 sons of Assur in the land |
| 7 | lu-hu-sa3-ti2-a di2-ku | “Luḫusātia, the judge, |
| 8 | a-na _e2-gal_-lim | to the palace |
| 9 | ni-li-ma | we went, and |
| 10 | um-ma ni-nu-ma | Thus we: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na ma-ti2-ka3 | in your land |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-szur3 di2-ku | son of Assur, judge |
| 3 | [...] x-e isz-pu-ur-ma | ... he wrote and |
| 4 | i-na e-ba-ar | in the Ebar |
| 5 | lu-hu-sa3-ti2-a isz-ti2 | my luḫusātu-disease with |
| 6 | [x] a-lu-ti2 sza a? ki sza | ... the people who |
| 7 | [di2-ku] a#-wi#-le | the judgment of a man |
| 8 | sza di2-ku-ni la ni-de2 | we did not know the case of yours. |
| 9 | a-wi-lu i-na mu-szi2-im | a man in the night |
| 10 | di2-ku i-na sza-nim | Judge in another case. |
| 11 | u4-mi3-im _ku3-babbar_ lu-qu2#-ti2-szu-nu | daily the silver of their luqūtu-tax |
| left | ||
| 1 | e# x | above ... |
Sources & licences
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