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RA 059, 165 no. 28 (P390569)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | RA 059, 165 no. 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P390569 |
| Museum no. | MAH 19612 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | puzur4-esz18-dar u2-s,ur!-sza-a-szur | Puzur-ištar, Uṣur-ša-Assur, |
| 3 | {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni u3 i-di2-esz18-dar | For Ninšubur-bani and Idi-Ishtar |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma a-na puzur4-esz18-dar | Speak to Puzur-Ištar |
| 5 | u2-s,ur-sza#-[a]-szur {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni | Uṣur-ša-Assur (and) Ninshubur-bani |
| 6 | u3 i-di2-esz18-dar qi2-bi-ma | and Iddin-Ištar, speak! |
| 7 | um-ma ta-ri-isz3-ma-tum | Thus Tarišmatum |
| 8 | u3 be-la2-tum-ma [a]-hu#-ni | and Bēlatum, his brother |
| 9 | a-tu3-nu a-szu-mi3 [_ku3]-babbar_ | Atunu, my father, the silver |
| 10 | ik-ri-bi4 sza a-bi4-ni | The rites of our father |
| 11 | be-la2-tum a-na-kam | Bēlatum, what is it? |
| 12 | am-ra-as, | I shall cut off. |
| 13 | u3 i-na u2-tu3-ki | and at your return |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 i-na e-t,a2-mi3 | and in a ghost |
| 2 | sza-am-t,u3-a-ni a-ma-kam | His writing is a word. |
| 3 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 pu-nu-a-ma | To Pušukēn |
| 4 | _an-na_ u3 _tug2#_-[ba-ti2 a-ma-la2] | I will weigh out the lead and wool. |
| 5 | i-le-e-u2 li-di2-ma | may he know, and |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ li-ik-nu-uk-ma | may the silver be sealed, and |
| 7 | lu-sze2-bi4-la2-ma na-pa2-asz2-ta-ak-nu | let me send, so that he can be released. |
| 8 | u3 na-pa2-asz2-ti2-ni | and our dowry |
| 9 | li-t,i2-ir a-na-kam | What is it that he does? |
| 10 | lam-ni-isz i-lu-um | “Lamaš, the god, |
| 11 | _e2_ a-bi4-ku-nu e-pa2-asz2 | the house of your father he shall build. |
| 12 | ma-ma-an a-ma-kam a-na | Who is it that |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ i-na ba-ri-ku-nu | 1 shekel of silver from your possession |
| 14 | la2 i-t,a2-hi | he did not pay. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 _tug2#_-[ba-tu3] | and garments |
| 2 | sza nu-sze2-bi4-la2-ni a-di2 a-na _ku3-babbar_ | that he did not send to me, as much as for silver |
| 3 | i-tu3-ru _e2_ pu-szu-ke-en6 | has returned, the house of Pušu-kēn |
| 4 | li-ib-szi2 | may he live. |
Sources & licences
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