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AKT 5, 05 (P390598)

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

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Designation	AKT 5, 05
ID	P390598
Museum no.	AMM 001-167-92
Collection	Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, 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	um-ma ka3-ru-um	thus Karum:
2	ka3-ni-isz-ma a-na	repeatedly to
3	ku-li-a sza-qi2-il5 da-[tim]	kullīya ša-qi-il-da-tim
4	ka3-ri-im te2-ga-ra-ma	“Storm of the tegŋara,
5	u3 a-li i-di2-a-szur3	and the city of Iddin-Assur
6	_dumu_ ku-ku-la2-nim wa-asz2-bu-ni	son of Kukulānum, who dwells
7	qi2-bi-ma ni-ka3-si2	speak!
8	ni-si2-ma 2(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2_	together 25 minas 4 1/4 shekels
9	da-tam2 ni-isz-qul2	we shall kill.
10	i-di2-a-szur3 a-na ni-ka3-si2	Iddin-Assur to Nikasi
11	ka3-szi2-id isz-tu3 5(disz) sza-na-tim	he conquered. From the five quarters
12	a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na	to their fathers
13	u2 tur4-hu-mi3-it ni-isz-ta-la-ma	“The turḫūmit-plant, we have suckled, and
14	a-di2 u4-mi3-im a-nim	until the day of Anum
15	i-ta-pa2-al-ni-a-ti2	they have examined,
16	a-ma-kam _ku3-babbar_ da-a-su2	the word of Da’asu silver
17	sza ga-me-er-tim	of all
18	sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu szu-ma	it is his šašqilānu.
19	i-qa2-bi4 um-ma szu-ut#-[ma]	he will say, thus:
reverse
1	a-na ga-me-er-tim	to all
2	la2 ka3-asz2-da-ku sza mi3-isz-li	“I am not able to carry out the extispicy.
3	sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu szu-ma	it is his šašqilānu.
4	um-ma szu-ut-ma a-na	“That is to
5	ni-ka3-si2 a-gi5-mi3-ir-tim	the ni-kasi of Agimirtum
6	u2 mi3-isz-li la2 ka3-asz2-da-ku	I am not able to sleep.
7	_gir2_ sza a-szur ta-me-a-szu	the foot of Assur, his feet
8	4(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar la2_ ma-s,u2-ni	40 minas of silver deficit,
9	3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	30 minas of silver
10	la2 ka3-asz2-du-ni 2(u) _ma-na_	without interest, 20 minas
11	_ku3-babbar_ sza mi3-isz-li-szu	silver belonging to his wife
12	la2 i-szu-u2-ni _ku3-babbar_	he did not have silver
13	lu sza ra-mi3-ni-szu lu sza um-me-a-ni	either of his own or of his mother,
14	sza a-lim{ki} lu sza _GAN2_-lim	of the city or of the field
15	wa-asz2-bu _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2	who carries silver, as much as
16	na-asz2-a-ku-ni lu wa-ar-ki-a	May you be later.
17	e-zi-ib lu a-na	[Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place].
18	pa2-ni-a u2-sze2-bi4-il5 a-na ni-ka3-si2	He brought it before me, to the ni-kasi.
left
1	a-na ga-me-er-tim u2 mi3-isz-li la2 ka3-asz2-da-ku-ni	to all the lands and half (of the world) are not available.
2	_gir2_ ta-me-a-szu-ma u2 sza-du-a-su2 _igi gir2_	“The foot is its base, and its top is its top. Before the foot
3	li-iz-ku-ur-ma e-sza-du-a-tim sza i-za-ku-ru mi3-ma	May the ešadûtu-plants that they eat, whatever
4	sza-du-a-tam2 _diri_-tam2 la2 i-szu-u2 sza-du-a-su2 le-qe2-a	a šadūtum-demon, a more severe one, he does not have, take his (the king’s) name.

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