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AKT 11b, 192 (P390606)

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

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Designation	AKT 11b, 192
ID	P390606
Museum no.	AMM 001-476-92
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	a-na a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 qi2-bi-ma um-ma	Speak to Assur-imittī, thus says
2	a-szur-ba-ni-ma mi3-nu-um sza a-na	Assur-banīma, what else?
3	t,up#-pe3-e sza i-ku-pi2-a u3	Tablets of Ikuppia and
4	i-na-su2-in u3 t,up-pe2-e	he will pay back and the tablet
5	sza sza-ba-e sza na-ru-uq a-bi-ni	of the šabātu, of the wadi of our father,
6	sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni a-na-kam	As to what you wrote me, here
7	ru-ba-um i-si2-ka3-tim ma-qi2-it-ma	the ruler of Isi-kātum was angry, and
8	i-na qe2-ra-ab a-lim{ki} si2-hi-tum	in the centre of the city Siḫītum
9	sza-ak-na-at u3 a-na qa2-qa2-da-ti2-ni	are placed and for our qaqadatinnu.
10	pa2-al-ha-ni isz-tu3 _GAN2_-lum2	from the field
11	be2-ra u3 zu-za na-ak-ru-ma	“Bēru and Zūzu are enemies,
12	a-na _GAN2_-lim ma-ma-an u2-s,a-am	to a field, no one shall bring.
13	la2 i-le-e a-na ka3-ki-im	“It is not acceptable to the kākû-priest’s
14	qa2-ti2-szu-ma usz-te2-ne2-s,u2-ni-a-ti2-ma	his hand, he made them go out, and
15	a-su2-ri i-na me-te2-qi2-im	(Sum) The asuru priestess, by means of a ritual assemblage,
16	t,up-pu-u2 mi3-ma i-ne2-pi2-szu-ma	whatever tablet he made, and
17	_ku3-babbar_ 1(asz) _gu2_ a-na um-me-a-ni-ni	1 talent of silver to Ummenini
18	e ni-hi-bi-il5 i-nu-mi3	When Niḫibil
reverse
1	ma-tum i-sza-li-mu	the land will be happy.
2	u3 ru-ba-um isz-di2-szu i-ra-ku-su2	and Rubām, his partner, they shall cut off.
3	t,up-pu-u2 a-a-e-ma i-lu-ku	Who will read my tablet?
4	a-di2 szi2-im _e2_ be2-ti2 sza tasz-pu-ra-ni	as far as the price of that house which you wrote me
5	a-di2 5(disz)-szi2-szu asz2-pu-ra-kum um-ma	I wrote to you five times, thus:
6	a-na-ku-ma szi2-im be2-ti2 i-li-bi4	I, the fate of my wife, will rejoice.
7	u2-zu-a a-szur-la2-ma-si2 i-s,a-ba-at	Assur-lamassi will seize
8	_e2_ be2-tum a-na 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	the house of Betum for 4 minas of silver
9	i-na-me-er-ma 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_	he shall weigh out, and 2 minas of silver
10	a-szur-la2-ma-si2 il5-te2-qe2 2(disz) _ma-na_	Assur-lamassi took, 2 minas
11	t,up-pu-szu a-na 1(u) 2(disz) ha-am-sza-tim	his tablet for 12 hamšatum-containers
12	ha-ri-im u4-me-e szu-ut-ma	“It is a storm, that day.
13	isz-ta-ka3-an i-qa2-ti2-szu lam-ni-isz	(Sum) He set up his yoke (Akk) He made his horns shine forth brightly
14	ep-sza-ku zi-iq-ni	I have performed extispicy.
15	ga-am-ra-at _geme2_ u3 _ARAD2_	the full price of the slave woman and slave
16	a-na ma-e sa3-ba-im	what is equal to me?
17	la2 i-la2-ak a-szur-tak2-la2-ku	he will not go, Assur-taklāku
18	ha-ra-szu t,up-pa2-am sza a-bi4-szu	The tablet of his father
left
1	u3 t,up-pa2-am sza lugal-su2-in isz-ti2	and the tablet of Lugal-sin with
2	ku-ru-ru sze2-bi-lam a-na-kam nu-du-a-e	Send me a kururu-vessel, what can I do about it?
3	a-di2-szu-nu-ti2 i-ta-lu-ku	they went with them.

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