TCL 20, 088 (P357654)

Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08245

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. um-ma a-szur3-[i-di2-ma]
2. a-na a-szur3-na-da
3. u3 i3-li2-a-lim qi2-bi4-ma
4. [i]-na ba-ab2 ha-ra-ni-ka3
5. aq#-bi4-a-kum um-ma
6. a-na-ku-ma u2-za-ka3-ma
7. a-sza-pa2-ra-kum
8. u2-za-ki-ma a-wa-at
9. _dingir_-li / da-na
10. a-pu-tum i-na u4-mi3-[im]
11. sza t,up-pa2-am ta-sza-[me-u2]
12. _e2_-ti2 2(disz) _geme2-hi_-ti2-ka3
13. ki-la2-al-ti2-ma
14. u3 t,e2-i-te2-en6 ki-la-al-ti2#-ma#
15. a-na [szi2-mi3-im di2-ma]
reverse
1. _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-lam u3
2. _e2_-tam2 ag-ra-ma
3. ta-asz2-ba u3 szu-ma
4. sza-i-mu-um la2-szu
5. a-tu3-nu / s,i-a-ma-a _e2_
6. ag-ra-ma ta-asz2-ba
7. a-pu-tum a-pu-tum a-na
8. a-wa-at t,up-pi3-im ih-da
9. ka3-la2-ma di2-na szu-ma
10. la ta-di3-na a-wa-at
11. _dingir_-li da-na ta-ha-li-qa2#-ma
12. lu _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ <<it>>
13. di2-na-ma ti2-i-ir-ta-ku-nu
14. i-pa2-ni-u2-ti-ma
15. li-li-kam u3 su2-ha-ra-[am]
16. a-s,e2-er u2-mi3-szu-ma [...]
17. t,u3-ru#-ud [...]
18. _sza3 la2_ x [...]
left
1. a-na [...] li-ip-te2-szu [x (x)]
2. nu-ta-ra-ga2-ma _dumu_ ka3-ri-a li#-[x-(x)]
3. sza 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ isz-qu2-lu / _dingir_-li
4. be-el _ku3-babbar_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TCL 20 = TC 3, 88

    [Lewy1936TCL20] Lewy, Julius. 1936. Tablettes Cappadociennes. Troisième Série. Deuxième Partie. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 20. Paris: Paul Geuthner.

  • history: OACC, p. 99 n. 60

    [Larsen1976OACC] Larsen, Mogens Trolle. 1976. The Old Assyrian City-State and Its Colonies. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology, Volume 4. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

  • history: OAA 1, 40

    [Larsen2002OAA1] Larsen, Mogens Trolle. 2002. The Aššur-Nādā Archive. (Old Assyrian Archives, Volume 1). Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden (PIHANS) 96. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.

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  • Museum No.: AO 08245
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  • Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-22 at 14:34:34 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram approved View
2009-11-11 at 22:53:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-03-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View

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General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

20091124 oatp: 12-13, 14: GKT 71d; 18: GKT 93A.2; 19: GKT 91d; 21: GKT 93A.2; 22-26: Hirsch, UAR 39b; 28: GKT 17e; 42c

Cite this Artifact
“TCL 20, 088 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2006. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357654.
TCL 20, 088 artifact entry (No. P357654). (2006, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357654
TCL 20, 088 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357654 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-20]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {TCL 20, 088 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357654},
}


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