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TCL 04, 008 (P357343)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 07057

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. um-ma a-szur-i-di2-ma
2. a-na a-szur-na-da
3. qi2-bi-ma
4. 1(asz) _gu2 an-na_
5. sza a-la2-hi-im
6. szu-a-szur li-di2-na-ku-ma
7. 1(u) _ma-na_
8. _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am
9. a-na e-ti2-szu
reverse
1. szu2-qu2-ul-szum
2. ku-nu-ki sza a-lim{ki}
3. 2(disz) szu-uq-le-en6
4. li-di2-a-ku-ma
5. isz3-te2-et
6. u2-su2-uq

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: TCL 4 = TC 1, 8

[Contenau1920TCL4] Contenau, Georges. 1920. Tablettes Cappadociennes. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 4. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: OAA 1, 24

[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.
history: LAPO 19, 258

[Michel2001LAPO19] Michel, Cécile. 2001. Correspondance Des Marchands de Kaniš Au Début Du IIe Millénaire Avant J.-C. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient 19. Paris: Éditions du Cerf.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 07057
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
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Chronology

Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2009-11-11 at 22:53:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2006-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Louvre Collections (cl010167738) (cl010167738)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

20091124 oatp: 1: Driver, RA 24, nr.2; 4-10: Landsberger, WO 3, 66; 15: GKT 92 c

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 04, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357343.

TCL 04, 008 artifact entry (No. P357343). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357343 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 04, 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357343 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {TCL 04, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357343},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357343},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/24/
TI  - TCL 04, 008 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 04, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357343.

TCL 04, 008 artifact entry (No. P357343). (2023, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357343 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 04, 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357343 (Accessed: February 24, 2026).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {TCL 04, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357343},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357343},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/4/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P357343
LB  - CDLI:P357343
M1  - 2026/2/24/
TI  - TCL 04, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357343
ER  -