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TCL 14, 70 (P357560)

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

Seal Chemistry

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08742

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _kiszib3_ da-da-<a> _dumu_ a-szur-i-mi3-ti
2. _kiszib3_ su2-en6-sag10 a-hi-szu
3. _kiszib3_ a-szur-ma-lik _dumu_ a-hu-qar
4. 3(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
5. u2 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_
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seal impression
6. sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 u2 da-da-a
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seal impression
7. i-na a-lim{ki} szi2-ma-am
reverse
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seal impression
1. i-sza-u2-mu-ni-ma lu-qu2-tum
2. a-szu-mi3 {d}en-lil2-ba-ni
3. _GAN2_-lum2 e-ti2-iq da-da-a
4. mi3-ma la2 t,a2-hu lu-qu2-tum
5. a-na ka3-ni-isz
6. e-li-a-ma {d}en-lil2-ba-ni
7. i-ra-de8-szi

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 14 = TC 2, 70

[Thureau-Dangin1928TCL14] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1928. Tablettes Cappadociennes. Deuxième Série. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 14. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Eisser & Lewy, ARK 3-4, 313

[Eisser1935ARK3-4] Eisser, George, and Julius Lewy. 1935. Die Altassyrischen Rechtsurkunden Vom Kültepe. 3. Und 4. Teil: Urkunden 291-341, Register Zu Teil 1-4. Mitteilungen Der Vorderasiatisch-Aegyptischen Gesellschaft, Band 35, Heft 3. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
history: OACP, p. 45

[Larsen1967OACP] Larsen, Mogens Trolle. 1967. Old Assyrian Caravan Procedures. Publications de l’Institut Historique et Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul 22. Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut in het Nabije Oosten.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 08742
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Elevation:
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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
2023-06-20 at 06:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2017-10-13 at 15:03:17	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-11-11 at 22:53:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2006-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Louvre Collections (cl010124231) (cl010124231)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“TCL 14, 70 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357560.

TCL 14, 70 artifact entry (No. P357560). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357560 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 14, 70 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357560 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 14, 70 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357560},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357560},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 14, 70 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357560.

TCL 14, 70 artifact entry (No. P357560). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357560 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 14, 70 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357560 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 14, 70 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357560},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357560},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P357560
LB  - CDLI:P357560
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - TCL 14, 70 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357560
ER  -