TCL 14, 71 (P357561)

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 08726

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_
2. da-da 3(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_
3. _ku3-babbar_ i-me-ni
4. 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-di2-esz18-dar
5. 5/6(disz) _ma-na la2_ 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
6. puzur4-esz18-dar 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_
7. i3-li2-tap-pa2-a 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 7(disz) _gin2_
8. u2-zu-a _dumu_ i-bi4-su2-a
9. 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ a-szur-be-el-a-wa-tim
10. _dumu#_ hu-li-a
11. [1(disz)] _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2_ du-du
12. _dumu_ la2-qe2-ep 1(u) 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
13. szu-la2-ba-an 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_
14. i-di2-{d}iszkur 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
15. puzur4-a-be-eh
16. [_szunigin_] 1(u) 6(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 7(disz) _gin2_
17. [sza]-li#-isz3-tam2 a-na
reverse
1. [sza ni-pa2]-as# i-sza-qal
2. [sza-li-isz3-tam2] a-na
3. [sza ni-pa2-as] sza#-ni-im
4. [i-sza-qal sza]-li-isz3-tam2
5. [a-na sza ni]-pa2-as
6. [sza-al]-szi-im i-sza-qal
7. [a-na] _e2-gal_-lim _e2 geme2_-szu
8. [x]-x-szu u2-tu3-ub-tu3-szu
9. [u2 mi3]-ma i-szu-u2 a-na _ku3-babbar_
10. a-ni-im i-za-az szu-ma
11. i-na u2-me-szu ma-al-u2-tim
12. la2 isz3-qul2 t,up-pu-ni
13. t,up-pu-ni-ma _igi_ i3-li2-dan
14. _igi_ puzur4-dingir
15. _igi_ i-di2-a-bi4-im e-la2
16. t,up-pi3-im sza ba-ab2-dingir
17. sza i-li-a-ni sa3-ar
18. isz-tu3 _ku3-babbar_ a-ni-am
19. usz-ta-bu-u2-ni
20. 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_
left
1. i3-li2-tap-pa2-a i-la2-qe2# [t,up-pu-szu]
2. ba-ab _dingir_ la2-pi3-it# [...]

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, 71

[Thureau-Dangin1928TCL14] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1928. Tablettes Cappadociennes. Deuxième Série. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 14. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Eisser & Lewy, ARK 1-2, 217

[Eisser1930ARK1-2] Eisser, George, and Julius Lewy. 1930. Die Altassyrischen Rechtsurkunden Vom Kültepe. 1. Und 2. Teil: Urkunden 1-290. Mitteilungen Der Vorderasiatisch-Aegyptischen Gesellschaft, Band 33. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 08726
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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	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-22 at 14:34:34	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2023-06-20 at 06:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:56:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 16:11:39	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2009-11-11 at 22:53:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved

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Notes

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CDLI Notes:

20091124 oatp: obv. 13: followed by erasure

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 14, 71 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357561.

TCL 14, 71 artifact entry (No. P357561). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357561 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 14, 71 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357561 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 14, 71 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357561},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357561},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 14, 71 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357561.

TCL 14, 71 artifact entry (No. P357561). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357561 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 14, 71 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357561 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 14, 71 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357561},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357561},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P357561
LB  - CDLI:P357561
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - TCL 14, 71 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357561
ER  -