Transliteration: um-ma kà-ru-um kà-ni-iš-ma a-na ša-qí-il₅ da-tim ší-ip-ri-ni kà-ar kà-ar-ma ú wa-bar-ra-tim qí-bi₄-ma ṭup-pu-um ša a-lim(ki) i-li-kam i-na ṭup-pì-im ša a-lim(ki) iš-tù u₄-mì-im a-nim ma-ma-an KÙ.AN i-ša-ú-mu-ni i-na né-mì-lim da-šùr ú-lá e-WA iš-ra-tí-šu kà-ru-um kà-ni-iš i-lá-qé ki-ma ṭup-pì-ni ta-áš-me-a-ni a-ma-kam lu a-na ší-mì-im a-na É.GAL-lim i-dí-in lu té-ra-at É.GAL-lim ú-kà-lim lu na-ší-ma a-dí-ni lá i-dí-in ma-lá KÙ.AN na-áš-ú ni-bi₄-it a-ší-im šu-um-šu ú šu-mì a-bi₄-šu i-na ṭup-pì-im lu-up-ta-nim-ma iš-tí ší-ip-ri-ni šé-bi₄-lá-nim me-ḫe-er ṭup-pì-ni a-na kà-ar kà-ar-ma ú wa-bar-ra-tim šé-bi₄-lá KÙ.AN lu a-na DAM.GÀR-ru-tim i-dí-in šu-mì a-wi-lim lu-up-ta-nim
Translation: Thus  Kanesh, say to the -payers, our messenger, every single colony, and the trading stations: A letter of the City has arrived. In the letter of the City (it is written): From this day on, whoever buys meteoric iron, (the City of) Assur is not  part of the profit made, the tithe on it  Kanesh will collect." As soon as you have heard our letter, who(ever) over there has either sold it to a palace, or has offered it to palace officials, or still carries it with him without having yet sold it - all meteoric iron he carries, write the exact amount of every (piece of) meteoric iron, his name and the name of his father in a tablet and send it here with our messenger. Send a copy of (this) letter of ours to every single colony and to all the trading stations. Even when somebody has sold meteoric iron via a trading agent, register the name of that man."