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KAV 099 (P281732)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281732 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08011 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na {m}ma-aʾ-na-⸢ie⸣-e {m}ki-din-{d}gu-la | to Mālna-ērê, Kidin-Gula |
| 2 | {m}{d}a-šur-su-qup-pa-ni u₃ {m}{d}a-šur-EN-šal-lim | Esarhaddon and Assur-bel-šallim |
| 3 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {m}{d}ba-bu-ŠEŠ-SUM{na}ma | Thus says Babu-šuma-iddina: |
| 5 | {m}{d}a-šur-šal-lim-a-ni {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}a-šur | Assur-vallimanni, Mušallim-Assur |
| 6 | u₃ {m}{d}na-bi-um-EN-SIG₅ qe-pu-tu | and Nabium-bel-daʾeq the representative |
| 7 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-tu-ra {m}e-šar-de-en-{d}NUSKA | Ea-šar-dēn-Nusku |
| 8 | {⸢lu₂⸣}KA.KEŠDA il-te-šu-nu | The king, my lord, should know (this). |
| 9 | {[na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ] ša KA{i} E₂ tup-ni-na-te-MEŠ | Seals of the Gate of the House of Tablets |
| 10 | ⸢na-aṣ⸣-ṣu i+na KA{i} {na₄}KIŠIB-ia {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia | I have placed my seals at the gate of my seal. |
| 11 | ka-an-ku al-tap-ra-ku-nu | I have sent you a sealed document. |
| 12 | iš-tu a-ha-iš i-zi-za E₂ {giš}tup-ni-na-te | Stand together and open the storehouse |
| 13 | pe-ti-a {giš}tup-ni-na-te | open the boxes! |
| 14 | še-ṣi-a-ni nu-pu-ša na-pi₂-ša | His horns are unceasing, he is fearful |
| 15 | 2 TUG₂-HI.A ša SIG₂ ša ⸢ṣe⸣-e-ri | 2 woollen garments made of ēšbēru-wool |
| 16 | a-di ma-ak-li-⸢li⸣-šu-nu 1 TUG₂-HI.A | together with Akli-elišunu 1 garment |
| 17 | ša GADA na-al-be-ta ša ŠA₃ {giš}tup-ni-na-te | Hand of linen, a torch, Hand of boxwood |
| 18 | še-li-a-ni 1 {tug₂-hi.a}bi-ir-ša | Šuliani 1 girša-garment |
| 19 | er-qa ṣa-u₂-pa ša pi-ti ša-UGU-E₂ | Excerpted and collated according to the wording of a sealed document. |
| 20 | a-na mi-im-ma ta-e-ra | to whatever you desire |
| b.e. | ||
| 21 | ku-nu-[ki]-ku-nu ku-un-ka | Seal it with your seals! |
| 22 | {⸢sig₂⸣}ṣe-er-pa na-ap-pi₂-ša | “Bērpa-stone, its nose-rope |
| r | ||
| 23 | i+na ŠA₃ GIŠ.GAR₃ di-na am-mar ta-da-na-ni | Give as much as is given for the work assignment. |
| 24 | ṭup-pu-ku-nu šu-uṭ-ra še-bi-la-ni | Send me your tablet! |
| 25 | qu-up-pa ša ši-in-ni | a box of emmer |
| 26 | u₃ {giš}a-ši-e pe-ti-a šu-ri-is-ta | and a scepter open to the open country |
| 27 | ša ši-in-ni u₃ {giš}a-ši-e | of šīnu and ašû tree |
| 28 | še-li-a-ni hi-ṭa KI.LA₂ šu-uṭ-ra | His limbs are shattered, his weight is reduced |
| 29 | a-na mi-im-ma ta-e-ra ku-nu-ki-ku-nu | [For] whatever reason you want to seal it, |
| 30 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni | Send me your seal! |
| 31 | {giš}tup-ni-na-te {na₄}KIŠIB.MEŠ-ia ku-un-ka | My seals are sealed with my seals. |
| 32 | a-na {e₂}na-kam₂-te | to the storehouse |
| 33 | ta-e-ra {e₂}na-kam₂-ta | from the door of the storehouse |
| 34 | {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia-ma ku-un-ka i+na KA{i} | Seal my seals and place (them) in the gate. |
| 35 | {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-e ku-nu-ki-ku-nu | Seal it with your seals! |
| 36 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni | Send me your seal! |
| 37 | lu-bu-ul-ta ša UGU LUGAL | The clothing incumbent on the king |
| 38 | ša i+na pi-ti ša-UGU-E₂ na-aš₂-ku-ša-ni | That which is placed in the responsibility of the house. |
| 39 | a-na ku-ri-il-li il-qe-u₂-ni-ni | they took to Kurilu. |
| 40 | ul-te-bi-lak-ku-nu mu-uh-ra | I have sent to you. Receive it! |
| 41 | aš₂-ra i+na pi-ti ša-UGU-E₂-ma | In the responsibility of Ša-Ugu-Ema |
| 42 | lu ša-ak-na-at | may it be placed |
| t.e. | ||
| 43 | 25 MA.NA ta-bar-⸢ri⸣-ba ša u₂ x | 25 minas of tabar-eriba-plant, ... |
| 44 | 20 MA.NA ha-⸢aš₂-ma⸣-na | 20 minas of ḫāšmanu-plant |
| l.e. | ||
| 45 | [ul]-te-bi-⸢lak-ku⸣-nu mu-uh-ra | I have sent back to you. |
| 46 | a-na {e₂}na-kam₂-te ta-e-ra | to the storehouse you will enter. |
| 47 | {[iti]}hi-bur U₄ 1KAM₂ li-mu {m}it-tab-ši-DI-{d}a-šur | Month Hibur, 1st day, eponymy of Bittabsvi-šallim-Assur. |
Sources & licences
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