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KAV 109 (P281737)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281737 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08030 |
| 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}{d}a-šur-EN-šal-lim | to Assur-bel-šallim |
| 2 | u₃ {m}{d}a-šur-su-qup-pa-ni | and Assur-suqupanni |
| 3 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {m}{d}ba-⸢bu⸣-[ŠEŠ-SUM]{na}ma | Thus says Bābu-ebšu-iddina: |
| 5 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}a-[šur {m]}{⸢d}na⸣-bi-um-EN-SIG₅ | Mušallim-Assur, Nebuchadnezzar, |
| 6 | u₃ {m}in-na-[mar-de]-en-DINGIR | and Inna-mar-dēn-ili |
| 7 | qe-pu-te-⸢ia⸣ [u₃ {m}{d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣-tu-ra | Qeputiya-e and Ea-tūra |
| 8 | {lu₂}ka-ṣi-ra ⸢al-tap⸣-ra-ku-nu | I have sent you the cupbearer. |
| 9 | {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia ša ⸢pi-i⸣ {e₂}na-kam₂-a-te | my seals of epî-stone and nakam-stone |
| 10 | na-ṣu iš-tu a-ha-iš i-zi-za | who stands with each other |
| 11 | E₂ tup-ni-na-te pe-ti-a | opened the storehouses. |
| 12 | nu-pu-ša na-ap-pi₂-⸢ša⸣ | The nupuš priestess, the nappi-eša priest |
| 13 | a-na ma-aš₂-ka-ni-šu ta-e-ra | to his master you will return. |
| 14 | {giš}a-ši-a [x x] ni | a ... tree |
| 15 | ša si-qi-[DINGIR-MEŠ]{ni} | of Sîqi-ilani |
| 16 | gab-bu-šu {[na₄}KIŠIB]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ku-nu | All of your seals |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ku-un-ka [...] | Establish ... for me |
| 18 | E₂ {na₄}ab₃-[na-ga]-bi-e | the house of agate |
| r | ||
| 19 | pe-ti-a | opened |
| 20 | 1 GUN {na₄}ab₃-na-ga-bi-a | 1 talent of agate |
| 21 | še-ṣi-a-ni {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ku-nu | Seal it with your seals! |
| 22 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni | Send me your seal! |
| 23 | {e₂}na-kam₂-a-te {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ | nakamtu-bowls, seals |
| 24 | ku-un-ka {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ku-nu | Seal my seals with your seals! |
| 25 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni qu-up-pa | Send me a box! |
| 26 | ša ši-in-ni {giš}a-ši-e | Whose neck is a scepter |
| 27 | ša pi-ti ša-UGU-E₂ | From the responsibility of the house. |
| 28 | il-te-ni-iš-ma | he has kept silent, and |
| 29 | še-bi-la-ni | send me! |
| 30 | {iti}kal-mar-tu U₄ 23KAM₂ | Kalmartu, 23rd day, |
| 31 | li-mu {m}šu-nu-qar-du | Eponymy of Nunu-qardū. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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