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KAV 098 (P281741)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281741 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08231 |
| 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 Mālnayu, Kidin-Gula |
| 2 | {m}{d}a-šur-EN-šal-lim ⸢u₃⸣ {[m}{d}a-šur-zu-qup-pa-ni] | Assur-bēl-šallim, the e22u’e23 (and) Esarhaddon |
| 3 | qi₂-bi₂-[ma] | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {m}{d}ba-bu-ŠEŠ-⸢SUM⸣{[na}ma] | Thus says Babu-šūzub-iddina: |
| 5 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}a-šur {m}EN-⸢le⸣-ṭe₄-⸢er⸣ | Mušallim-Assur, Bel-le’eṭe-ere |
| 6 | {m}{d}na-bi-um-EN-SIG₅ u₃ {m}si-⸢qi⸣-[DINGIR-MEŠ{ni]} | Nabium-bēlu-daʾeq and Sîqi-ilāni |
| 7 | {lu₂}qe-pu-tu-ia {na₄}KIŠIB{ki} | my representative, the seal |
| 8 | ša pi-i {e₂}na-kam₂-a-te u₃ {na₄}KIŠIB{ki}ma | according to the wording of the tablets and seals |
| 9 | ša ⸢la⸣-ah-mi ša pi-i {giš}tup-ni-na-te | From Elaḫmi, from the mouth of the tablets. |
| 10 | na-aṣ-ṣu i-lu-ku-ni-ku-nu | they will carry. They will come to you |
| 11 | iš-tu a-ha-iš i-zi-za {e₂}na-kam₂-ta | from each other stood in the storehouse |
| 12 | pe-ti-a {giš}tup-ni-na-te še-ṣi-a-⸢ni⸣ | open the boxes, |
| 13 | a-na pa-ni-šu-nu šu-uk-na | are placed before them. |
| 14 | lu-bu-ul-ta lu ša lib₃-bi {giš}tup-ni-na-te | or the contents of the boxes |
| 15 | ša {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia | of my seals |
| 16 | u₃ lu i+na lu-bu-ul-te ša {m}a-hu-DU₁₀.GA | or from the clothing of Ahu-ṭāb |
| 17 | {lu₂}DAM.GAR₃ u₂-ta-e-ra-ni | the merchant has returned |
| 18 | am-mar i-na-ši-u₂-ni-ni | as much as he brings |
| 19 | li-ši-u₂-ni a-na lib₃-bi mi-im-ma | may he bring to me. For everything |
| 20 | ta-e-ra {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ku-nu | You will remove your seals |
| 21 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni | Send me your seal! |
| 22 | lu-bu-ul-ta am-mar u₂-še-lu-ni | as much clothing as he brought |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | ka-ni-ka-te šu-uṭ-ra | sealed documents |
| 24 | a-na lib₃-bi {giš}tup-ni-na-te | into the boxes |
| r | ||
| 25 | ṣi-il-a | to raise, raise |
| 26 | {e₂}na-kam₂-ta pe-ti-a | opened from the storehouse, |
| 27 | 20 MA.NA kal-gu-qa | 20 minas of kalguqa-flour, |
| 28 | 20 MA.NA ka-lak-ku-ta | 20 minas of kalakkû-frit, |
| 29 | še-ṣi-a-ni E₂ I₃ pe-ti-a 1 {dug}ŠAB | He opened the oil house. 1 jar |
| 30 | ša ia-ar-zi-ib-ni pa-ni ta-u₂-ri | of Iār-zibni before Tāru |
| 31 | še-ṣi-a-ni E₂ ŠIM-MEŠ pe-ti-a | He opened the door of the storehouse |
| 32 | [(x)] 5 BAN₂⸣ em-di še-ṣi-a-ni | 5 seahs of barley, ration of Šešani |
| 33 | [...] {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ku-nu | ... your seals |
| 34 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni-šu-nu | Send them to you! |
| 35 | a-na UGU-ia-ma lu-ub-lu-ni | let them bring to me. |
| 36 | {giš}tup-ni-na-te u₃ {e₂}na-kam₂-a-te | wooden boxes and jars |
| 37 | {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia ku-un-ka | Seal my seals! |
| 38 | {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ia {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ku-nu | my seals (and) your seals |
| 39 | ku-un-ka še-bi-la-ni | Send me your seal! |
| 40 | ṭup-pu-ku-nu šu-uṭ-ra ma-a a-ku-ki-a | Your tablet is (written) as follows: |
| 41 | lu-bu-ul-ta i+na lib₃-bi tup-ni-na-te | The clothing from among the boxes |
| 42 | a-ku-ki-a i+na ŠA₃ GIŠ.GAR₃ la-a mah-ri | I did not receive it from the work assignment. |
| 43 | a-ku-ki-a i+na ŠA₃ lu-bu-ul-⸢te⸣ | I myself, from Lubul-etê |
| 44 | ša {m}a-hu-DU₁₀.GA u₂-ta-e-⸢ra-ni⸣ | of Ahu-ṭāb he shall return. |
| 45 | it-ta-ṣu še-bi-la-⸢ni⸣ | he has risen up, send me! |
| 46 | {giš}tup-ni-na ša {giš}PAN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [pe-ti-a] | opened a box of bows |
| 47 | 1 {giš}PAN še-ṣi-[a-ni] | 1 bow of Šešani |
| 48 | še-bi-la-ni ku-[un-ka] | send to me! Establish your place! |
| 49 | {iti}ša₂-sa-ra-⸢te⸣ [U₄ x-KAM₂ li-mu] | Month Ša-sarrāte, [x-th day], eponymy of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| 50 | {m}u₂-sa-⸢at⸣-{[d}AMAR.UTU] | Usât-Eat-Marduk |
Sources & licences
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