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KAV 205 (P281742)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 205 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281742 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08259 |
| 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] | Aya-allenayu |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}gu-la {m}{d}[a-šur]-⸢su-uq⸣-[pa-ni] | Kidin-Gula, Assur-esuqepani |
| 3 | u₃ {m}{d}a-šur-EN-šal-lim | and Assur-bel-šallim |
| 4 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 5 | um-ma {m}{d}ba-bu-ŠEŠ-⸢SUM⸣{na}ma | Thus says Babu-ēvšu-iddina: |
| 6 | ši-in-na ša pi-ri ša iš-tu {e₂}na-kam₂-te še-ṣu-a-ta-ni | The šīnu of the mouth, the one of the nakamtu-vessel, |
| 7 | i+na pi-ti ša-UGU-E₂ ša-ak-nu-tu-ni | They are placed in the responsibility of the house. |
| 8 | šar ba ṣa [x] ⸢di⸣ a-na KUŠ mi-im-ma ta-e-ra | king who ... ... for a hide you will measure everything. |
| 9 | {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ku-nu ku-un-⸢ka⸣ a-na {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}a-šur di-na a-na UGU-ia lu-ub-la | Seal it with your seals and give it to Mušallim-Assur so that I may bring it to me. |
| 10 | ⸢KI⸣.LA₂-ša i+na ši-⸢in-ni⸣ šaṭ-rat ⸢ša⸣-ak-na-at | Its e’elalû-house is located on the right side of the šaṭrat-house. |
| 11 | at-tu-nu KI.LA₂-ša ⸢ma⸣-ṭi₂-ta₂ ⸢šu⸣-up-ra-ni | You are the weight of a šu’uprānu-vessel. |
| 12 | el-la-bu-ha GAL{ta} ša I₃ ša nap-šu-ši-ia | Elabbaḫa, the chief of oil for my life |
| 13 | ra-aq-ta ku-nu-⸢ki⸣-ia ka-an-ku | I am entrusted to Kunū-Ea. |
| 14 | ul-te-bi-lak-ku-nu mu-uh-ra | I have sent to you. Receive it! |
| 15 | a-na E₂ di-na lu-ha-mi-ṭu lu ša-ak-⸢nu⸣ | Give (it) to the temple! May it be shattered or destroyed! |
| 16 | 1 MA.NA URUDU [x] 7 1/2 GIN₂ AN.NA BABBAR | 1 mina of copper ... 7 1/2 shekels of white lead |
| 17 | bi-la-te-šu ul-te-bi-⸢la⸣ | I have sent his messenger to you |
| 18 | a-na {lu₂}SIMUG na-ag-le-⸢be⸣ a-na e-pa-še | to the smith Nagle-ebê for manufacturing |
| 19 | di-na a-na 2{šu} na-⸢ag-le⸣-be | a lawsuit against the second Na-eag-le’ebe |
| 20 | u₃ ša ha-su-pe₃ ša 10 GIN₂-⸢TA.AM₃⸣ | and the ḫasuppu-measure of 10 shekels each |
| 21 | u₃ 2{šu} ṣu-up-[ri] | and two šupru |
| 22 | ša 3 GIN₂.TA.⸢AM₃⸣ [...] | Of 3 shekels each |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | a-na tar-ṣi {m}ma-aʾ-na-⸢ie⸣-[e] | against Mālna-e’e |
| 24 | u₃ {m}{d}a-šur-EN-šal-lim | and Assur-bel-šallim |
| r | ||
| 25 | bi-la-te li-ib-lu-⸢ul⸣ | may they carry off the luxuriance. |
| 26 | u₃ ha-ra-ma na-ag-le-be | and in the future, at any time, a claim |
| 27 | ša ha-su-pi u₃ ša ṣu-up-ri | of hauppi and of šupru |
| 28 | i+na ra-aṭ ZABAR a-na be-ta-te | By the rod of bronze to the sides |
| 29 | ia-a-ma-at-tu a-na ⸢ṭe₂⸣-mi-šu liš-pu-uk | May he send a message to me. |
| 30 | u₃ ha-ra-ma a-[na] e-pa-še li-iṣ-bat | and later may he be able to perform. |
| 31 | iš-tu a-⸢ha-iš⸣ lu la-a i-šap-pa-ak | He should not write from afar. |
| 32 | URUDU u₃ [ṣar₂]-pa la tu-ša [il-te]-ni-iš | You do not have copper and tin, they have remained constant. |
| 33 | AN.NA [x x na]-ag-le-be [...] | The lead ... the naglebu-obligation ... |
| 34 | a-na GIŠ [x x] at-ta-din [...] | I have given ... to ... |
| 35 | na-ag-⸢le⸣-[be] ⸢ša⸣ ha-su-[pi] | “The fate of the house, the house of the ḫasupi |
| 36 | u₃ ša ṣu-⸢up-ri⸣ ša te-pa-ša-ni | and that of the šuprî-priest, that you do |
| 37 | [iš-tu ša] AN.⸢NA⸣ [x] aš₂ a-na te-ṣi-⸢pi a⸣-mar | From the ... of the ešbīpu I will see. |
| 38 | {iti}ša₂-sa-ra-te U₄ 1KAM₂ ⸢li⸣-[mu] | Ša-sarrāte, 1st day, eponymy of |
| 39 | {⸢m}it⸣-tab-ši-de-en-{⸢d⸣}[a-šur] | I, Bit-tabsvi-dēn-Asur |
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