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VS 26, 074 (P333889)

Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	VS 26, 074
ID	P333889
Museum no.	VAT 09220
Collection	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
Find spot	Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates	38.8517, 35.6365

Transliteration (ATF)

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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)
obverse
1	a-na szu-ku-bi-im u3 i3-li2-a	to Šukubum and Ilīya
2	qi2-bi-ma um-ma _dam-gar3_-ru-um-ma	speak! Thus the merchant:
3	1(u) 7(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ u3 2(disz) _ma-na_	17 mina of silver and 2 minas
4	_ku3-sig17_ pa2-sza-lum2 / ku-nu-ki	the gold of the pāšalum-vessel, your seal
5	e-la / na-asz2-a-ku-nu-ti2	“Let them be taken away!’
6	ni-is-ha-at _ku3-sig17_ u3 _ku3-babbar_-pi3#-im#	the price of gold and silver
7	a-wi-su2 i-na {d}utu-szi	his man in Šamaš
8	sza t,up-pa2-am / a-ni-am / u2-la2-pi3-ta!-ku-nu-ti2-ni	that this tablet he will destroy for you
9	i-sza-ni-im / u4-mi3-im	“Išanim, the storm
10	e-la / u2-s,a-am / asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu#-ti2#	Without you I sent you messages.
11	um-ma a-na-ku-ma / a-di2 / e-ra-ab	Thus (says) I: “Until he enters,
12	_ku3-babbar / an-na_ szu-uq-lam za-ku-tam2#	The silver of tin is a šuqlam-gift, cleared
13	li-qe2-a-ma / li-ni-di2	May he take it and let him go.
14	a-hu-u2-a / a-tu3-nu / a-di2	My brothers, until when?
15	e-ra-ab / _ku3-babbar / la2_ tu3-qa2-i-a	he shall enter. The silver shall not be paid.
16	_an-na_ szu-uq-lam za-ku-tam2#	“It is the šuqlam-stone, the zakkû-stone.
17	sza!-ma-ma / li-ni-di3-ma	May the heavens know, and
18	gi5-im-la-ni / szu-ma ga-ma-lum2	His slave girl - hand of Gemallum!
reverse
1	la2-szu / a-di2 _iti 1(disz)-kam_ isz-te2-en6	deficit until the 1st month of Addaru
2	a-di2 / e-ra-ab _ku3-babbar_ /	as long as he enters the silver
3	_ku3-babbar_ / a-na / s,i2-ib-tim	silver for a gift
4	li-qe2-a-ma / sza _iti-kam_-im	take, and for the month of Tammuz
5	s,i2-ib-tam2 / s,i2-ba / _an-na_	ṣibtam-plant
6	sza-ma-ma / li-ni-di2 u3 ki-ma	May the heavens know, and like
7	[e]-la / e-ru-ba-ni / i-na	above he entered, in
8	[x x?]-zu-e-szu / t,ur4-da-ni-szu	his ..., his ṭurdani
9	la2 i-sa2-hu-ur _ansze hi-a_	he shall not return. The donkey
10	szi2-nam# / lu s,a-hu-ru / la-nam#	Be it a young man or a ṣaḫuru young woman
11	lu# [e]-li-u2 a-na 7(disz) ha-[am]-sza-tim#	or above, for 7 hamšātu-containers
12	_nig2-ka_-si2 / ha-ra-ni	the account of the harani
13	3(disz)-_ta_ ku#-ta-ni _e2_ ka3-ri-im	3 units each, the kutānu of the karim-house;
14	isz-tap-ku-ma# 3(disz) ku-ta-ni 1/3(disz) _ma-na-ta_	3 kutānu-garments, 1/3 mina each
15	a-na qa2-ti2-ku-nu / at,-hi	I have turned to you.
16	a-na i3-li2-a qi2-bi-ma	Speak to Ilīya:
17	s,u2-ha-ru sza isz-ti2 a-ni-nim	The ṣuḫaru that with us
18	i-lu-ku#-nim# u3 sza 1(disz) _ma-na_	they will come to you, and of 1 mina
19	_ku3#-[babbar_] lu ku-si2-a-tim	silver or leather bags
20	pa2-[si2]-a-tim	of the cult centers
21	lu al-ku-wa-i-a-tim	or alkuwātum
left
1	lu ra-qa2-tim / dam-qa2-tim / lu! lu-bu-szi2	be it a raqātu-demon, a good one, be it an ubušši (demon),
2	pa2-si2-u2-tim sza#-[ma]-nim#-ma	the four world quarters
3	isz-ti2 _an-na_ li-[ib]-szi2#-u2-nim	with tin they shall dwell.

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