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VS 26, 038 (P333902)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333902 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09234 |
| 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 i-di2-su2-en6 | to Idissu |
| 2 | szu-isz-ha-ra a-szur-ba-ni | Šū-išāra (was) his Assurnasirpal. |
| 3 | u3 s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur / a-na i-di2-su2#-en6# | and Ṣillī-Adad to Idissu |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma / um-ma in-bi-esz18-dar-ma | Thus Inbi-Ištar: |
| 5 | mi3-num sza a-na | what to |
| 6 | s,i2-la-{d}iszkur / ta-zu-mu | Ṣilli-Adad, you know! |
| 7 | um-ma a-ta-ma / s,u2-ha-ri-a | Thus (says) Ṣuharia. |
| 8 | u2-ma-si2-ih / sza s,u2-ha-ar-ka3 | he will remove of your ṣuharka-garment. |
| 9 | la2 u2-ma-si2-hu / u3 ki-ma | he did not remove, and like |
| 10 | i-lu-ku / la2 i-de8-u2-szu / sa3-ra-tim | (Sum) They go, they do not know him. (Akk) He goes, he does not understand him. |
| 11 | isz-ta-ap2-ra-kum / mi3-ni | What has he written to you? |
| 12 | tal-qe2-ma / u3-ul a-a-kam-ma | You took, but I did not know, and |
| 13 | la2-mu-tam2 / ta-li-kam | “Lamūtam, you are the one who goes. |
| 14 | u3-ul s,u2-ha-ri-a | is not a ṣuḫariya |
| 15 | tu3-ka3-s,i2-id-ma u3 a-na-ku | you will harness (them), and then I |
| 16 | gi-mi3-li u2-ta-ar | he will return the reed bundles. |
| 17 | a-na szu-isz#-[ha-ra ...] | to Šushhara ... |
| 18 | te2-er-tum la2 i?-[...] | The extispicy does not |
| 19 | sza a-hi-a / u3 [...] | of a brother and |
| 20 | i-la-ak / sza [...] | he will go ... |
| 21 | ma-su2-ha-am x [...] | (Sum) I am the ... of the marsuh ... (Akk) The marsuha ... |
| 22 | szu-ma / a-ta / il5? mi3 [...] | “He, from the water, raises a hand(?) |
| 23 | a-ma-kam / wa-asz2-bu-tim [...] | (Sum) It is the word of a flood-wave that ... (Akk) The word of an earthquake ... |
| 24 | ki-ma / ma-su2-ha-am la2 [...] | Like a ... ... |
| 25 | a-na#-kam _siki hi-a_ / a-na | “For me, the wool for |
| 26 | [szi2]-ip#-ri-im / sza ni-na-sza-i-im | the work of the ninašām |
| 27 | [a]-na# a-szi2-im ni-ih-sza-ah-ma | we shall go to the place of habitation, and |
| 28 | [...] _ma-na siki hi-a_ i-na sza _dumu_ szu-{d}la2-[ba-an] | ... minas of wool belonging to the son of Šū-Lâban |
| 29 | ni-il5-qe2 um-ma a-na-ku-ma | we took, thus I: |
| 30 | na-asz2-pe3-er!-tam / lu ni-di2-na-kum# | Let us give you a message |
| 31 | a-lik-ma / i-di2-su2-en6 / a-qa2-ti2-szu | Go, and Idissūn his offerings. |
| 32 | lu-t,a2-hi / szu-ma i-wa-asz2-ha-ni-a | “Let me get up, if it pleases me, |
| 33 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ / i-s,e2-er | 6 shekels of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 34 | s,u2-ha-ri-a il5-qe2 | Ṣuharia took. |
| 35 | [... u2]-t,a2#-hi-u2 | … they are exhausted. |
| 36 | [... a-na] wa-ah-szu-sza-na | ... to their fathers |
| 37 | [...] x-ru-ub | ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] / _e2?_ a? / u3 me-szi2-ri-im 1(disz) _gin2-ta_ | ... house(?), water(?) and meširum, 1 shekel each |
| 2 | [...] x-tum / isz-ta-ku-pu / szu-a-ti2 | (Sum) ... he smote(?) that ... (Akk) The ... that he killed |
| 3 | x x [...] um-ma szu-ut-ma 5(disz) _ma-na_ | ..., saying: "That is 5 minas." |
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