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VS 26, 067 (P333918)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333918 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09244 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 pu-szu-ke-en6 / i-na-a | to Pušuken |
| 2 | u3 ki-li-a _SIG7-a_ <qi2-bi-ma> | and a yellow-green kīlû-vessel say: |
| 3 | um-ma szu-[ku]-bu#-um-ma / mi3-szu | Šukubum speaks thus: |
| 4 | sza a-na me-[tim] ta#-asz2-ku-na-ni-ma | who to water you placed |
| 5 | isz-tu3 _mu 2(disz)-[sze3_] / te2-er-ta-ku-nu | from the 2nd year you will return. |
| 6 | za-ku-tum la2 i-la2-ka3-ni i-pa2-ni-tim | He is free from claims, he will pay back in full. |
| 7 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-nim um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma | you wrote to me, thus: "Atunu |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-pa2-ta-na-nim | the silver that I have weighed out |
| 9 | ni-il5-qe2-ma / ki-ma u4-mu _dam-gar3_-ri-ka3 | we took, and like the day of your merchant |
| 10 | qur2-bu-ni / a-s,i2-ib-tim / ni-di2-szu | His warrior, the aṣibtu-priestess, his companion |
| 11 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma isz-te2-ni-isz _ku3-babbar_ | Thus (says) Nunu: Together silver |
| 12 | isz-ti2 / {d}utu-tap-pa2-i / lu nu-sze2-bi-il5 | With Šamaš-tappā I did not raise it. |
| 13 | a-na bar-ki-szu-nu / i-tu3-ru-nim | returned to their place of residence. |
| 14 | ma# _ku3-babbar_ / sza a-pa2-ta-na-nim | saying: “The silver that I have given to you |
| 15 | isz#-ti2 ki-li-a tu3-sze2-bi-la2-nim | you sent me from the kiʾû-house. |
| 16 | _ku3#-babbar_ sza _dam-gar3_-ri-a | the silver of the merchant |
| 17 | la2 tu3-sze2-bi-la2-nim / a-sza-me-ma | Do not send me! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _tug2 hi_-tu3-a / sza sze2-ep / _dumu_ u2-za-ri-a | a garment of my fault, which is the booty of the son of Uzariya |
| 2 | a-na i-ta-at,-lim / ta-ad-nu | It is given to itaṭlim. |
| 3 | a-na-kam / sza ma-ah-ri-szu / _tug2 hi_-ti2-a | what before him a good garment |
| 4 | i-di2-nu-ni / iq-bi-a-am / a-mi3-nim _ku3-babbar_ | he gave to me, he said: "I will pay the silver." |
| 5 | la2 tu3-<sze2>-bi-la2-nim / a-hu-u2-a / a-tu3-nu | Do not send me my brother! |
| 6 | ih-da-ma / lu sza ba-ab-ti2-a sza u4-me | “The one who has sinned against me for a long time, |
| 7 | lu sza i-ta-at,-lim lu sza ni-ka3-si2-a | Whether that which he has eaten, or that which we have drunk, |
| 8 | isz-ti2 ba-ti2-qi2-im / za-ku-tam2 / szu-up-ra-nim | Send me a sealed document from Batiqim! |
| 9 | asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2 / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I wrote to you, thus I: |
| 10 | _ARAD2_-di2-a / ki-ma / e-ru-bu-ni-ni | my servant, when they entered, |
| 11 | t,ur4-da-nim / a-tu3-nu / ma-s,i2-be-li2 | Ṭurdanum / Atunu / Maṣibeli |
| 12 | u3 i-szar-lu-ba-la-at, tu3#-uh#-ta#-li-qa2 | and Išar-lubāṭ you have sinned |
| 13 | szu-ma a-hu-u2-a / a-tu3-nu | If my brother is dead |
| 14 | {d}utu-tap-pa2-<i> ma-nu-ki-a-bi-a u3 a-da-a | Šamaš-tappa of Manukiabi and Ada |
| 15 | i-pa2-nim-ma t,ur4-da-nim / szu-ma | He looked at me and he was a ṭurdanu-demon. |
| 16 | [la2 szu]-nu / a-na _sze_-im / sza-a-mi3-im ma-ma-an | they are not. For barley, no one |
| 17 | [la2] i-szu / szu-ma / i-pa2-nim-ma | “If he does not have it, he will look at it and |
| 18 | [la2 ta]-at,-ru-da-nim-szu-nu / ki-ma | you will not give them back to me. |
| 19 | _ku3#-babbar_-pi2 1(asz) _gu2_ / tu3-ha-li-qa2-ni | 1 talent of silver you will discard. |
| left | ||
| 1 | li#-bi / i-la2-mi3-na-ku-nu-ti2 / i-na ni-ka3-si2-[a?] | May my heart be glad on account of you! |
| 2 | ma#-la2 / i-pu-lu-ni-ni sze2-bi-la2-nim | Send me a copy of what they did. |
| 3 | ih#-da-ma qa2-ti2 i-ta-di2-a / ma-la2 | he acquired and the hand he gave me, as much as |
| 4 | [la2] sza-ha-tim / tu3-usz-ta-am-ri-s,a-ni | you will keep me in good health.” |
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