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VS 26, 108 (P333923)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333923 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09250 |
| 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-szur3-re-s,i2 | Assur-rēṣi, |
| 2 | u3 puzur4-esz18-dar | and Puzur-Ištar |
| 3 | me-er-u2 / na-ab2-su2-en6 | “Lead me, I will not be able to follow you! |
| 4 | a-na a-szur3-isz-ti2-kal2 | to Aššīr-ishtikal |
| 5 | _dumu_ su2-ka3-li-a / is,-bu-tu3-ni-a-ti2-ma | son of Sukalīya, seized me, and |
| 6 | um-ma a-szur3-re-s,i2 | Thus Assur-reṣi. |
| 7 | u2 puzur4-esz18-dar-ma | and puzur-ištar-plant |
| 8 | a-na a-szur3-isz-ti2-kal2-ma | to Aššīr-ishtikalma |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ / sza szal2-ma-a-szur3 | silver of Šalma-Assur |
| 10 | sza ma-la2 / a-bi4-ni | of the length of his father |
| 11 | ni-is,-ba-at | we seized. |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ / a-na a-lim{ki} | silver to the city |
| 13 | li-li-ik-ma | may he go and |
| 14 | i-na a-lim / u2-la2 a-szar | in the city or wherever |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-bu-ni / a-na li-mi3-im | his father to the eponymy |
| 2 | ha-bu-lu / li-il5-qe2-u2 | May the robber take it! |
| 3 | u2-la2 / a-szar | ... where |
| 4 | szal2-ma-a-szur3 / a-li-mi3-im | Šalma-Assur, the city |
| 5 | ha-bu-lu / li-il5-qe2-u2 a-szur3-isz-ti2-kal2 | May the robbers take Assur-ištikal. |
| 6 | ne2-pi3-sza-am u2-sze2-s,i2-am-ma | he made a ritual, and |
| 7 | um-ma a-szur3-isz-ti2-kal2-ma | Thus Assur-ištikal: |
| 8 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ / al-ka3-a | for silver I shall weigh out. |
| 9 | me-er-e / szal2-ma-a-szur3 | ... Šalma-Assur, |
| 10 | ru-a-nim-ma / _ku3-babbar_ | the guarantor silver |
| 11 | a-li / ta-ma-ga-ra-ni | Where did you bring me? |
| 12 | pi3-iq-da-ma / a-na a-lim | Release and to the city |
| 13 | li-li-ik | may he go. |
| 14 | a-na a-wa-tim / a-ni-a-tim | to the words of the heavens |
| 15 | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz | the karûm, the kaniš, |
| 16 | i-di2-in-ni-a-ti2-ma | gave to me, and |
| 17 | _igi gir2_ sza a-szur3 | before the sword of Assur |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | szi2-bu-ti2-ni / ni-di2-in | We gave him his life. |
| 2 | _igi_ a-szur3-gal _dumu_ la2-qe2-pi3-im | before Assur-rabi, son of Laqepim |
| 3 | _igi_ u2-zu-a _dumu_ li-pa2-a | before Uzuya, son of Lipaya |
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