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VS 26, 118 (P333934)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333934 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09261 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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' | [x]-szu isz-ti2 be-x-[...] | ... with ... |
| 2' | u4-ma-am / um-ma a-ta-[ma ...] | Today, thus: "Why ...?" |
| 3' | a-na-ku / u2-la2 ak-la2-ka3 / na-asz2#-pe3-er-[tam2] | I am the one who does not sleep, I am a messenger. |
| 4' | sza ku-nu-ki-a la2-di2-na-kum [u3 sza ki-ma] | I will give you that of your seal, and that like |
| 5' | a-bi-a na-asz2-pe2-er!-tam2 | his father, a letter |
| 6' | li-di2-in# kum sza ki-ma a-wa-at# | he should give. That which like a word |
| 7' | im-di2-lim ka3-asz2-da-at-ni a-na _e2_ a-bi-a | he was satisfied, the kašdatnu-offerings to the house of my father |
| 8' | e-ra-ba-am / la2 ta-mu-a u3 tu3-ni-szu-ma | “Enter, do not forget, and give it to him!’ |
| 9' | 2(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-babbar_ u3 1(barig)? 3(ban2)-_ta gig#_ a-na | 2 shekels of silver and 1 barig 3 ban2 each, wheat for |
| 10' | u2-ku-ul-ti2-ka3 i-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_-im a-[ta-na]-di2#-na-kum# | I have given to you in the first month. |
| 11' | sza ni-isz a-lim{ki} u3 ru-ba-im ta-mu-u2# | of the life of the city and the prince is heard |
| 12' | ka3-i-la2 ki-ma si2-ki-i | ... like a ... |
| 13' | u2-ka3-lu a-na a-lim{ki} u2 be-li2-a a-wa!(UD)-ti2 | to the city and my lord my words |
| 14' | bi-la2 / la2-li-a puzur4-esz18-dar e-pu-ul | ... Puzur-Ištar did it. |
| 15' | um-ma la2-li-a-ma a-na puzur4-esz18-dar | Thus Lāliya, to Puzur-Ištar: |
| 16' | [...] a?-bu-ka3 im-di2-lum2 [i-na] a-lim[{ki} ...] | ... of Abuka was plentiful in the city |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [u2-ha-ri]-im# [...] | I removed ... |
| 2' | sza-na-at i-na [x ...] | secondly, in ... |
| 3' | i-ba-szi2-u2 / a-na ku-a-ti2 [...] | there is, for you . |
| 4' | um-ma a-na-ku-ma t,up-pe2-[e]-szu?-[nu ...] | Thus (says) I: their tablets |
| 5' | sza a-ma-la2 di2-in4 a-lim{ki} i-ba?-[...] | of Amala, the mayor of the city |
| 6' | u2-ha-ri-mu / ku-un-ka3-szu-nu-[ma] | he shall remove their seals and |
| 7' | a-s,e2-er / im-di2-lim a-bi-ka3 [x] | The aṣī-lîm-demon of your father ... |
| 8' | lu-bi-il5 / szi2-la2-tam2 / a-na [x-x-...] | Let me carry a šalātu-gift for ... |
| 9' | u3 im-di2-lim a-bi-ka3 la2 tu3-szar-sza-a-ni | and Imdīlim, your father, you will not make it available to me. |
| 10' | a-bu-ka3 / t,up-pa2-am dan-nam sza ku-nu-ki-a | Your father, a strong tablet of yours |
| 11' | u2-ka3-al / ki-ma i-a-ti2 la2 ta-qi2-pa2-ni | He will hold (them) in his hand. You will not recite (the incantation) as follows: |
| 12' | a-na _dumu#_ um-mi3-a-ni ke-nim / a-ta | to the son of his trusted mother |
| 13' | mu-ta-tam2 u3 a-na-ku mu-ta-tam2 | “I have sinned, but I have [seized] (them), |
| 14' | [lu] ni-ik-nu-uk-ma lu ni-ip-qi2-id-ma | let us seal it, let us entrust it, and |
| 15' | [x]-na-tim / a-bi-ka3 lu-ka3-il5-ma | ... of your father let me raise, and |
| 16' | [szi2]-la2-tam2 / la2 tu3-sza-ar-szi2-[u2]-ni#? | You shall not make a claim against me |
| 17' | [na-asz]-pe2#-er-tam2 sza a-bi-ka3 / a-[...] | The message of your father ... |
| 18' | [... x] ga nim-ma [x ...] | ... ... milk of the east ... |
| 19' | [...] an [...] | ... An ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-a _dumu_ dingir-e-mu-qi2 | ... son of Ilī-emuqi |
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