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VS 26, 059 (P333943)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333943 |
| Museum no. | LB 1259 + VAT 09270 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands; 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 | um-ma sza-lim-a-hu-um | Thus Šalim-ahum: |
| 2 | hi-na-a / a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 | Hīnaya, Assur-imitti |
| 3 | ta-ri-isz-ma-tum u3 | Tarišmatum and |
| 4 | be-la2-tum-ma a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 | Bēlātum to Pušu |
| 5 | qi2-bi-ma a-ma-la2 | speak, and I will pay. |
| 6 | te2-er-ti2-ka3 t,up-pa2-am | Your reply is a tablet. |
| 7 | sza a-lim{ki} / ni-il5-qe2-ma | of the city we took, and |
| 8 | ra-bi-s,u2-um na-asz2-a-kum | “Rabīṣûm is your provider, |
| 9 | a-ma-kam i-hi-id-ma | a word he heard, and |
| 10 | lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _geme2_ | or silver or a slave woman |
| 11 | lu _ARAD2_ lu _e2#_{be#-tum#} | either a slave or a house |
| 12 | e-zi-bu-u2 pa2-he-er#-[ma] | Disregard the presence of the envoy |
| 13 | ku-nu-uk-ma sze2-bi-[lam] | seal it and send it here. |
| 14 | 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ [1(disz)] _ma-na# [an-na_] | 1/3 mina silver, 1 mina tin |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ra-bi4-s,i2-im | to the chief of trade |
| 2 | ni-di2-in 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3#-[babbar_] | we gave. 1/3 mina of silver |
| 3 | a-ma-kam / di2-[szu]-um u2 sza-bu | Išum and Šabu |
| 4 | 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na an-na_ | 10 shekels of silver, 1 mina of tin |
| 5 | a-na im-gu5-a ni-di2-in | What did we give to the one who eats it? |
| 6 | t,up-pu-um sza a-lim{ki} | tablet of the city |
| 7 | sza a-na _ku3-babbar_-ap2 a-szur-ma-lik | who for silver Assur-malik |
| 8 | a-di2 hu-bu-ul na-ru-qi2-im | as far as the destruction of the city |
| 9 | er-bu-um [ka3]-ra-tam2 | erbûm of the karātum |
| 10 | u3 sza-ku-ul-tum usz-ta-bu-u2 | and the šakūltu-offering they set up. |
| 11 | i-na me-er-e a-szur-ma-lik | at the foot of Aššar-mālik |
| 12 | ma-ma-an la2 i-t,a2-hi-u2 | no one shall be negligent. |
| 13 | a-ma-kam i-ba-szi2 t,up-pa2-am | There is a tablet. |
| 14 | ka3-li-im-szu-nu | all of them |
| 15 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 16 | um-ma ta-ri-<isz>-ma-tum | Thus Tarišmatum |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 be-la2-tum-ma a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ | and Bēlatumma the Ašūmu of silver |
| 2 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni i-ma-qa2-at _ku3-babbar_ | As to what you wrote, he will weigh out the silver. |
| 3 | pa2-ni-e-ma a-sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 ni-da#-[an] | We will give the field as a gift. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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