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VS 26, 031 (P333944)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333944 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09271 |
| 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 | um-ma im-di2-dingir-ma | thus Imdi-ilum: |
| 2 | a-na en-nam-be-li2 | to Ennam-belī |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma 1(asz) _gu2 an-na_ | speak, and 1 talent of tin |
| 4 | 6(disz) _tug2_ szu-ru-tim 3(disz) ku-ta-ni | 6 high-quality garments, 3 kutānu-garments |
| 5 | szu-mi3-a-bi-a i-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | (Sum) My name in her womb (Akk) The name of this one in her whetch |
| 6 | il5-qe2 szu-ma a-na szi2-ip-ru-tim | he took, and for writing |
| 7 | a-na ti2-il5-ha-at | to Tilḫat |
| 8 | i-la-ak t,up-pa2-am qa2-ta-ka3 | He will carry the tablet in your hand. |
| 9 | lu-la-pi2-ta-ma a-na | I shall remove, and to |
| 10 | s,e2-er! sza ki-ma ku!-a-ti2 | the flock that like a kūtu |
| 11 | li-li-kam-ma ki-ma | go and like |
| 12 | ta-pa2-u2-szu _ku3-babbar_ | the silver he has received |
| 13 | i-du-nu-ni-ni u3 sza ki-ma | they gave me, and that like |
| 14 | szu-a-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ li-di2-nu-nim | that silver may they give me. |
| 15 | i-na {d}utu-szi / | by Šamaš |
| 16 | t,up-pa2-am ta-sza-me-u2 | You will hear my tablet. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-hi-id!-ma t,up-pa2-am | he acquired and a tablet |
| 2 | sza ku-nu-ki-szu li-qe2 | whose seal he took. |
| 3 | i-na wa-ah-szu!-sza-na 5(disz) u4-me | 5 days in their quarters, |
| 4 | la a-sa3-hu-ur a-la2-an | I shall not return, I shall count it. |
| 5 | szu#-a-ti2 ku-[sza-ha-am] mi3-ma | that one, Kushaḫam, whatever |
| 6 | u2-la2 i-szu la ta-sza-la2-at, | Alternatively, do not take it away! |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ sza s,i2-ib-tim | the silver of the interest |
| 8 | szu-ma ma-ma-an u2-ta-ar | if he requests, nobody will return it. |
| 9 | s,i2-ib-tam2 sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | the ṣibtu-offerings of his offerings |
| 10 | u3 _ku3-babbar_ a-di2 a-la2-ka3-ni | and the silver together with its interest |
| 11 | li-bi!-szi2 _dub_ sza u4-mu-szu | a tablet of his days |
| 12 | ma-al-u2-ni szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | he is the owner of the silver |
| 13 | u2-ta-ra-kum t,up-pu-szu | He will return it and break his tablet. |
| 14 | a-mu-ur-ma szu-ma u4-mu-szu | I saw, and that is its day. |
| 15 | e-ta-at-qu2 _ku3-babbar_ u3 | they have paid. The silver and |
| 16 | s,i2-ba-ti2-szu sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | his limbs, his šašqīl, |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-na {d}utu-szi a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | in Šamaš to her husband |
| 2 | e-ru-bu i-szi2-im-su2-en6 a-na | they entered, Išimsuen to |
| 3 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim a-t,a2-ra-ad-ma te2-er-ti2 | (Sum) I am the one who sees the light (Akk) I see the light of the light |
| 4 | u2-s,a-kum lu a-wi-la2-ti2 | I have brought to you, be it men. |
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