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TCL 21, 249 (P357815)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 21, 249 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357815 |
| Museum no. | AO 09314 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| 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 | 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza ni-isz | 12 shekels of silver for the nish |
| 2 | a-lim{ki} / a-szur-i-di2 | Bison, Assur-idi |
| 3 | u2 a-mur-a-szur _igi_ a-mu-dingir | and Amur-Assur before Amu-ilum |
| 4 | u2 _igi_ a-szur-{d}utu-szi | and before Assur-Šamši |
| 5 | it-mu-u2-ni-ma / _ku3-babbar_ | he heard, and silver |
| 6 | a-mur-a-szur a-na a-szur-i-di2 | Amur-Assur to Assur-idi |
| 7 | i-sza-qu2-lu / _ku3-babbar_ a-mur-a-szur | they shall weigh out. The silver Amur-Assur |
| 8 | la2 / isz-ta-qa2-al | he will weigh out. |
| 9 | sza ni-isz / a-lim | of the commemorative inscription |
| 10 | e-ep-szu-ma / i-sza-ni-ma | he has done, and another |
| 11 | a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_ 1(u) / 2(disz) _gin2_ | for 1 month 12 shekels |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ / a-mur-a-szur | silver of Amur-Assur |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na / a-szur-i-di2 | to Assur-idi |
| 2 | u2-sze2-ba-lam / szu-ma | he shall bring. That |
| 3 | a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam / ku3-babbar_ a-mur-a-szur | for 1 month silver Amur-Assur |
| 4 | la2 u2-sze2-bi-lam / t,up-pu-szu | He did not send him his tablet. |
| 5 | sza 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza szu-mi3 | of 2/3 mina of silver of my name |
| 6 | ma-num-ba-lum2-a-szur / u2-du-u2 | Amum-balum-Ašṣur, the sage, |
| 7 | t,up-pu-szu t,up-pu-szu-ma | his tablet, his tablet |
| 8 | isz-tu3 ha-musz-tim | from Hamuštum |
| 9 | sza u2-s,ur-szi2-esz18-dar / _iti-kam_ | of Uṣur-šī-ištar, month |
| 10 | s,i2-ib-im _igi_ u2-zu-a | “Storm, before Uzû |
| 11 | _dumu_ szu-be-lim / _igi_ u2-s,u2-ra-nim | son of Šubelim, before Ushuranum |
| 12 | _dumu_ ki-li-a | son of Kiliya |
| 13 | _igi_ ma-num-ba-lum2-a-szur | before Anum-bālum-Assur, |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ i3-li2-a-lim | son of Ilī-alim, |
| 2 | _dumu_ du10-lu-ka3 | son of Dulluka |
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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