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TCL 21, 270 (P357836)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 21, 270 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357836 |
| Museum no. | AO 09337 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | il5-we-da-ku a-na bu-za-zu | I am ilwedāku to your servant. |
| 2 | is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma um-ma | seized me, thus |
| 3 | il5-we-da-ku-ma a-na bu-za-zu-ma | I am ilwedāku and to būzzu |
| 4 | 4(asz) _gu2_ 4(u) _ma-na an-na_ | 4 talents 40 minas of lead |
| 5 | ku-nu-ku sza a-lim{ki} 9(u) 7(disz) ku-ta-nu | the kunukku of the city, 97 kuktanu |
| 6 | sza qa2-tim 4(u) ku-ta-nu _sag10 diri_ | of the hand, 40 kutānu, extra (weight) |
| 7 | mi3-ma a-nim lu-qu2-tum | whatever precious metal |
| 8 | sza tam2-ka3-ri-im sza a-szur-{d}utu-szi | of Tamkarum of Assur-šamaš |
| 9 | a-s,e2-er tam2-ka3-ri-im i-ra-de8-u2 | they will bring them to the border of Tamkarum. |
| 10 | ta-as,-ba-at la2 ta-as,-ba-at | You will take it, you will not take it. |
| 11 | _igi_ a-ni-e-ma i-ki-ir | before this one he shall be punished. |
| 12 | u2-la2 ka3-i-in / bu-za-zu | The ... of your buzzu-vessel |
| 13 | il5-we-da-ku / e-pu-ul um-ma | Ilwedaku said thus: |
| 14 | bu-za-zu-ma la2 li-bi / _dingir_-ma | “Bazazazû is the lībi of the god, and |
| 15 | puzur4-a-szur3 tap-pa2-a / _e2_ a-bi-ni | Puzur-Assur, the trusted one, the house of his father |
| 16 | me-et-ma a-na-ku i-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | (Sum) I am dead, I am a widow (Akk) I was dead in her womb |
| 17 | wa-asz2-ba-ku / um-mi3-a-nu u3 tam2-ka3-ru | “I am the shepherd, the herdsman, and the merchant, |
| 18 | puzur4-a-szur3 a-na _e2_ puzur4-a-szur | Puzur-Assur to the house of Puzu[r-assur] |
| 19 | e-ru-bu-ma / ma-s,a-ar-tam2 | they entered and a guard |
| 20 | sza puzur4-a-szur3 ip-te2-u2-ma | of Puzur-Assur opened, and |
| 21 | lu _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-sig17_ lu t,up-pe2-e | either silver or gold or tablets |
| 22 | ta-ma-la2-ki / mi3-ma a-nim a-na | You will carry. What to |
| 23 | en-na-su2-en _dumu_ i3-li2-a-lim | Ennasuen, son of Ilī-alim |
| 24 | ip-qi2-du a-na-ku isz-tu3 | he has appointed, I from |
| 25 | wa-ah-szu-sza-na a-li-kam-ma | “I will go and |
| 26 | en-na-su2-en / as,-ba-at-ma | “Enna-suen, I took, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _ku3-sig17_ lu t,up-pe2 | either silver or gold or a tablet |
| 2 | sza um-mi3-a-nu u3 tam2-ka3-ru | of Ummi-anu and Tamkaru, |
| 3 | puzur4-a-szur3 ip-qi2-du-szu-ni | Puzur-Assur appointed him. |
| 4 | u2-szi2-ra-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-na a-szur-utu-szi | he shall redeem, and the silver to her Assur |
| 5 | ap2-qi2-id-ma / szu-mi3 tam2-ka3-ri-im | I entrusted, and my name is Tamkarum |
| 6 | u2-di2-ma i-na _ku3-babbar_ qa2-ti2 / asz2-ku-ma | until with the silver of the hand I sat and |
| 7 | szi2-ma-am _e2_ a-bi-a / i-szi2-ma-ma | the fate of my father's house he determined, and |
| 8 | ba-ab2 a-bu-lim sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 | “Bab’abūlim, who like me |
| 9 | qa2-su2-nu / isz-ku-nu / i-na | their hands they placed, in |
| 10 | wa-ar-ki-tim-ma / ra-bi-s,u2-um | later, the great |
| 11 | u2 me-er-u2 puzur4-a-szur i-li-ku-nim-ma | and the meru-plant of Puzur-Assur came to me, and |
| 12 | um-ma szu-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ i-na ma-s,a-ar-tim | thus they: silver in the guard |
| 13 | sza a-bi-ni / u2-s,a-am um-ma | that our father brought, saying: |
| 14 | ra-bi-s,u2-ma u2 me-er-u2 puzur4-a-szur-ma | “It is great, and it is the mēru-plant of Puzur-Aš[ur], |
| 15 | a-bu-ni / tam2-ka3-ru-um a-szi2-a-ti2 | (Sum) My father, the Tamkarum of Aššītu (Akk) The father of Tamkarrum, the ašiatu |
| 16 | a-su2-pa2-na / sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 | Asupāna, who like me |
| 17 | asz2-pu-ur-ma lu-qu2-tam2 a-na ku-lu-ma-a | I wrote, and the luqūtam-vessel into a kilumāru vessel |
| 18 | ip-qi2-du a-ta _maszkim_ u3 me-er-u2 | he entrusted to the maškim-official and the meru-official |
| 19 | puzur4-a-szur3 a-ta-wa-ma a-szar | Puzur-Assur, Atawama, where |
| 20 | lu-qu2-tum i-bu-ru lu-qu2-tam2 | (Sum) The luqutu-demon, the iburu-disease, (Akk) The laquttu is the flood, the flood is the storm |
| 21 | li-il5-qe2-szi2 a-na-ku sza mi3-ma | I, who whatever |
| 22 | la2 ha-bu-la2-ku-ni si2-ki tu3-ka3-al | “If you are not your neighbor, you will wash your hair. |
| 23 | u3 i-na di2-tim tu3-sza-e-li | and you will raise it in a lawsuit. |
| 24 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim | to these words |
| 25 | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz3 i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma | the karum and kaniš gave to me, and |
| 26 | _igi gir2_ sza a-szur3 szi2-bu-ti2-ni | before the sword of Assur, our witnesses |
| 27 | ni-di2-in _igi_ a-szur3-sag10 | offering before Assur-sag |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ a-szur3-re-s,i2 _igi_ a-gi5-a _dumu_ puzur4-a-szur3 u2-zu-a | son of Assur-reṣi before Agiya son of Puzur-Assur uzua |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-bi4-li-a tap-pa2-i-ni | son of Abilīya, our friend, |
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