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VS 26, 021 (P358195)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358195 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13508 |
| 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 a-szur3-{d}utu-szi-ma | Thus Assur-šuši: |
| 2 | a-na szu-a-nim qi2-bi4-ma a-na a-szur3-na-da | Speak to Šū-Anum, and speak to Assur-nada. |
| 3 | 2(u) 5(disz) _tug2 sza3-ba_ 1(u) 5(disz) ku-ta-num | 25 garments, inside, 15 kutānum-garments, |
| 4 | 4(asz) 1/2(asz) _gu2 uruda_ it-bu-lu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ | 4 1/2 talents of copper they carried, 1 1/2 shekels |
| 5 | u2-nu-ut _ansze_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na sa3-ri-dim | the equipment of a donkey, 5 shekels of silver for the saridim |
| 6 | ni-di2-in 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na sza-lim-a-szur3 | 2 1/2 shekels of silver to Šalim-Assur |
| 7 | _dumu?_ me-me-na-nim ni-pu-ul | a son(?) of any kind we made |
| 8 | 4(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na _dumu_ ab-ba-ni | 4 shekels of silver to the son of Abbani |
| 9 | sza _uruda sag10_ ha-bu-la2-ti2-ni / ni-isz3-qul2 | of red copper, our robbery we shall cut off. |
| 10 | 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ i-ma-sa3-im / im-t,i2 | 10 shekels of silver he shall weigh out, he will recover. |
| 11 | 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ szi2-im _ansze_ 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 15 shekels of silver, the price of 2 donkeys, |
| 12 | wa-s,i2-tum 4(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 1(disz) _gin2 an-na_ | surplus: 4 minas 11 shekels of tin |
| 13 | n _gu2_ 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ a-na qa2-tim | n talents, 1/3 mina for the hand |
| 14 | ni-di2-in szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ | the price of that silver |
| 15 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ 9(disz) _gin2_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ | 1 mina, 9 shekels, 1 m |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _an-na_ a-mur-dingir u2-bi4-il5 | Anum-Amurru raised up. |
| 2 | 2/3(disz) _ma-na uruda_ wa-s,i2-tum | 2/3 mina of waditum copper |
| 3 | gam2-ra-kum szu-ma ta-la2-kam | “It is yours, pick it up and go!’ |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ i-a-am sza ha-na-nim | the silver that of Hananum |
| 5 | u3 sza _dumu_ a-bar-zi-zi-im | and of the son of Abar-zizim |
| 6 | bi4-lam szu-ma / la2 ta-la2-kam | It is a bīlama-vessel that you do not carry. |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ isz-te2-ni-isz3 / ku-un-ka3-ma | the silver together he shall hold, and |
| 8 | sze2-bi4-lam 1(disz) _tug2_ a-na i-ku-nim | send! 1 garment to Ikūnum |
| 9 | tu3-bi-il5 | Tubbil, |
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