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VS 26, 045 (P358210)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358210 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13477 |
| 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 | a-na i-na-a qi2#-[bi-ma um-ma] | Speak thus: |
| 2 | ma-num-ba-lum2-a-[szur3-ma] | Mannum-balum-Assur |
| 3 | bur#-a-szur3 a-hu#-[ka3 i-na] | Bur-Assur, your brother, in |
| 4 | sza#-la2-ti2-wa-ar# [wa-sza-ab2 i-na] | Šalāti-war will reside in |
| 5 | sza#-am-szi2 ta?-[...] | “What has the earth done to me? |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-pu-ra-[...] | ...-pura- |
| 2' | [x]-nu-um ka3-ru-[um? a-na] | ... the karû-priest to |
| 3' | sza-ap2-ra-tim / wa-szu-[ri-im] | the ša-pr-a-tum |
| 4' | isz-pu-ru!-ni-ni / _tug2 hi-a_ [i-na] | he sent me garments in |
| 5' | _e2_ ka3-ri-im / sze2-s,u2-am# | The house of the kalû-priestess is a flood. |
| 6' | u2 ma-ti2-ma / a-di2 _tug2 hi-a_ | and all of the land, including the clothing |
| 7' | te2-er-ta-ka3 la2 i-li-[kam] | Your extispicy is not mine. |
| 8' | a-s,e2-er / il5-ba-ni / szu-[pu-ur-ma] | Send me the aṣer that carries him, so that |
| 9' | a-szar _tug2 hi-a_ / i-di2-nu [uz-ni] | where a good garment he gave, uzni |
| 10' | li-ip-te2 i-nu-mi3# [...] | ... at that time |
| 11' | sza _dumu_ puzur4#-[...] | of the son of Puzur- |
| 12' | a-na bur#-[a-szur3 ...] | to Bur-Assur ... |
| 13' | a-na-ku [...] | I ... |
| 14' | a-sza-la2-ti2-wa-[ar ...] | Asallati-wār |
| left | ||
| 1 | [e]-ti2-iq [...] | he passed ... |
| 2 | [x]-x _an-[na_ ...] | ... tin ... |
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