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VS 26, 069 (P358222)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358222 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13507 |
| 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 szu-la2]-ba-an i-na-a | to Šulabān |
| 2 | [u3 lu]-zi-na qi2-bi-ma | and Luzina, speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma] szu-su2-en6-ma 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | Thus Shu-Suen: 20 minas of silver |
| 4 | ku-nu-ki-a [{d}en]-lil2#-ba-ni ub-la2-am | Enlil-bāni brought (them) to you. |
| 5 | 1(u) _ma-na_ a-[...]-na _dumu_ kur-ub-esz18-dar | 10 minas ... son of Kurub-Ishtar |
| 6 | ub-la2-ku-nu-ti2 / i-na te2-er-ti2-a | In my extispicy |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na na-an-du-im / sze2-bu-lam | the silver for the nandû-offering, the šebulam-tax |
| 8 | a-hu-u2-a / a-tu3-nu / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | my brothers and sisters he is the silver |
| 9 | i-na _e2_ ka3-<ri>-im / a-na s,i2-ib-tim | in the kārīm-house for the extispicy |
| 10 | i-ha-szu-hu!-u2 _ku3-babbar_ / pu-u2#-ra-ma | They will weigh out the silver. |
| 11 | a-s,i2-ib-tim di2-na / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | aṣibtum-lawsuit, a lawsuit, that silver |
| 12 | a-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im / la2 ta-ta-ad-na | not given to the granary. |
| 13 | a-na um-mi3-a-nim / ke-nim / sza ki-ma | To Ummi-Anum, the trustworthy one, who like |
| 14 | ku-nu-ti2 / sza la2 sza-ha-t,im | The kunūtu-garment without the šāḫaṭim, |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ a-s,i2-ib-tim di2-na-ma | the silver of the aṣibtu-tax shall give, and |
| 16 | te2-er-ta-ku-nu / isz-ti2 / pa2-nim-[ma] | your return, with the face |
| 17 | li-li-kam# [a-hu-u2-a] | may my brothers come. |
| 18 | be-lu-u2-[a a-tu3-nu _ku3-babbar_] | my lord the silver |
| 19 | a-s,i2-ib-[tim di2-na-ma _ku3-babbar_] | he shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) _gin2_ le-li-[a-am] | 1 shekel of eliam-flour |
| 2 | a-na i-na-a qi2-bi4-ma | Speak thus: |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma a-ta-ma# | you wrote me, thus: |
| 4 | 9(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ / a-qa2-ti2-ka3 / a-di2-i | 9 hītu-garments of your offerings, as far as |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ i-na / _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 / a-la2-qe2 | silver from your silver I shall take. |
| 6 | a-hu-u2-a / a-tu3-nu _tug2 / hi-a_ lu a-ta | my brothers, I will give you a cloth or a towel. |
| 7 | ta-di2-i / lu szu-la2-ba-an / i-di2-i | “Let it be thrown away, let it be put away!’ |
| 8 | i-na e-ra-ab2 / lu-qu2-ti2-a | When I enter, my luxuriance |
| 9 | _tug2 hi-a_ / ki-ma _tug2 hi-a_ / li-qe2-a-nim-ma | a garment like a cloth may he take, and |
| 10 | u2 i-a-ti2 1(disz) _tug2!_ te2-zi-ba-ma | and iati 1 garment you will remove, and |
| 11 | sze2-bi4-la2-nim-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-na-nu-um | send me, and silver to Ananum |
| 12 | lu-sze2-bi4-la2-ku-nu-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ i-na | I shall send to you. The silver in |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a / la2 ta-la2-qe2-a-ma | You shall not take my silver, and |
| 14 | li-bi4 / la2 i-ma-ra-as, | (Sum) My heart does not pacify (the heart) of a man (Akk) I do not calm my heart |
| 15 | szu-ma a-mur-esz18-dar / sza-tum / ik-ta-asz2-da-szu# | If Āmur-Ištar, that man, has seized him |
| 16 | [i]-na# _e2-gal_-lim / u2-nu-su2 / li-x | in the palace his ... |
| 17 | [isz-ti2 en]-na-nim / lu-ur-dam-ma | let me return to the house of the lord and |
| 18 | [ni-is]-ha-tu3-szu-nu / isz-te2-ni-isz-ma | we smote them, together |
| 19 | [... li]-ni#-is-ha-ma# | ... may he rejoice, and |
| 20 | [...] x ni-li-ka3-ma | ... of your lordship |
| left | ||
| 1 | [x x]-ab2-x x-ri-ka3 3(u) _tug2 hi-a_ | ... ... 30 garments |
| 2 | [...] x lu-qu2-ti2 li-be-er-ma sza? | ... may the luqūtu-priestess return and that |
| 3 | [... a-na] ni-is-ha-tim li-isz-hu-ut | ... may he pluck up for the nishhūtu-festival. |
| 4 | [...] i-ni-is-ha-tim / na-sa3-hi-im | ... the innisḫum-demon, the nasāḫūm. |
| 5 | [... u2] i-sza-ha-at u2-nu-ti2-a <i-zi-za> | ... and he sat down in my possessions. |
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