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VS 26, 083 (P358233)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | VS 26, 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358233 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09276 |
| 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)
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 | [...]-ma | ... and |
| 2 | [...]-esz18-dar | ...-ištar |
| 3 | [...] im#? | ... clay |
| 4 | [...]-a-li | ...-ali |
| 5 | [...]-x-ku-u2 | ...-kû |
| 6 | [...]-ma | ... and |
| 7 | [...]-ma? | ... and |
| 8 | [...]-x a-ta | ... from the water |
| 9 | 1(ban2)#-kam u2-la2 | 1 ban2 grass-fed barley |
| 10 | [...]-ti2-a i-hi-id-ma | ... he weighed out, and |
| 11 | [...]-{d}iszkur lu a-li | ...-Addu, be my city! |
| 12 | [... ba]-ab2-ti2-a sza a-na-kam | ... my capture that is for me |
| 13 | [...] me-eh-ra-am / a-di2-na-ku-ni | ... I gave to you. |
| 14 | [... i]-ku-pi2-a lu a-szur3-tak2-la2-ku | ... may I be assyria-taklak |
| 15 | [...] _uruda#_ lu a-szur3-du10 _dumu_ hu-ra-s,a-nim | ... copper or Ashur-ṭāb son of Huraṣanum |
| 16 | [...] x sza u2-la2-pi2-ta-ku-ni | ... ... that he will remove from you |
| 17 | [...]-ma / a-s,e2-er _ku3-babbar_ | ... and the aṣer of silver |
| 18 | [...] _ku3-babbar_ pa2-ni-a-am sza i-na | ... of the preceding silver, which in |
| 19 | [... sza i-ma]-qu2-tu3-ni / _ku3-babbar_ i-na | ... who falls, the silver in |
| 20 | [...]-szi2-ma pa2-i / ap2-ta-na-te2 | ... and open the mouths |
| 21 | [...] isz#-ti2 / a-li-ki | ... with your city |
| 22 | [pa2-nim]-ma# / _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-lam-ma | Send me a copy of the silver! |
| 23 | [...] / li-bi4 li-ih-du | ... may he rejoice. |
| 24 | [...] _dumu!_ qa2-a-tim sza a-ta | ... the handiwork of this |
| 25 | [...]-ni / _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2 t,up-pi2-ni | ... silver, as much as his tablet |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [li-isz]-qu2#-lu-ni-kum-ma u3 lu-qu2-tam2 | let them pluck up for you, and let them fall. |
| 2 | [wa-sze2]-er#-szu-nu-ti2 / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza-qa2-lam | their wages he is. The silver is paid. |
| 3 | [la i]-mu#-u2-ni-kum / szi2-bi szu-ku-un-szu-ma | he did not see you, put his life in order, and |
| 4 | [szi2]-bi4#-ka3 / i-_ka2 dingir_ da-ni-na-ma | Your hearing is the mouth of a god, |
| 5 | [lu]-qu2-su2-nu / a-na e-t,a2-lu-ti2-ka3 | let me take them for your life! |
| 6 | [...] ba#-ti2-iq u3 wa-tur4 di2-in-ma | ... passed by, and the young man approached, and |
| 7 | [...] x szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ni / _ku3-babbar_-ap2 | ... ... of silver, silver |
| 8 | [...] wa#-szi2-ra-ma li-qe2 5(u) 3(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ | ... he should take. 53 garments |
| 9 | [sza i]-na# bu-ru-usz-ha-tim / a-na _e2-gal_-lim | who in the cult centers for the palace |
| 10 | [...-{d}]iszkur u3 a-na-li2 / i-di2-nu-ni / | -Iškur and Ana-lī gave |
| 11 | [szi2]-im-szu-nu lu _e2_ ka3-ri-im il5-qe2-u2 | their name or that of a merchant they took |
| 12 | [lu ...]-dingir il5-qe2-u2 / sze2-e-ma li-qe2 | May ...-ili take it, may he take it. |
| 13 | [_ki?_ szu]-ul-mu-um i-szi2-ik-nu-ni-ma | with well-being he established, and |
| 14 | [u2]-nu#-ti2 / i-na ka3-ni-isz{ki} i-na | the plants in Kaniš, in |
| 15 | [_e2-gal_]-lim ur-da-ni lu _an-na_-ki | The palace of Urdanu, may your light be bright! |
| 16 | [lu _tug2 hi]-a_ / a-li sza-la2-mi3-ka3 | or a cloth, wherever you wish |
| 17 | [u2 sza]-la2#-am lu-qu2-ti2-a / e-pu-usz-ma | I made a šalām luqûtu-vessel and |
| 18 | [_an-na_] u3 _tug2 hi_{ti2-a} / a-na _ku3-babbar_ | the lead and wool for silver |
| 19 | [ta]-er-ma u3 mi3-ma ba-ab2-ti2-a | Return, and whatever is missing |
| 20 | [...]-di2-u2-ni i-na pa2-ni-ka3 | ... in your presence |
| 21 | [bi]-la2-ma ti2-ib-a-ma a-tal-kam | bring me, come, and I will come. |
| 22 | [la2] ta-sa3-hu-ur al-kam-ma | you will remove the deficit. Come, and |
| 23 | [e-en6 a-szur] u3 e-ne2-a / a-mur t,up-pa2-am | Witness: Aššīr and Enea. Look at my tablet! |
| 24 | [...]-dingir u3 puzur2-_sa-tu_ | ...-ili and Puzur-satu |
| 25 | [...] a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ | ... my name the silver |
| 26 | [...] sza a-mur-[_dingir_] | ... of Amur-ili |
| 27 | [...]-szi2-u2 | ... her |
| 28 | [...] | |
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