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ATHE 21a&b (P358353)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ATHE 21a&b |
|---|---|
| ID | P358353 |
| Museum no. | HD — |
| Collection | Heidelberger Orientalisches Seminar, Heidelberg, 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 | zu-pa2 / a-na me-er-e | “To the ..., to the marsh, |
| 2 | pu-szu-ke-en6 is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma | “Pušu-kēn seized me, and |
| 3 | um-ma zu-pa2-ma | Thus (says) Zupama. |
| 4 | a-na me-er-e | to Mere |
| 5 | pu-szu-ke-en6-ma | Pušuken |
| 6 | sza _dub_ t,u3-<pi2>-a / ha-ar-mi3-im | of the tablet Ṭūpia of Ḫarmum, |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ / a-bu-ku-nu il5-qe2 | the silver of your father he took |
| 8 | mi3-szu-um / ZU-re-i | “What is it that you want to say? |
| 9 | i-a-ti2 / u2-ka3-la2-ni | “I will hold him back, |
| 10 | [um]-ma# ma-ru pu-szu-ke-en6-ma | Thus Pušu-kēn |
| 11 | [a]-na# ZU-re-i-ma | to the king. |
| 12 | [sza _dub_] t,u3-pi3-szu | of the tablet tupīšu |
| 13 | [ha-ar]-mi3#-im | leftovers |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [mi3?]-ma _ku3-babbar_ | the name of the silver |
| 2 | [a-bu]-ni / il5-qe2 | his father took |
| 3 | [u2]-sze2#-er-szu-ma / ne2-nu | he made him enter, and a lion |
| 4 | [a]-wa#-tam2 / ni-da-na-ku-um | a word we will give to you |
| 5 | ma-ah-ri-ni-ma / ZU-re-i | Before us, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ |
| 6 | zu-pa2 / u2-sze2-er | “He will remove the limbs, |
| 7 | a-na a-wa-tim | to a matter |
| 8 | a-ni-a-tim ka3-ru-um | the lands of Karum, |
| 9 | ka3-ni-isz / i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma | he gave to me, and |
| 10 | _igi gir2_ sza a-szur | before the sword of Assur |
| 11 | szi2-bu-ti2-ni | his witnesses, |
| 12 | ni-di2-in | we did not give. |
| 13 | _igi_ zi-a-ta-tu3 | before Ziatatu |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ {d}ar-tu-[ba-ni] | before Artubani |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3_ zi-a-ta-tu3 _dumu_ a-la2-bi4-im | seal of Ziatatu, son of Alabium |
| 2 | _kiszib3_ {d}mar-tu-ba-ni / _dumu_ bu-bu-wa-tal# | Seal of Martu-bani, son of Bubu-watal |
| 3 | _dub_ t,u3-pu-um | Tablet of Ṭūpum. |
| 4 | sza ba-ab2-_dingir_ a-num# | of Bāb-ilum, the father |
| 5 | sza _igi gir2_ sza [a-szur] | of the sword of Assur |
| 6 | [ni-di2-nu] | we gave. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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