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CCT 3, 15, BM 113304 (P358571)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 3, 15, BM 113304 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358571 |
| Museum no. | BM 113304 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 im-di2-lim / qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Imdīlim: |
| 2 | um-ma e-nu-be2-lum2-ma / a-szu-mi3 | Thus (says) Enu-beluma, my father: |
| 3 | sza a-szur3-_sag10_ / ki-ma / e-ru-bu-ni | of Ashur-sag when they entered |
| 4 | 5(disz) u4-me-e / la i-li-ik | 5 days he did not go |
| 5 | a-wa-tim / isz-ti2 / a-ha-ti2-szu | a word with his enemies |
| 6 | ag-mu-ur-ma / tam2-gur16-ni-a-ti2-ma | I look at my image, |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ / sza qa2-ba-im | 1 shekel of silver for speaking |
| 8 | aq-bi / u3 a-wa-tum | I said, and a word |
| 9 | da-ni-sza-ma / dam-qa2 | Her strength is good. |
| 10 | ma-ma-an / i-na ba-ri-ni | nobody among us |
| 11 | a-hi-ni / a-wi-lum2 / la2 dam-qu2-um | His brother is a man who is not good. |
| 12 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / mi3-szu-um | Thus he: what is he? |
| 13 | a-na-ku / a-na _ku3-babbar_ e-s,i2-im | I for the silver of the harvest |
| 14 | la al-qe2-szu-nu-ma / ma-a | I did not take them, saying: |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ / ma-dam / iq-bi | the silver of the wife he said |
| 16 | i-li-ik-ma / a-ha-su2 | he went and his brother |
| 17 | usz-ta-ba-al-ki-it | he has caused to be destroyed. |
| 18 | a-tu3-ur-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I returned, thus I: |
| 19 | mi3-nam / te9-ri-szi2-i | What is it that keeps her awake? |
| 20 | al-ka3-nim / sza a-hi-ki-i | Come, of Ahi-kī, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ku-a-ti2 / t,up-pa2-am / pa2-nim-ma | and a copy of the original tablet. |
| 2 | lu-t,a?-be2-e-ma / t,up-pa2-am | Let me write a tablet |
| 3 | sza ki-la2-le-ku-nu / la2-al-pu-ut | (Sum) You are the one who smites your limbs (Akk) I am the one that makes your knees tremble |
| 4 | sza a-na sza-na-at | that to the second |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ ta-sza-qa2-la-ni | silver you shall weigh out. |
| 6 | u3 a-na a-ni-a-tim im-gu5-ra-ni-ma | and to the lands he smote me, and |
| 7 | i-tu3-ur-ma / ma-ma-an | has returned, and nobody |
| 8 | s,a-al-tam2 / i-na ba-ri-szu-nu | a black-headed person from among them |
| 9 | isz-ta-ka3-an / a-wa-tim | he has placed the words |
| 10 | a-ga-ma-ar-ma / a-ma-la2 | I will bring it to you, I will carry it. |
| 11 | ta-ta-wa-ni te2-er-ti2 / isz-ti2 | “You have sworn an oath with me, |
| 12 | wa-ar-<ki>-u2-tim i-la2-ka3-kum | later he will come to you. |
| 13 | mi3-ma la2 ta-pa2-ri-id | you will not remove anything. |
| 14 | a-ma-la2 tu3-na-hi-di2-ni | when you have poured out the milk, |
| 15 | a-szur3-_sag10_ i-re-szi2-a | Ashur-sag he caused to die |
| 16 | i-za-az / isz-ti2-a | He stands with me. |
| 17 | u2-s,i2-a-am 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | he brought, 1 2/3 minas of silver |
| 18 | mu-la2 / _ku3-babbar_-pi2-szu | he took as his silver. |
| 19 | sza a-na be2-a-lim ta-di2-na-szu-ni | that was given to Bēlāmu, |
| 20 | isz-ti2 ba-ti2-qi2-im | from Batiqim |
| 21 | sza-ak-szi2-da2-ni | his šašida |
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