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CCT 3, 47, BM 113557 (P358623)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 3, 47, BM 113557 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358623 |
| Museum no. | BM 113557 |
| 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 | um-ma pi2-la2-ah-a-szur3-ma | Thus Pilah-Assur: |
| 2 | a-na szu-a-nim | to him |
| 3 | u3 en-nu-um-a-szur3 | and Ennum-Assur |
| 4 | a-na szu-a-nim qi2-bi4-ma | To Šū-Anum speak! |
| 5 | ta-asz-pu-ra#-am# um-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 6 | a-ta-ma 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | Why 4 minas of silver |
| 7 | sza ni-ka3-si2-ka3 | of Nikasika |
| 8 | ta-na-pa2-al [x _gin2_] | you will rub with ... shekel. |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-[am] | silver, ṣarupam |
| 10 | ku-nu-ki-a en#-[nu-um-a-szu3] | of Kunukia, his guard |
| 11 | na-asz2-a-kum# [...] | You are a bearded one |
| 12 | ni-ip-la2-ti2-[...] | Nipluti- |
| 13 | a-na ta-[...] | to ... |
| 14 | szu-qul2 ta#-[asz2-pu-ra-am] | you wrote to me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 2 | i-na ni-ka3-si2 ki-[ma] | in the ni-kasi like |
| 3 | i-a-ti2 a-ma-kam szu-hu#-[ut] | I, the word of a deaf man |
| 4 | ki-ma ku-a-ti2 asz2-ta-ha#-[at] | I sat down like a cow. |
| 5 | u3 a-ta a-ma-kam | and from the water |
| 6 | a-na ni-ka3-si2-a | to Nikasiya |
| 7 | ki-ma i-a-ti2 szu-hu-ut | like a šuḫūtu |
| 8 | u2-la2 a-za-az | he shall carry. |
| 9 | [x (x)]-bi-tu3-szu | his ... |
| 10 | [...] x _ansze hi-a_ | ... x homers of wheat, |
| 11 | [...]-um | ...um |
| 12 | [...]-ta#-ka3 | from ... |
| 13 | [...]-na#-kum | ...-nakum |
| 14 | [...]-ab2 | ...-ab |
| 15 | _e2_-tim | the house |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu#?-qu2-ul | |
Sources & licences
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