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CCT 4, 27, BM 113297 (P358677)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 4, 27, BM 113297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358677 |
| Museum no. | BM 113297 |
| 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-di3-lim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Imdīlim: |
| 2 | um-ma u2-zu-a-ma a-szu-mi3 | Uzua speaks thus: |
| 3 | sza i-na t,up-pi2-ka3 ta-asz2#-pu-ra-ni#! | that on your tablet you wrote to me |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma mi3-szu-um sza! | Thus (says) “Why is it that |
| 5 | _uruda_ tu3-ka3-i-nu u3 te2-er-ta#-[ka3] | copper, tukānu-silver, and tēritu-vessels |
| 6 | i-na a-lik [a]-li-ki-im-ma# | on the way to the city |
| 7 | la2 i-ta-[al-ku] i-na gam2-[x x?] | they did not go, in ... |
| 8 | t,up-pi2-a asz2-[pu]-ra-kum um-ma [a-na-ku-ma] | my tablet I sent to you, thus I: |
| 9 | _uruda_ i-na ti2#-[isz-mu]-ur#-na a-na ka3-u2-[nim] | copper in the Tišmurna to the gate |
| 10 | la2-szu u3 pi2-ra?-ka3-nu ma-ma-[i-u2] | the deficit and the quota of Māyu |
| 11 | _siki hi-a an#-na_ pi2-ri-ka3-nam me-nu-ni#-[a-nam] | You are the ... of heaven, you are the one of your mouth. |
| 12 | u3! ma-asz2-ki szi2-ma-am szu-um-szu la2 i-[di2-nu] | and the land, his name they did not give |
| 13 | la2 sza _uruda_ 1(asz) _gu2_ u2-ka3-i-nu u3 la2 [sza] | the deficit of copper, 1 talent of kānu-flour, and the deficit |
| 14 | szi2-ma-am mi3-ma a-di2-nu-ma [_ku3]-babbar_ | whatever I gave, and the silver |
| 15 | e-pu-szu mi3-nam-ma! te2-er-ti2 | what has he done? |
| 16 | li-li-ka3-kum a-na-kam i-na | Let him come to you, why in |
| 17 | re-esz15 _siki hi-a_ u2 mi3-sza-am a-zu-ab2 | the head, the hair and the limbs of the physician |
| 18 | ki-ma _uruda_ i-na ti2-isz-mur-na _uruda_ a-na | like copper in Tišmurna copper to |
| 19 | ka3-u2-nim la2-szu u2 a-di2 ma-la2 u2 | The kalû-vessel has a deficit of as much as there is of food. |
| 20 | sze2-ni-szu a-s,e2-er a-mur-esz18-dar | his sheepfold, the field of Amur-Ištar |
| 21 | u3 pu-szu-ke-en6 e-ti2-iq-ma | and Pušukēn passed, and |
| 22 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma i-na ti2-isz-mur-na | Thus I, in Tišmurna |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _uruda_ a-na ka3-u2-nim la2-szu | copper to the kānû-service deficit, |
| 2 | _uruda_ a-na tur4-hu-mi3-it lu-sze2-ri-ba-ma | the copper to Turḫumit may I bring here, and |
| 3 | a-na _sag10_ lu nu-ta-er | to buy shall not return. |
| 4 | um-ma szu-nu-ma a-wa-at ka3-ri-im | Thus they: the word of the karû-demon |
| 5 | la2 tu3-sze2-ra-ba-am u3 te2-er-ti2-ni | Do not enter, and return! |
| 6 | a-na a-mur-esz18-dar a-di2 ha-am-szi2-szu i-lik | To Amur-Ištar, together with his family, he went. |
| 7 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _uruda_ lu-sze2-ri-ba-am | thus I: “Let me send you the copper!’ |
| 8 | a-na _sag10_ li-tur4 um-ma szu-ut-ma la2 ti2-DU | to buy may he return, thus says he: “Do not go out! |
| 9 | la2 tu3-sze2-ra-ba-am 1(asz) _gu2 uruda sag10_ | do not return! 1 talent of red copper |
| 10 | i-na ti2-isz-mur-na 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) [_gin2-ta?_] | in Tišmurna 2 2/3 minas 4 shekels each |
| 11 | u2-ka3-in be-li2 a-ta a-na ka3-u2-[nim] | My lord, from where to? |
| 12 | la2-szu# [u3] a-na sza-al-t,im | there is none and it is written down in order to be checked. |
| 13 | la2 [ta-sza-ka3]-nim#! a-ma-kam sza-al-[t,um] | Do not place me! It is a matter of life |
| 14 | [...] _uruda_ a-na ka3-u2-[nim] | ... copper for the gate |
| 15 | [... i-na] tur4#-hu-mi3-[it] | ... in the stall |
| 16 | [...] la2-szu [...] | ... deficit ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na _uruda_ sza pa2-szi2-ri la2 i-pa2-ri!-id _siki! hi-a_ sa3-am-tum8-ma | to copper of a širu he shall not cut off, the wool of the samtumma |
| 2 | i-ba-szi2-ma i-na ti2-isz-mur-na [u3 i-na tur4]-hu-mi3-it | there is in Tišmurna and in Turḫumit |
| 3 | x x x | |
| 4 | x x x | |
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