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CCT 4, 43, BM 113452 (P358712)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 4, 43, BM 113452 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358712 |
| Museum no. | BM 113452 |
| 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 i]-na-a qi2-[bi-ma um-ma] | Speak thus: |
| 2 | dan-[a]-szur-ma a-na ma-[nim] | Dan-Assur to the land |
| 3 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim# [_uruda_-am sza] | for the copper kettles of |
| 4 | szu-li / u2 hu-s,a-ri-[im tu3-sze2-li-am] | You bring šulu-plant and hushari-plant to me. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _uruda_ sza la2-[...] | Thus I: the copper that ... |
| 6 | sza ta-as,-ba-ta-ni-ma | that you have seized, and |
| 7 | a-s,e2-er i-na-a / i-li-[kam ...] | “The aṣer-disease in the city ... |
| 8 | _uruda_-um a-li / um-ma szu-li-[ma] | The copper, where? Thus Šulima: |
| 9 | _uruda_ i-pi3 / hu-s,a-ri-im / [en-na]-su2-en6 | copper, ipi, ḫuṣārīm, ennasûm |
| 10 | u2-ta-sze2-er / um-ma hu-s,a-ru-ma# | he has returned, thus (says) Huṣaru: |
| 11 | mi3-ma la2 aq-bi4-a-ku-um um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “What have I not said to you, thus I: |
| 12 | _uruda_ a-na en-na-su2-en6 u2-sze2-er | the copper to Ennasuen he shall return. |
| 13 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 [sza] hu-s,a-ri-im | a message of ḫuṣarum |
| 14 | u2 i-a-tam2 / a-sza mi3-ma _uruda#_-[szu u2-la2] | and he will weigh out the field and all his copper. |
| 15 | u2-szi2-ru-ni / na-asz2-par2-[tam2 ...] | he sent to me, the letter ... |
| 16 | szi2-ta-me-szi2-ma u2 mi3-[ma ...] | Listen to her, and whatever . |
| 17 | ki-ma i-na [...] | like in ... |
| 18 | 1(u) _gu2?_ na-[...] | 10 talents ... |
| 19 | a-na szu-[li ...] | to fill ... |
| 20 | e-ti2-qu2# [...] | (If) he slips in ... . |
| 21 | a-[...] | A-... |
| 22 | pa2-a szi2-[...] | ... the canal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-s,e2-er / a-[...] | The aṣer priestess |
| 2 | lu ni-li-[ik ...] | May we go ... |
| 3 | dam-qa2-at-ni li-[...] | May our good fortune |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza [...] | Thus he: silver of ... |
| 5 | sza isz-tu3 bu-ru-usz-ha-tim [...] | who from the ... of the būru-ḫātum-festival, |
| 6 | a-na-kam [a]-ha-na-nu a-i-[il5] | Why did you raise a claim against Ahananu? |
| 7 | [a-na ga-am-ri] a-di2-in _ku3-babbar_-szu [...] | for the complete price I gave. His silver ... |
| 8 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma [x x] la2 li-[...] | he will be weighed out and ... not ... |
| 9 | _igi gir2_ sza a-szur i-[li]-ku pi3-ri-qam2 | the nose-rope of Assur he went. |
| 10 | sza a-szur it-[ma-ma um-ma] szu-ut-ma | of Ashur, he said thus: |
| 11 | a-di2 3(u) u4-me _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2 / ik-szu-da-a-ni | for 30 days the silver as much as he deposited |
| 12 | bu-la2-ti2-a la2 i-na [...] | My limbs are not in ... |
| 13 | lu a-sza ha-nu-nu / mi3-ma _ku3-babbar_ | or the field of Hanunu, whatever silver |
| 14 | i-pa2-ni-szu la2 u2-pa2-zu-ru-ni | they will not release him. |
| 15 | en-na-su2-en6 a-s,e2-er i-na-a | Ennasuen ... |
| 16 | lu i-lu-ku-ni / a-szu-mi3 s,u2-ba-ti2 | May the Ašūmu-demon, the ṣibatu-priestess, |
| 17 | sza _e2_ szu-hu-bur i-ba-szi2-u2-ni-ma | of the house of Šuḫubur there are, and |
| 18 | um-ma szu-hu-bur-ma 2/3(disz) s,u2-ba-tam2 | Thus (says) Šuhubur: 2/3 of a ṣubatam |
| 19 | szu-esz18-dar / e-zi-ba-am ki-ma [...] | “Šuʾušatar, leave it! Like ... |
| 20 | s,u2-ba-tam4 / nu-szi2-ra-ku-[ni-ma] | “It is a garment that cannot be removed,’ |
| 21 | la2 ni-t,e2-hi / a-ma-kam szu-[esz18-dar ...] | “It is not my fault, it is my word, Šu-Ishtar ... |
| 22 | sa3-ni-iq-ma / u2 te2-[er-ta-ka3] | is smashed, and your extispicy |
| 23 | a-s,e2-er puzur4-a-szur [li-li-kam] | May Aṣer-Puzriš-Assur come here! |
| 24 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3 [puzur4-a]-szur# | Amala of the extispicy, Puzur-Assur |
| 25 | li-pu-usz u2 a-na [...] | and to ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-asz2-qa2-al-tam2 sza szu-ma-li-ba-a-szur | the silver, the dowry of Šuma-liba-Assur |
| 2 | u2-sza-asz2-qa2-al-ma | he shall raise, and |
| 3 | a-la2-ka3-ma e-ne2-ka3 a-ma-ar | “I will go to you, and I will see you.’ |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 s,u2-ha-ar-tim / sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | Ašumī-ṣuḫartum (is) what you wrote me. |
| 5 | mi3-ma pi3-i / a-ma-kam [...] | Whatever the mouth of my mother ... |
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