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CCT 4, 45, BM 113573 (P358717)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 4, 45, BM 113573 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358717 |
| Museum no. | BM 113573 |
| 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 a-szur-i-di2 / qi2-bi4-ma | To Assur-idi speak! |
| 2 | um-ma a-szur-ma-lik-ma | Thus Assur-malik: |
| 3 | a-di2 ma-la2 / u2 sze2-ni-szu | as long as he lives, |
| 4 | asz2-pu-ra-ku-ma / ku-a-tum | I wrote to you, and the kūtu-official |
| 5 | te2-er-ta-ka3-ma / la2 i-la2-kam | “If he does not pay, |
| 6 | u4-ma-am ku-s,u2-um | a day of cold |
| 7 | ik-ta-asz2-da-ni / a-a-ma!? | he has bound, father(?) |
| 8 | ma-ru-szi-na u2 a-na-kam | Arušina, and ... |
| 9 | i-na _e2_ ub-ri-ni / e-na-num | in the house of Ubrūnu, Enanum |
| 10 | u2-sza-ab2-ma / i-t,a2-na-ra-da-ni | he will place, and he shall pay back to me. |
| 11 | a-hi a-ta a-ma-kam / _siki hi-a_ | “My brother, from the river, my mother, my wool, |
| 12 | 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ u2-ul 2(u) _ma-na_ | 15 minas, not 20 mina |
| 13 | sze2-bi-la2-ma u2-ku-ul-ta-szi2-na | send me, and I will hold them back. |
| 14 | le2-zi-ib-szi2-na-ti2-ma | may he release them, and |
| 15 | la2-at-be-a-ma la2-tal-kam | Let me speak, and let me go! |
| 16 | mi3-szu-um / ki-ma | What ...? |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | si2-ni-isz-tim / isz-tu2 _iti_ 1(u)-kam | regular offerings from the 10th month |
| 2 | i-qe2-ra-ab2 / a-lim{ki} | Iqērab, the city |
| 3 | ta-ap2-ta-ah-a-ni-i | you have opened, |
| 4 | u2 a-na-kam / a-ha-ba-li-im | and the land of Aḫaballim |
| 5 | ma-ma-an / la2 i-da-nam | nobody will give it to me. |
| 6 | a-na-kam ku-s,u2-um ik-ta-asz2-da-ni | “Why has he smashed my skin? |
| 7 | la2 _ninda_ isz-te2-en6 / la2 e-s,u2-u2 | he should not eat bread of the ištēnu-festival, (or) he will not go out. |
| 8 | _la2 tug2 hi-a_ / a-lu-bu-usz-ti2-szi2-na | deficit of textiles for their Alubuštīšina |
| 9 | i-ba-szi2 / mi3-szu-um | there is ... |
| 10 | pu-ru-ni / i-sza-kan2 a-ma-kam | He places a stela for me. |
| 11 | u2 _tug2 hi-a_ / a-li-tab-szi2-szi2-na | the plants and textiles that I have brought to them |
| 12 | sze2-bi4-la2-ma / la2-at-be-a-ma | Send me, so that I may be able to speak! |
| 13 | la2-tal-kam / u2 i-a-tum ba-li | “It is too much for me, I do not know. |
| 14 | i-s,e2-ri-a / im-tu3-qu2-ut | they fell into the marshes. |
| 15 | hu-la2-pi3 / ki-ma / s,u2-ub-ri | Ḫulāpi (means) like a ṣubru. |
| 16 | ha-lu-la2-ku / szu-ma-mi3-in | I want to utter a lament for you. |
| 17 | a-wa-tum a-ni-a-tum i-de8-e | a word or a matter he knows |
| 18 | a-mi3-ni-mi3-<in> / a-di2 / u4-mi3-im | As long as he (Ninurta) lives, |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-ni-im u2-szi2!-ib la2 ta-qa2-bi4 um-ma | I sat down, you did not say thus: |
| 2 | a-ta-ma u2? tu3-ga-ti2-x-mi3 | “Why(?) do you not ...? |
| 3 | mi3-ma / i-da-szu-nu-ti2 x tu3-ga-ti2-il5 | Whatever he gave them, you have carried off. |
| 4 | mi3-ma ta-da-nam la2 i-mu-a | Whatever you give, he does not know. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 2 | a-a-kam la2-al-qe2-ma | I will take my father, and |
| 3 | la2-di2-na-kum u2 a-di2 ha-am-szi2-szu | I will give you, and as long as he lives |
| 4 | u2 sze2-szi2-szu ap2-hi-szu | and his ears, his lips |
| 5 | a-ma-kam ba-li-t,am2 | the word of life |
| 6 | mi3-ma / sze2-bi4-la2-ma | Send me anything! |
| 7 | u2 a-na-ku la2-tal-kam | and I did not come. |
| 1 | a-na a-szur-id-i2 | to Assur-idī |
| 2 | _kiszib3_ a-szur-ma-lik | seal of Assur-malik |
| 3 | a-hi-szu | his brother |
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