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CCT 4, 47, BM 113559 (P358719)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 4, 47, BM 113559 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358719 |
| Museum no. | BM 113559 |
| 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-mur-esz18-dar qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Amur-Ištar: |
| 2 | um-ma im-di2-dingir-ma | thus Imdi-ilum: |
| 3 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am / i-na | you wrote me, in |
| 4 | t,up-pi3-ka3 / um-ma a-ta-ma | Your tablet, thus: |
| 5 | _uruda_-a-ka3 / a-na da-mu-qi2-im | your copper for good fortune |
| 6 | u3-ta-ar-ma isz-ti2 | he returned, and with |
| 7 | _uruda_-i-a / a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | my copper to Burushḫatum |
| 8 | u3-ba-al [u3] e!-ri-qa2-tim | he will weigh out, and the ēriqātum(?) |
| 9 | di2!-in-ma#! [_uruda_]-i | Judge my copper case |
| 10 | isz-ti2 / _uruda_-i-ka3 / bi4-il5 | with your copper he carried off. |
| 11 | u3 2(asz) _gu2 uruda_ sza isz-ti | and 2 talents of copper that with |
| 12 | id-na-a tal-qe2-u2 | he gave, he took |
| 13 | szu-a-ti2-ma# [_uruda_]-a mi3-im-ma | that copper, everything |
| 14 | bi-il5 i-na | he carried, in |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,up-pi3-ka3 / ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | You wrote me your tablet. |
| 2 | um-ma a-ta-ma a-na | Thus (says) “Why to |
| 3 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim / e-ra-ab2-ma | he will enter a burial mound. |
| 4 | u3 i-na wa-s,i2-a | and while I was gone |
| 5 | [a-mi3]-sza-am / a-ta-la2-kam | I have sex with her. |
| 6 | [a]-hi# a-ta / _uruda_-i / a-na | the other side of the copper to |
| 7 | za-ka3#-im / di2-in-ma | “Seize it, and |
| 8 | isz-ti2#-ka3! / bi4-lam! u3! / a-na | with you, ..., and to |
| 9 | [x ...] ta!-tu3!-ar | ... you will discard |
| 10 | a-na _dumu!_ um-me-a-nim ke-nim | to the son of a reliable mother |
| 11 | ku-nu-uk-ma / lu-ub-lam | Seal it and I will bring it. |
| 12 | [a]-na# _siki hi-a_ / sze2-ni-szu | for a garment of his own |
| 13 | [a-na] ti2-isz-mu!-ur!-na | to Tišmurna |
| 14 | _ansze#!-hi-a_ [i]-lu#?-u2 | the donkeys they rented |
| 15 | [i]-tu3-ru-nim-ma | returned to me and |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-ga-mu-ru-szi2 / _sza3-ba_ 8(u) _gu2_ | they will measure out for her. |
| 2 | pa2-s,i2-tum / 2(u) _gu2_ sa3-am-tum a-hi | “Paṣītum-disease, 20 talents of sa’amtu-plant, side, |
| 3 | [a]-ta / a-na _uruda_ / ti2-ri-ta-ra-im | from there to copper Tiri-tarām |
| 4 | [x n] _ma-na_ di2-szi2-ma [x] a-ma-kam-ma | ... minas of dišīma, and ... I will speak, and |
| 5 | [x x] _ta_ im-hu-ru-[x] | ... from Imhuru... |
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