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CCT 5, 17, BM 120500 (P358761)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 5, 17, BM 120500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358761 |
| Museum no. | BM 120500 |
| 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-szur-na-da u3 zu-usz-ka3-na | Assur-nada and Zūškana |
| 2 | a-na zu-usz-ka3 / u3 u2-zu-a | To your body and to your body |
| 3 | _dumu_ li-pa2-a is,-bu-tu3-ni-a-ti2-ma | son of Lipâ, they seized, and |
| 4 | u2-zu-a / wa-sza-ab2 um-ma a-szur3-na-da-ma | “Assurnada |
| 5 | u2-nu-ti2 / sza a-na na-ab2-szi2-im | the equipment that for the nabšīm |
| 6 | a-szi2-ti2 / a-mu-ti2-ki / sza-zu#-uz2-ti2-a | My wife, your mother, my supplication |
| 7 | u3 ku-a-ti2 / ta-di2-nu / di2-nim um-ma | and the kūti-gifts that were given, the judges, thus: |
| 8 | zu-usz-ka3-ma / ke-na / u2-nu-ut-ka3 | Your limbs are firm, your bones are firm. |
| 9 | ma-la2 / a-sza-at-ka3 / ta-di2-na-ni | whatever you have given me, |
| 10 | i-ba-szi2 / szu-ma / i-na u2-nu-tim | “There is, that in the olden days |
| 11 | sza ta-di2-na-ni / mi3-ma | What have you given me? |
| 12 | la2-szu 1(u) 2(disz)-_ta-a_ / la2-di2-na-kum | the deficit: 12 each I shall give to you. |
| 13 | a-sza-at-ka3 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | for Ašatka, 1 1/2 shekels of silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-s,i2-ib-tim / isz-ti2-a | Aṣibtum, with me |
| 2 | tal-qe2-ma / u2-nu-ut-ka3 | you took, and your equipment |
| 3 | as,-ba-at a-ha-ma 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_-ma | I seized each other, and 1 1/2 shekels |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-ni-a-am / a-di2-szi2-ma | another silver to her, and |
| 5 | qa2-ta-pa2-am / a-sza-par2-tim | “It is the qāta-pâm of the messenger, |
| 6 | ta-di2-a-am / _ku3-babbar_ lu ta-di2-nam-ma | may you give me silver. |
| 7 | u3 u2-nu-ut-ka3 / li-qe2 um-ma | and your utensils take, thus says |
| 8 | zu-usz-ka3-na-ma ke-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | of Zu-uš-kanama, kēna, 1 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 9 | ta-di2-nim-ma / qa2-ta-pa2-am | you gave me, and a qatāmu |
| 10 | a-sza-par2-tim / a-di2-a-ki-im | Aša-pārītum, your father, |
| 11 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ mi3-ma | 1 1/2 shekels of silver what |
| 12 | sza-ni-a-am la2 ha-bu-la2-ki-im | Secondly, it is a curse against you. |
| 13 | u3 u2-nu-tam2 / mi3-ma a-na | and utensils, what to |
| 14 | sza-par2-tim la2 a-di2-a-ki-im | “Ša-pār-tuṃi-a-ki-m, |
| 15 | _igi_ zu-zu-a _dumu_ i3-li2-dan | before Zuzua, son of Ilī-dan |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ su2-en6-sipa _dumu_ a-mur-esz18-dar | before Suen-sipa, son of Amur-Ištar |
| 2 | u3 u2-zu-a mu-sa3 wa-sza-ab2 | and your uʾú-vessel he will carry. |
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