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CCT 5, 01, BM 120505 (P358772)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 5, 01, BM 120505 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358772 |
| Museum no. | BM 120505 |
| 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 puzur4-[...] | to Puzur- |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma [...-ma] | Speak! Thus ... |
| 3 | a-na-kam _dumu_ i-a-szar# | Why, son of Iašar |
| 4 | ta-ki-li a-na | takīlu-disease for |
| 5 | _e2-gal_-lim / u2-ka3-il5-ma# | the palace he shall hold, and |
| 6 | _e2-gal_-lum2 / pa2-ni a-na | the palace his face to |
| 7 | szu-esz18-dar / isz-ku-ma / a-di2 u4-mi3-[im] a-nim# | Šū-Ishtar placed it, and as long as Anum |
| 8 | is-hu-ur / u2 ni-a-a-tum | he received. |
| 9 | be2-ta-tu3-ni / ka3-nu-ka3-[(ma)] | he has sworn it by the name of Kanuka. |
| 10 | wa-ar-ki-tam2-ma / a-na szu-esz18-dar | After that to Shu-Ištar |
| 11 | a-wa-tum / i-da-am-qa2 | a word he shall say |
| 12 | mi3-ma li-ba-ka3 la2 i-pa2-ri-id | he will not find anything of interest. |
| 13 | _gal_ si2-ki-tim / i-na | the chief of the wool, in |
| 14 | di2-na-ar-nu / wa-sza-ab2 | Inana, who dwells there, |
| 15 | a-di2 5(disz) u4-me i-tu3-ra-ma | for 5 days he will return and |
| 16 | szu-esz18-dar u2-sze2-sza-ar-ma | Šū-Ishtar will release and |
| 17 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | to Burušḫatum |
| 18 | i-ta-la2-ak-ma isz-ti2 | he went, and with |
| 19 | wa-ar-ki-u2-tim# [te2-er-ti2] | Later, in the extispicy |
| 20 | za-ku-tum / i-[la2-ka3-kum] | he will weigh it out for you. |
| 21 | mi3-ma li-[ba-ka3 la2 i-pa2-ri-id] | whatever he has, he shall not release. |
| 22 | a-szu-mi3 [...] | My father ... |
| 23 | _dumu_ [...] | son of |
| 24 | x [...] | |
| 25 | [...] | |
| 26 | sze-[...] | barley |
| 27 | sza a-na-ku [...] | that I |
| 28 | la2 i-[...] | he did not ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | wa-ar-ki-tam2-ma / a-na _gal_ si2-ki-tim | afterwards to the great sikkatum |
| 2 | isz-ta-ap2-ra-am / um-ma szu-ut-ma | he wrote, thus: |
| 3 | i-na a-la2-ki-a / szi2-im sza a-wa-ab2-ri-im | When I go, the word of the awāru-comment |
| 4 | a-sza-qal / u2-la2 a-mu-tu3-szu | I will weigh out, without his father's permission |
| 5 | u2-ta-ar-szu-um | he shall return. |
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