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CCT 6, 13, BM 115066 (P358899)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 6, 13, BM 115066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358899 |
| Museum no. | BM 115066 |
| 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 | pi2-la2-ah-esz18-dar a-na u2-zu-a | Pilaḫ-Ištar, in order to know |
| 2 | is,-ba-at-ni-[a]-ti2#-ma | seized me, and |
| 3 | um#-ma pi2-la2-ah-esz18-dar a-na | Thus Pilah-ištar to |
| 4 | u2-zu-a-ma / a-ta _dumu_ me-tim | know, and from the son of Metim |
| 5 | u3 a-na-ku _dumu_ me-tim t,up-pa2-am | and I, the son of Metim, the tablet |
| 6 | [sza] 1(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) 6(disz)? _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza hu-bu-ul | of 1 talent 16? minas of silver for the ḫubul expenditure |
| 7 | a-bi-ka3 a-bi / e-zi-ba-am | My father, my father, will leave. |
| 8 | lu _ku3-babbar_ / ma-du-um sza-qi2-il5-ma | or silver as much as he shall weigh out, and |
| 9 | e-s,u2-um a-hu-ur / lu t,up-pi3-ni | “Let me learn the way to the scribal art, be it our tablet! |
| 10 | szu?-ku-szu-ma? u2? sza-qi2-il5-ma | šukūṣu-disease, and szaqīli-illness, and |
| 11 | t,up-pu-um e-ku-usz ka3-la2-ma#? | The tablet is allotted(?) |
| 12 | sza hu-bu-ul / a-bi-ka3 | of the debt of your father |
| 13 | du-uk t,up-pa2-am | the writing of the tablet |
| 14 | sza 1(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) 6(disz) _ma-na [ku3-babbar_] | of 1 talent 16 minas of silver |
| 15 | pi2-la2-ah-esz18-dar u2-zu-a | Pilaḫ-Ištar, who knows |
| 16 | u2-ka3-li-im-ma | he shall hold, and |
| 17 | um-ma u2-zu-a-ma | Uzua speaks thus: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,up-pu-um / ku-nu-uk | Seal the tablet. |
| 2 | a-bi-a / a-na-ku / u2 a-hu-u2-a | My father, I myself and my brothers |
| 3 | t,up-pe2 u2 ta-ah-si2-sa3-tim | A tablet of taḫsisātum-plant. |
| 4 | sza a-bi-ni / lu ni-ib-ri-ma | “May our father be our hero! |
| 5 | szu-ma t,up-pu-um sza sza-ba-e | He is the one who wrote the tablet. |
| 6 | u2-la2 sza# ma-mi3-tim ta-ta-ad-nam# | or of a land you will give |
| 7 | tam2-ka3-ri-ni a?-ta | his image from(?) the water(?) |
| 8 | a-na hu-bu-ul a-bi-ni | for the debt of our father |
| 9 | szi2-bi4-ka3 / ni-s,a-ba#-at# | We will seize your cella. |
| 10 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim | to these words |
| 11 | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz{ki} | Karum, Kaniš |
| 12 | i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma _igi gir2_ | gave to me, and the eye of a sword |
| 13 | sza a-szur szi2-bu-ti2-ni | of Assur, our witnesses, |
| 14 | ni-di2-in _igi_ a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku | gift before Assur-taklāku, |
| 15 | _dumu_ szu-a-nim | son of Shū-Anum, |
| 16 | _igi_ a-szur-gal | before Assurgal |
| 17 | _dumu_ la2-qe2-ep | son of La-qēp |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ [i-ku]-pi2-a | before Ikūpû |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-szur-i-di2 | son of Assur-idi |
Sources & licences
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