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CCT 6, 14, BM 115043 (P358900)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 6, 14, BM 115043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P358900 |
| Museum no. | BM 115043 |
| 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 | [um-ma x u3 in-bi]-esz18-dar#-ma | Thus ... and Inbi-Ištar |
| 2 | [a-na x qi2-bi-ma ...] _an#-na_ | Speak to ... and ... tin |
| 3 | [...]-nam? | ...-nam(?) |
| 4 | [... {d}]utu-sipa sza i-na | ... of Shamash-sipa who in |
| 5 | [...]-zi-bu li-ba-ak-nu | ... may they stand. |
| 6 | [i]-de8 / wa-ar-ki-a-ma / ta-ah-e / sza za-al-pa2 | he knows. Later on, he will take the one who is free. |
| 7 | s,u2-ha-ri / {d}utu-sipa / u2-na-szi2-ma | the ṣuḫari of Šamaš-sipa brought, and |
| 8 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / mi3-ma i-sza be2-li-sza | Thus (says) he: what is it that her lord knows? |
| 9 | li-qe2-a-ma / lu be2-et-ka3 lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _an-na_ | may he take, and either your spouse or silver or tin |
| 10 | lu _tug2_-ti2 sza _ku3-babbar_ u2 2(disz) _ansze_-ri s,a-la2-me | or garments of silver and 2 donkeys, ṣalmu |
| 11 | s,u2-ha-ri / il5-qe2-ma / lu-qu2-tam2! u2 s,u2-ha-ri | He took the ṣuḫaru-plant, and then he will recover. |
| 12 | ta-ah-e u2-ta-bi-it / wa-ar-ki-ta-ma | “If he slips through a hole, |
| 13 | dingir-ma-lik _dumu_ a-de8-la-at / uz2-ni ip-te2-e | Ilī-malik, son of Adēlat, opened his ears. |
| 14 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / ta-ah-e / lu-qu2-ut-ka3 / u2 s,u2-ha-ar-ka3 | Thus (says) Taḫe, your luqūtu-priestess and your ṣuharku-priest. |
| 15 | {d}utu-sipa / a-szi2-mi3-im / i-di2-in-ma a-szi2-a-ti2 | Šamaš-sipa gave to the people, and the people |
| 16 | a-hi-mi3-i#-ma / um-ma a-na-ku-ma# [i]-na# s,u2-ha-ri-a | Aḫi-mīya, thus I: in my ṣuḫaru |
| 17 | qa2-tum / la2 i-sza-kan2 / ka3#-[ru-um] _dumu# gal_ | He shall not place a hand on it. The kalûm-priest, the great son |
| 18 | am-hu-ur-ma / t,up-pa2-am [sza ka3-ri]-im# / da-nam | I received, and the tablet of the karum-offering is strong. |
| 19 | al-qe2 / ki-ki-da-num x [...] sza# ki-ma | I took. Kikidanum ... which like |
| 20 | szi2-ip-ru-tim / a-na x [...]-x-u2 / u2 t,up-pa2-am | The work for ... and the tablet |
| 21 | sza ka3-ri-im / ka3-ni-[isz a-na] ka3#-re-e | of karim, karish, to karrê |
| 22 | u2 u2-<ba>-ra-tim u2 a-[le-e ta]-ah#-e wa-asz2-bu-ni | The ubarātum-plant, the alû-plant is planted. |
| 23 | na-asz2-u2 1(disz) _ma-na [ku3-babbar_] u2 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-sig17_ | 1 mina of silver, grass, 2 shekels of gold |
| 24 | ku-nu-ki / sza ka3-ri-[im a]-szur3#-i-mi3-ti2 | Seal of Ashur-imitti. |
| 25 | u2 a-szur-tak2-la2-ku [x]-x-di2 um-ma a-na-ku-ma | and Assur-taklāku ..., thus I: |
| 26 | _ku3-babbar_ / a-ni-a-am ku-[x x]-ma / ta-ah-e | this silver ... and he will receive. |
| 27 | u2 {d}utu-sipa / a-le-e wa-asz2-ba-ni | and Šamaš-sipa, the one who resides |
| 28 | sza-si2-ha-nim-ma / ki-ma / i-s,e2-ri-a | (Sum) I am a ša-siḫānu-demon, like a wild goat (Akk) You are a herdsman, like the wild goat |
| 29 | la2 i-sza-lu#-[t,u3]-ni / le-pu-usz / u2 li-bi4 | May he not be ill, may he do! |
| 30 | a-wa-tim# [ki-ma s,u2]-ha-ru-a i-li-ku-ni / ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz | Words like ṣuharû-plant came to me, the karum-plant was knead. |
| 31 | za-al-[pa2 hu]-ur2#?-ma / ur-szu u2 a-ma-a | “Standing(?) on the edge of the mountain, ..., |
| 32 | i-de8-u2 / a-ni-i / a-sza-me-ma / a-ma-kam | “He knows, why ... |
| 33 | a-sa3-num _dumu_ um-ma-za / a-szu-mi3 _ninda_ | Asanum, son of Ummaza, Ašumi, bread |
| 34 | la2 u2-sza-ki-lu-szu / u2 _i3-gesz_ / la2 al-pu-tu3-szu | they did not let him eat, and oil I did not give him. |
| 35 | u2-ma-sza-ha-ni / um-ma szu-ut-ma | he shall remove, thus says he: |
| 36 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-asz2-ka3-tam2 in-bi-esz18-dar / a-na | the silver of the accounts of Inbi-Ištar to |
| 37 | ma-a-ma / isz-ku-un / u2-di2-i | “Who has set up (this) until now? |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-szu-mi3 _ninda_ / la2 sza-ku-lim / u2 _i3-gesz_ la2 la2-pa2-ti2-im | “Ašumī, bread that is not to be eaten, and oil that has not been poured out, |
| 2 | sa3-ra-tim / a-ta-wu-u2 u2 u2-ma-szu-hu | sarrātum (means) “to be angry and to be afraid. |
| 3 | ma-nu-szu / szu-ut ma-nu-szu / a-na-ku | (Sum) I am the one who has a son (Akk) My son, that of his son I am |
| 4 | _ninda_ u2-sza-kal2-szu / _i3-gesz_ a-la2-pa2-su2 / szi2-ip-ru-um | he shall eat bread, oil, his alapāssu-vessel, šiprum |
| 5 | sza a-lim{ki} / u2 be-li2-a szu-ut-ma _ninda_ | of the city and my lord he is, and bread |
| 6 | u2-sza-kal2-szu u2 / _i3-gesz_ a-la2-pa2-su2 / a-na-ku | he shall feed him, and oil I shall libate for him. |
| 7 | a-szu-mi3 _tug2_-ti2 1(u) u2 _an-na_ 1(u) _ma-na_ sza li-ba-ak-nu | Asumītu: a garment of 10 and a half minas of libaknu. |
| 8 | i-de8-u2-ma / u2-sze2-li-a-ni / a-sza _ku3-babbar_ | he saw, and he brought down the field of silver |
| 9 | la2 im-hu-ri-ni-ma / a-na a-lim{ki} / la2 a-tal-ku | did not accept me, and to the city I did not go. |
| 10 | i-s,e2-er / lu-qu2-ti2-a / a-da2-mu-um / u2 a-na | (Sum) I am the one who sees my face (Akk) I see my face to my face |
| 11 | sza 1(disz) _ansze_ pi2-ri-ka3-ni / u2-sze2-tu3-qu2 ra-mi3-ni | of 1 homer of pirikannu he took away, his name |
| 12 | a-ma-szi2 / mi3-nu-um ne2-ma-al pi2-ri-ka3-ni-ma | (Sum) The sheepfold, what is there? (Akk) What is there in the sheepfold? |
| 13 | a-na-ku / pi2-ri-ka3-ni / a-ma-gar3 / ne2-ma-lam / szu-a-ti2 | (Sum) I am the one who sets up his scepter (Akk) I, the one set up for his spittle, the enchanter of that land |
| 14 | a-szur3 u2 {d}utu / a-ka3-bi-im / li-di2-u2 / sza 3(u) _ma-na_ | Assur and Šamaš may they know of 30 minas. |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ 3(u) _ansze_-ru / i-ka3-szu-du / ki ma-s,i2 sa3-ri-du | 30 donkeys he will harvest, when the harvest is finished, |
| 16 | ki ma-s,i2-ma / u2-nu-su2-nu u2 ha-ra-nam | “Where there is plenty, their grass is a harānu-plant, |
| 17 | a-a-i-tam2 / i-ba-u2-ni-ma ka3-ru u2 u2-ba-ra-tum | (Sum) My father, when he came to me, the kāru-plant and the ubaratu-plant |
| 18 | la2 i-mu-ru-szu-ni-ma a?-x-nim? wa-di2 szu-ma | they did not see him, and he is the one who ... |
| 19 | e-mu-ur-szu-nu / [...] sza a-lim{ki} a-szur3 | their army ... of the city of Assur |
| 20 | pa2-ru-am / la2 a-le-e-[ma n] _ma-na_ a-na | I did not see ... and n minas to |
| 21 | pi2-ri-ka3-ni / u2 x x x li-im-da | May his mouth ... |
| 22 | ki-ma / a-wa-tum sa3-ra#-[x]-tim# a-ta-wa-im | Like a slanderous word, a claim |
| 23 | ma-at-qa2-ni / a-x x x x-u2-a / u2 lu-pa2-li-ih-ma | “My ..., let me be afraid, and |
| 24 | er-ba-am li-il5-[qe2 x x]-a-ti2 / a-ni-a-tim | May he take the ... of these ...s. |
| 25 | e-ta-wu-a-am / a-x-[x]-x-en / ke-na-ti2-ma | “Itawuām, the true ..., |
| 26 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ / u2-na-x a-na lu-bu-usz-ti2-mi3-in4 | 10 minas of silver ... to Lubuštimīn |
| 27 | s,u2-ha-ri-a / ma-s,i2-i / u2 szu-ma-mi3-in4 / a-sa3-num | The ṣuḫarīya plant, the asaŋum plant. |
| 28 | a-na-kam wa-sza-ab2 / a-szu-mi3-a / la2 za-ka3-ri-im | “Why do you dwell in my place of birth, which is not cleared? |
| 29 | er-ba-am _ku3-babbar_ ma-dam a-di2-szu-mi3-in4 isz-tu3 | a third of the silver, the wife of Išumi, from |
| 30 | u4-mi3-im u2-ta-mi3-<u2>-ka3-ni / a-na e-ti2-qi2-im | On the day that he has sworn it, to pass, |
| 31 | u2 pu-i-im / er-ba-am / la2 ta-di2-in-ma | You did not give a šūmû-container to a young child, and |
| 32 | [x x]-dingir / szu-mi3-i / la2 i-za-ka3-ar / _i3-gesz_-ma | ...-ilī, my name, he shall not contest, oil |
| 33 | [...] x la2 er-bu-um / sza-ni ma-a | ... ... another ... |
| 34 | [a-na sza ki-ma] i-a-ti2 qi2-bi-ma szu-ma a-sa3-num | Speak to that which like me, that which Asanum |
| 35 | [... i-na ka3]-ri-im pu-szu / li-ip-te2-ma | ... in the quay may he open his mouth and |
| 36 | [...]-ir li-li-kam-ma | ... may he come and |
| 37 | [...]-ka3-ma | ..., and |
| 38 | [...]-x | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [... szu]-uk-na-szu-um / ki-ma la2 i-tu3-ru-ma / szu-mi3 / la2 i-za-ku-ru | ... his šuknû-vessel, like one that has not returned and does not renew my name. |
| 2 | [...] szu#-ma / i-ra-du _i3-gesz?_ / lu-up-ta-szu / pa2-num / a-na-kam | ... he is, and he will become ill. His oil(?), his lubtāšu-disease, what is it? |
| 3 | [... a-s,e2]-ri-a / u2-sze2-ri-ib-szu-ma / ma-a / sa3-a-tam2 sza ku-ta-ni | ... I brought him into the steppe and he said: “It is a satāmû of kuktani. |
| 4 | [...]-ka3-ni u2-ka3-lim-szu / sza _e2_-tam2 i-da-u2-ma / la2 i-de8-u2 | ... he shall prove against him. The one of the house shall prove, but they shall not prove. |
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