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CCT 6, 15, BM 115053 + (P358901)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | CCT 6, 15, BM 115053 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P358901 |
| Museum no. | BM 115053 + Prague I 633 + Prague I 763 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | [bu-za-zu] il5#-we-da-ku / isz-a-al | “I am the one who raises your arms,’ he asks. |
| 2 | [um-ma bu-za]-zu-ma / ti2-ma-li-ma | Thus (says) Buzazu: you are satisfied. |
| 3 | [_igi_ sza-li-isz-ti2] ta#-asz2-e-li-ma | before Šališti you lifted up, and |
| 4 | [u2 a-pu]-ul#-ka3 / la2 li-bi4 _dingir_-ma | “As for you, do not be afraid of the god! |
| 5 | [puzur4-a]-szur3# / tap-pa2 / _e2_ a-bi4-ni | Puzur-Assur, the trusted one of the house of his father |
| 6 | [me-et] / a-na-ku i-na ah-szu-sza-na | I am a stranger in her family. |
| 7 | [wa-asz2-ba-ku] / um-me-a-nu / u3 tam2-ka3-ru | I am frightened, I am afraid, and I am terrified. |
| 8 | [puzur4-a]-szur3 / a-na _e2_ puzur4-a-szur3 | Puzur-Assur, for the house of Puzrissur |
| 9 | [e-ru-bu]-ma# / ma-s,a-ar-tam2 / sza puzur2-a-szur | entered and the guard of Puzur-Assur |
| 10 | [ip-te2-u2-ma] lu# _ku3-babbar_ lu _ku3-sig17_ / lu t,up-pe3 | he opened, and either silver or gold or tablet |
| 11 | [ta-ma-la2]-ki# szi2-ta i-le-en6 / sza _uruda_ | You will bring it. He will measure out that of copper. |
| 12 | [mi3-ma a-nim a]-na i-na-su2-en6 _dumu_ i3-li2-a-lim | when Anum to Inasuen, son of Ili-alim |
| 13 | ip#-qi2-du / a-na-ku / isz-tu3 ah-szu-sza-na | I, from Ahšušana |
| 14 | a-li-kam-ma / en-na-su2-en6 / as,-ba-at-ma | “Come, I have seized him, and |
| 15 | lu _ku3-babbar_ / lu _ku3-ki_ / lu t,up-pi2 ta-ma-la2-ki | either silver or gold or a tablet you shall carry. |
| 16 | 2(disz){si2-ta} szu-uq-le-en6 / sza _uruda_ / sza um-mi3-a-nu | 2 bundles of copper for Ummī-Anu. |
| 17 | u3 tam2-ka3-ru / puzur4-a-szur3 ip-qi2-du-szu-ni-ma | and Tamkaru, Puzur-Assur, appointed him, and |
| 18 | i-a-ti2# [u2-sze2]-ra-ma / lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _ku3-ki_ / a-na s,i2-it | I brought to you, and whether silver or gold for the extispicy |
| 19 | puzur4-a-szur3# / sza sza-qu2-lim / u2-sza-qi2-il5-ma | Puzriš-Assur, he raised as high as a mountain. |
| 20 | szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ a-na a-szur3-{d}utu-szi ap2!-qi2-id-ma | that silver I entrusted to Assur-šamaš and |
| 21 | i-na _ku3-babbar_ szu-mi3# / _dam-gar3_ / u2-di2-ma / qa2-ti2 | from the silver of my name the merchant until the hand |
| 22 | asz2-ku-un-ma _e2_ a-bi4#-a / szi2-mu-um / i-szi2-im-ma | I placed, and the house of my father a fate |
| 23 | i-na ba-ab2 a-bu-lim sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 / | at the disposal of the king, who like me |
| 24 | i-na lu-qu2-tim qa2-su2-nu# isz-ku-nu / ki#-[ma _dumu-munus?_] | they placed their hands on the ground like a daughter. |
| 25 | esz18-dar-a-szur3 u3 me-er-u2 puzur2-a-szur / a-[na a-wa-tim?] | Ishtar-Aštar and Meru of Puzur-A[şrv] to speak(?) |
| 26 | szu-a-ti2 _maszkim_ e-hu-zu-ni-ni / ap2-la2-ah-[ma] | that one, the responsible official, came to me, I was afraid, and |
| 27 | a-szi2-a-ti2 / sza ki-ma / i-a-ti2 / a-su2-pa2-na# | (Sum) I am the one who is like me (Akk) The ones who are like me(?) I am sending to you |
| 28 | asz2-pur-ma / lu-qu2-tam2 a-na ku-lu-ma-a / ip-[qi2-du] | I sent, and a corpse he entrusted to me. |
| 29 | lu-qu2-tum / isz-tu3 _e2-gal_-lim / ur-da-ma# [szi2-ip-ru] | the luqûtu-offering from the palace he brought, and the work |
| 30 | sza a-lim{ki} / u3 li-mu-um / _an-na_ / a-[na hu-bu-ul] | of the city and the eponymy of Anu for the expenditure |
| 31 | esz18-dar-a-szur3 / sza a-na a-szur# [ha]-bu-lu-ma? a?-na# [_e2_] | Ishtar-Ashur, who is hostile to Ashur and to the temple |
| 32 | ka3-ri-im / ip-qi2-du / um-ma / me#-er-u2 puzur2-a-szur3-ma | He appointed a harû-priest, thus Puzur-Assur: |
| 33 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-bi4-ni#-[ma a]-bu-ni _dam-gar3_ a-li-ik-ma | the silver of Abinīma, Abuni the merchant went and |
| 34 | _maszkim_ / u3 me#-[er-u3 esz18]-dar-a-szur3 at-wu-ma | the responsible official and the steward of Ishtar-Assur are yours. |
| 35 | [...] lu-qu2-tam2 | ... the luqutam |
| 36 | [isz-ti2] _maszkim_ / u3 me-er-e puzur2-a-szur3 | from the guarantor and descendant of Puzur-Assur |
| 37 | [le-qe2-a u4-ma-am] i-na di2-ti2-im tu3-sza-a-la2-ni | Take the day when you make it abundant in the desert. |
| 38 | [_ku3-babbar_ ma-dam tu3]-usz#-ta-ag-me-ra-ni | the silver that you have paid back to me |
| 39 | [la2 tu3-na-ha-ni] il5-we-da-ku / bu-za-zu | When he does not restrain, I rise up high. |
| 40 | [e-pu-ul um-ma] il5#-we-da-ak-ma a-na | Thus Il-wedak: to |
| 41 | [bu-za-zu-ma n] 2(u) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ / ni-is-ha-su2 | ... 20 minas of silver is his pledge. |
| 42 | [_diri_ sza-du-a]-su2# / sza-bu / ku-nu-ki-a | the lower side of his šadû-bowl, the upper side of your seal. |
| 43 | [_igi_ 3(disz) me-er-e um]-mi3#-a-ni / i-na ah-szu-sza-na | before: 3 men, his mother, in Ahshushana |
| 44 | [a-na a-szur3-{d}utu]-szi# / ap2-qi2-id-ma | I appointed to Assur-šamaš, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_illat?_]-x-ti2-szu-ma / a-na a-lim{ki} | his ... to the city |
| 2 | [a-s,e2-er sza ki]-ma# / i-a-ti2 / li-ip-ti2-esz18-dar | the field which like a river may Lipti-Ishtar |
| 3 | [u2-bi-il5-ma? a-szur?]-i-di2 / _dumu_ il5-tap-pa2 | Assur-idi, son of Iltappa |
| 4 | a-na# [_e2_ ...]-a?-nim / a-na szi2-mi3-im u2 | to the house of ..., to the fate |
| 5 | sza-a-mi3#-[im u2-bi-il]-ma# / a-ha-ma / 6(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ | he weighed out, and together 6 minas of silver |
| 6 | u2 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 [ku3-sig17_ ku]-nu-ki-a / i-na ka3-ni-isz | 15 shekels of gold of Kunukia, in the sealed document |
| 7 | i-tur4-dingir _dumu#_ [a-mur-esz18-dar?] / sza-zu-uz2-ti2 | Itur-ilī, son of Amur-Ištar, (who was) also a slave |
| 8 | _igi_ 3(disz) me-er-e um-me-a-ni a#-na a-szur3-{d}utu-szi | before: 3 mer’e, his mother, to Assur-šamaš |
| 9 | ip-qi2-id-ma a-na a-lim{ki} a-s,e2#-er | he appointed, and to the city he went out |
| 10 | sza ki-ma i-a-ti2-ma a-na szi2#-[mi3]-im | who like me to a fate |
| 11 | sza-a-mi3-im u2-bi4-il5 a-ta i-na | (Sum) He raised up the šammu, (Akk) From where did he raise him |
| 12 | la2 i-da-i-a i-na _ku3-babbar_ sza isz-tu3 | he did not know, from the silver that from |
| 13 | ah-szu-sza-na a-szur-{d}utu-szi ub-la2-ni | Aḫšušāna (and) Assur-Utu’iši brought. |
| 14 | qa2-at-ka3 ta-asz2-ta-kan um-ma a-ta-[ma] | you have placed your hand on me, thus you: |
| 15 | a-na a-szur3-{d}utu-szi-ma / ra?-di2 _ku3-babbar_-pi2#-[ma] | to Assur-šamaš, the guarantor of silver |
| 16 | 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na _ku3-babbar_ / ma-la2 il5-we-da-ku | 25 minas of silver, as much as I carried, |
| 16 | sza ki-ma szu-la2-ba-an / _dumu_ szu-a-szur3 t,up-pa2#-[am] | which like Šulaban, son of Shu-Assur, the tablet |
| 18 | ih-ri-mu / a-ta / li-bi4-ka3-ma [sza mi3-ma] | “Have mercy on me! Why do you not know? What is it that you want? |
| 19 | la2 ha-bu-la2-ku-ni / u3# [_ku3-babbar_ a-szu-mi3-a] | without your permission and the silver of my father |
| 20 | ta-asz2-qu2-lu-[ma i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi2-a-ma qa2-at-ka3] | you will weigh out and with my silver your hand |
| 21 | [ta-asz2-ta-kan2] u4-mu-a im-lu#-[u2-ma] | you set up. Then the days became long and |
| 22 | sza-zu#-uz2-tik-ra2?-ma / _ku3-babbar_ isz-qu2-ul#-[ma] | he was smitten, and silver he weighed out, and |
| 23 | t,up-pi3 u2-sze2-s,i2-a-am / a-ta / sza mi3-ma | I will bring my tablet. Who is it that you are? |
| 24 | la2 ha-bu-la2-ku-ni ma-asz2-ka3-ti2 / _ku3-babbar_ ku-nu-ki-a | Without your permission, the guarantor of the silver is yours. |
| 25 | a-szur-{d}utu#-szi# a-s,e2-er / sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 | Assur-Šamašši, the shepherd who like me |
| 26 | ub-lu-ma / _tug2 hi-a_ / u3 _an-na_ / ku-nu-ki | he brought, and the garments and the tiara are yours. |
| 27 | sza ki-ma / i-a-ti2 / a-szur-{d}utu-szi / a-na | that Assur-šamaš to |
| 28 | s,e2-ri-a i-ra-de8-a-ni ma-asz2-ka3-ti2 | He brought me into the steppe, he deposited my deposit. |
| 29 | tu3-usz-ta-ar-di2 u3 mi-sze2-eh-tam2 | you will recite, and the remainder |
| 30 | [i]-s,e2-ri-a / ta-asz2-ta-kan2 / a-s,e2-er | You placed a tent in the steppe. |
| 31 | [ma]-asz2#-ka3-ti2-a-ma / tu3-sza-a-la2-ni / u3 _ku3-babbar_ | you will pay back. Further, the silver |
| 32 | [ma]-dam / tu3-usz-tag2-me-ra-ni / sza ni-isz a-lim | you will give to me a wife, of the life of the city |
| 33 | [u3] ru#-ba-im / ta-mu-u2 / ka3-i-la2 | “And the prince, the one who sees, the kala-priestess, |
| 34 | [a-na ka3-ri-im] / s,a-he-er / _gal_ a-wa-ti2 / bi4-la2 | to the quay, the great flood, the words he imposed. |
| 35 | [sza i]-na# di2-in / ka3-ri-im / ta-asz2-e-li-ma | you will take away from the judge of the quay. |
| 36 | [...] a-na a-wa-tim | ... to a word |
| 37 | [a-ni-a-tim ka3]-ru-um / ka3-ni-isz | The Anean(s) rejoiced over you. |
| 38 | [i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma] / _igi gir2_ sza a-szur | gave to me, and the eye of the sword of Assur |
| 39 | [szi2-bu-ti2-ni] ni-di2-in | his life we gave |
| 40 | [_igi_ ...] _dumu#_ i-di2-in-esz18-dar | before ..., son of Iddin-Ishtar |
| 41 | [_igi_ a-szur-mu]-ta#-bi4-il5 _dumu_ e-ra-di2 | before Assur-mutab-il, son of Eradi |
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