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Prag 652 (P359251)

Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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DesignationPrag 652
IDP359251
Museum no.Prague I 652
CollectionCharles University, Prague, Czech Republic
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotKanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Coordinates38.8517, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1a-szur3-mu-ta-bi-il5 u3Assur-mutabi-il and
2bu-za-zu is,-bu-tu3-ni-a-ti2-mathey seized your throne and
3a-wa-ti2-szu-nu / nu-ga-me-er-matheir words cannot be changed, and
4lu sza 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ u3 a-ha-maor of 5 minas of gold and each other
51(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ szal2-t,im1 1/3 minas of pure gold
6qa2-ti2-sza sza a-ha-ha _dumu-munus_ pu-szu-ke-en6her hand, which is the daughter of Pušu-kēn
7[sza] na#-ru-uq dan-a-szur3 _dumu_ szal2-mahof the stele of Dan-Assur, son of Šalmaḫ
8[... a]-szur3 / it#-mu-ma... Assur heard, and
9[...] x [...] sza# ki-ma... ... which like
10[...] x-ma... and
11[...]-szu-nu i-di2-nu... they gave
reverse
1'[...] x [...]
2'[...] 5/6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_... 5/6 mina of silver
3'[... i]-sza#-qal u3 t,up-pu... he will weigh out and break the tablet.
4'[ha-ru-mu]-tum# sza i-ku-nu-ki-szu-nuthe ḫarumūtu-offerings which they established for them
5'[ka3-an-ku]-ni# a-me-er-e pu-szu-ke-en6When he opens his mouth to the sea,
6'ki#-li-szu-nu i-za-zu a-hu-umtheir flanks they stand. The brother
7'i-pa2-ni a-hi-im u2-la2 i-la2-qe2He will pay half of the lead, and he will take it.
8'sza i-la2-qe2-u2 i-sza-ri-iq-szu-umthat he will take, will redeem him.
9'_iti 1(disz)-kam_ ma-hu-ur-dingir li-mu-um1st month, Maḫur-ilum, eponymy of
10'sza qa2-ti2 a-ku-tim a-naof the hand of the black-headed people to
11'a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim ni-isz3the words of these words, supplication
12'a-lim{ki} it-mu-u2-maof the city they heard, and
13'1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na be2-a-lim10 minas of silver to Bēlim
14'a-na 4(u) ha-am-sza-timfor 40 hamšātum-containers
15'bu-za-zu a-na a-szur3-mu-ta-bi4-il5Your būzu-vessel for Aššra-mutabi-il
16'i-di2-ingave.
left
1i-1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17#_ [szal2-t,im]1/3 mina of pure gold
2mi3-isz-lam i-da-szu#-[um mi3-isz-lum2 a-na]Half a shekel (of silver) is its value. Half to
3a-wa-at a-ha-ha [_dumu-munus_ pu-szu-ke-en6]the word of a father-in-law, a daughter of Pushu-kēn
4i-za-azhe shall stand.

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