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KKS 19a+b (P359954)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KKS 19a+b |
|---|---|
| ID | P359954 |
| Museum no. | Prague I 566 |
| Collection | 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 | i3-li2-a-lum2 / a-s,e2-er | Ilī-alum |
| 2 | ma-s,i2-i3-li2 | Maṣi-ilī, |
| 3 | u2-sze2-ri-ib-ni-a-ti2-ma | he sent to me, and |
| 4 | um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma | Ilī-alum speaks thus: |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-ka3 / la2-al-pu-ut | I will write your tablet. |
| 6 | um-ma / ma-s,i2-i3-li2-ma | Thus Maṣi-ilī: |
| 7 | t,up-pi3 / a-hu-ka3 il5-pu-ut | He will carry out the repairs to the tablet of your brother. |
| 8 | um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma | Ilī-alum speaks thus: |
| 9 | a-hi / me-et u3 t,up-pu-szu | (If) he is ill and his tablet is missing: |
| 10 | me-et szu-mi3 a-bi-a | the one with the name of his father |
| 11 | a-la2-pa2-at | he will measure out. |
| 12 | um-ma ma-s,i2-i3-li2-ma | Thus Maṣi-ilī: |
| 13 | mi3-ma / ta-asz2-me-<u2> | What did you hear? |
| 14 | al-kam / szi2-si2-ma | Come, listen! |
| 15 | sza u2-me / s,a-he-er-ma | that the day is dark, and |
| 16 | _ku3-babbar_ / a-ni-ma | this silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-qe2 um-ma ma-s,i2-i3-li2-ma | thus Maṣi-iluma: |
| 2 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 10 minas of silver |
| 3 | a-hu-ka3 i-da2-na-ma | his brother will give, and |
| 4 | u3 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na-ku | and 10 minas of silver I |
| 5 | a-na-di2-ma szu-be-lum2 | I gave, and Šubelum |
| 6 | a-na a-lim{ki} u2-ba-al-ma | to the city he shall bring, and |
| 7 | ne2-ma-al-szu / a-kal2 | “I will eat his food, |
| 8 | um-ma i3-li2-a-lum2-ma / a-ni-ma | Thus Ilī-aluma, his son: |
| 9 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ bi-la2-ma | shall pay 10 minas of silver, and |
| 10 | u3 1(u) _ma-na_ a-na-ku | and 10 minas I |
| 11 | la2-di2-ma / a-na a-lim{ki} | I did not give, and to the city |
| 12 | lu-ub-lu-ma ne2-ma-al-szu | let me bring, and his nēmalšu |
| 13 | a-ku-ul um-ma ma-s,i2-i3-li2-ma | I will eat, thus Maṣi-ilī: |
| 14 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ pa2-nim x-x-nim | for silver ... |
| 15 | sza i-sa3-al-e | that he will weigh out, |
| 16 | u2-sze2-bi4-lu um-mi3-a-ni | he sent, his mother |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-di2 u2-mi3-im a-nim lu-mu-un | Until the storm, the lord of heaven |
| 2 | li-bi4-im i-szu!-a-am | the heart of a man |
| 3 | i-na sa3-al-e u2-la2 u2-sze2-ba-al | in the street he shall carry it. |
| 4 | t,up-pa2-am a-ni-a-am _igi gir2_ | this tablet before the sword |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _kiszib3#_ a-szur-{d}utu-szi | Seal of Assur-šamašş |
| 2 | _dumu#_ i-tur4-dingir | son of Itur-ili |
| 3 | _kiszib3_ en-na-su2-en6 | seal of Ennasuen |
| 4 | _dumu_ a-szur-du10 | son of Assur-ṭab |
| 5 | t,up-pu-um a-ni-um | This tablet |
| 6 | sza _igi gir2_ sza a-szur | of the sword of Assur |
| seal A/61 | ||
| 1 | a-szur3-{d}utu-szi | Assur-Utuši, |
| 2 | _dumu_ i-tur4-dingir | son of Itur-ili |
Sources & licences
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