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KTS 1, 17 (P360027)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTS 1, 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360027 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ka 0085 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 | a-na im-di2-lim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Imdīlim: |
| 2 | um-ma u2-zu-a-ma a-ma-kam | Thus (says) Uzua, my mother: |
| 3 | i-di2-{d}iszkur e iq-bi4-a-kum | Idī-Adda said to you: |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma a-mur-esz18-dar | Thus (says) Amur-ištar. |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-dam u2-ta-sze2-er | the silver of his wife he shall redeem |
| 6 | u2 li-ba-ka3 la2 i-pa2-ri-id | he will not cut the grass of the city. |
| 7 | mi3-ma li-ba-ka3 la2 i-pa2-ri-id | he will not find anything of interest. |
| 8 | u3 a-na ta-ki-li | and for takilu |
| 9 | sza i-di2-{d}iszkur la2 i-ta-la2-ak | of Iddin-Adda he did not go |
| 10 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim a-li-kam-ma | to Burušḫatum go and |
| 11 | t,up-pi2 sza szi2-bi a-du-u2 | Now then, I am writing a tablet about it. |
| 12 | u2-sza-asz2-me-szu-nu a-na | he shall make them submit to |
| 13 | i-di2-{d}iszkur um-ma a-na-ku-ma | Iddi-Addu, thus I: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | te2-er-ti2 im-di2!-lim ta-asz2-me-ma | You heard the extispicy, you heard it |
| 2 | ki-la2-ma a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2 | “It is enough, I want to say a lament.’ |
| 3 | a-wi-lim lu-qu2-su2 lu ni-di2-in | May a man be given as a loan. |
| 4 | ka3-la2-am la2 i-mu-a um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “All of them did not know, thus I: |
| 5 | ma isz-tu3-ma ka3-la2-am la2 ta-mu-u2 | “From all the lands you will not hear. |
| 6 | isz-ti2 wa-ar-ki-tim _ku3-babbar_ | from later on the silver |
| 7 | 2(u) _ma-na_ sza ne2-pu-szu bi4-il5 | 20 minas of the work he carried off. |
| 8 | e-ri-um a-ta la2 ta-la2-ak-ma | (Sum) You do not go to the censer with water (Akk) Do not go from the water, and |
| 9 | li-bi a-wi-lim la2 i-ma-ra-as, | The man's heart will not be pacified. |
| 10 | um-ma szu-ut-ma a-la2-ak-ma | Thus he: I will go, and |
| 11 | be-u2-la2-ti2-a u2-ta-ar | my lordship he shall return |
| 12 | [a]-szu#-mi3 sza a-mur-esz18-dar _ku3-babbar_-ka3-mi3-in | Asumi of Amur-Ishtar, silver-kamin |
| 13 | [a]-mur-esz18-dar a-na szi2-a-ma-tim | Amur-Ištar to the fates |
| 14 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-mi3-in a-na-ku | I will send to you. |
| 15 | asz2-tu3-pu-mi3-in _ku3-babbar_ | Aštupumin the silver |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza _dam-gar3_ / a-s,e2-ri-szu ta-ur-ma | of the merchant his troops returned, and |
| 2 | i-na _ku3-babbar_ szu-a-ti2 u2-sze2-bi4-il5! | with that silver he shall carry |
| 3 | [a!]-ma a-du-u2 sza-al | until now there are |
Sources & licences
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