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KTS 1, 27a (P360042)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTS 1, 27a |
|---|---|
| ID | P360042 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ka 0019 |
| 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 | um-ma sza-lim-a-[hu-um-ma a-na] | Šalim-ahum speaks thus: |
| 2 | pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4#-[ma x x] | Speak to Pušuken: ... |
| 3 | e-ru-ba-am# asz2-ta# [...] | I entered, I ... |
| 4 | ni-isz3-ta-[x]-ma i-x [...] | ... and ... ... |
| 5 | 2/3(disz) x la2 [x x] hu [...] | 2/3 ... ... |
| 6 | x x a [...] a-na za# [x x] | ... to ... |
| 7 | ni-[...] _an-na_ [x x] | ... tin ... |
| 8 | um?-ma? [x x]-ma a-na# [...] | Thus ... to ... |
| 9 | szi2-ti2 [...] | (Sum) My life ... (Akk) The life of ... |
| 10 | pu-szu-ke-en6 | Pušuken |
| 10 | zi x x ut wa-za [...] | (Sum) Life ... (Akk) You ... |
| 11 | i-mu-a x ni [...] | (Sum) My eyes ... (Akk) My eye ... |
| 12 | i-na a-wi-tim sza _illat_-tim | among the men of the flood |
| 13 | wa za x x [...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) You ... |
| 14 | a-du-um sza isz-x [...] | until ... |
| 15 | ni-isz3-pu-ra#-[ku-ni x x] | we wrote to you ... |
| 16 | ki-ma 2(disz) _gin2_ [...] | Like 2 shekels ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | [a]-na _ku3-babbar_ [...] | for silver ... |
| 3' | sza-ak-[...] | Šak- |
| left | ||
| 1 | ma-[ma]-an a-na s,u2-ha-ri-ka3 t,a2-ra-dim la2! [te2-gi] | No one should approach your ṣuḫarādu. |
| 2' | ma e-la2 ta-at,-ru-da-ma te2-er-ta-ka3 li#-[li-kam] | “Let me go to the place where you have been sent, so that your return will come to me! |
| 3' | ka3-la2-ma ul-ta-mi3-id | all of it I have counted. |
Sources & licences
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