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KTS 1, 40 (P360071)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTS 1, 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360071 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ka 0135 |
| 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 x-[...] | to ... |
| 2 | um-ma a-x-[x-ma asz2-pu-ra-kum] | Thus ... I wrote to you: |
| 3 | um-ma a-[na-ku-ma] | thus I: |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ sza [...] _gin2_ | The silver of ... shekels |
| 5 | _sza3-ba_ 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na#_ [...]-um | therein 11 1/2 minas ...um |
| 6 | _dumu_ e-na-ma-nim ta-di2-in | son of Enamānum, given |
| 7 | szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) 6(disz) _ma-na_ 8(disz) _gin2_ | the following: silver: 16 minas 8 shekels |
| 8 | a-na-ku ta-ad-na-ku i-na 1(u) 7(disz) _ma-na_ | I am given. For 17 minas |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-ta ta-ad-na-ti2-ni | the silver that was given to us |
| 10 | szi2-im 5(disz) _tug2_ 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | the price of 5 garments, 5 minas of silver |
| 11 | szu-esz18-dar i-na-pa2-la2-ku-um | “Šu-Ishtar will praise you’, |
| 12 | a-hi a-ta szu-ma li-bi-ka3 | “Hand of a father, hand of your heart! |
| 13 | i-na 1(u) 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza a-ta | from 12 minas of silver that he |
| 14 | ta-sza-qu2-lu [x?] 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | you will weigh out. 1/2 mina of gold |
| 15 | a-szu-mi3 x [...] x a-na t,up-pi3-a | My name ... for my tablet. |
| 16 | u2-t,a2?-hi [...]-x-ri-im | ...-rīm |
| 17 | u3 ta-x [...] | and ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na 1(u) 2(disz) ma#-[na] | from 12 minas |
| 2 | i-_ku3-babbar_ [...] | The silver ... |
| 3 | [n] _ma-na_ [...] sza a-na | n minas ... which for |
| 4 | ha-bu-la2-ku#-[ni ...] x x x a-szur | ... your destruction ... Assur |
| 5 | li-il5-x [...] x [x x?] | May ... ... |
| 6 | t,up-pi3-a lu-szi2-ru-ni-kum mi3-nam | Let me send you my tablet, what is it? |
| 7 | a-na-ku al-qe2-ma s,i2-ib-tam2 | I took (it) and it was good. |
| 8 | a-na-ku a-sza-qal szu-ut szi2-im-tam2 | I will listen to that of the šimmatu. |
| 9 | i-sza-qal ma-a szu-ut i-na a-lim{ki} | he shall weigh out, saying: “That in the city |
| 10 | _e2_-ti2 i-szu-u2 _e2_-ti2-szu li-di2-nu-u2 | that house, his house may they give. |
| 11 | u3 a-szu-mi3 sza ha-na-na-ri-im | and the name of Hananarīm |
| 12 | szu-ma a-na a-wa-tim la2 ta-ka3-sza-ad | If you do not write to a word, |
| 13 | t,up-pu sza szi2-bi4-a u3 me-eh-ru-szu-nu | A tablet of the witnesses and their witnesses. |
| 14 | a-ma-kam i-ba-szi2-u2 sze2-x-ba-ma | There is a word ... |
| 15 | a-wa-at# [...] x x | The word of ... ... |
| 16 | _ku3?-babbar_ [... ma]-la2 ta-le-e-u2 | the silver ... as much as the rent |
| 17 | li-qe2 [...] bi4#-a | May he take ... ... |
| 18 | i-a-x [...]-im | ... ... |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | 2(u) _ma-na_ [...] | 20 minas ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | isz-tu3 2(u) sza-na-tim a-na e-bu-t,im | From the 20th year to the slaughter |
| 2 | [u2]-ka3-al kur-ub-esz18-dar _dumu_ puzur4-dingir | he will hold. Kur-ub-ištar, son of Puzur-ili |
| 3 | x-bi-a-szur a-bu-sza-lim _dumu_ a-ta-a | ...-Assur, Abu-šalim, son of Aya |
| 4 | [...] i-di2-da-ga-an qa2-[ta-tum] | ... Iddagān, the handiwork |
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