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KTS 2, 37 (P360179)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTS 2, 37 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360179 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ka 1048 |
| 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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | sza# [...]-du# | of ...-du |
| 3' | a-wi-lum#? a-na# x x | a man to |
| 4' | u2 a-na-ni7 i-ri-im | and Anani, the city |
| 5' | lu-qu2-ti2 sza _iti 1(disz)-kam_ isz-te2-en | the debts of 1 month each |
| 6' | la2 a-re-aq szu-ma / a-wa-tam2 | He is a word. |
| 7' | la2 a-la2-qe2-szi2 u2 szu-ut i-da-gal-ma | I will not take her, and that plant he will measure out and |
| 8' | ki-ma la2 a-tal-ku-szu-ni-ma | like I did not go to him, and |
| 9' | u2 szu-ut / e-tal-lu-tu3-ni | and that which they have acquired |
| 10' | i-s,e2-er ra-mi3-ni-szu / isz-tu3 | his love, from |
| 11' | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 / i-ta-ke-er | the silver he shall return. |
| 12' | um-ma szu-ut-ma mi3-nam a-mur-dingir | Thus says he: "What is Amur-ilī?" |
| 13' | i-da-ba-ab2 / a-la2-kam | he will take. It is an ala-demon. |
| 14' | a-bu-szu te2-er-tu3-szu / a-s,e2-ri-a | “His father, his father-in-law, the aṣeria priestess, |
| 15' | u2 ma-asz2-ka3-na-tu3-szu | and his mashkanû-vessels |
| 16' | a-s,e2-ri-a-ma / u2 szu-ut | I will go out and that plant |
| 17' | la2 t,a2-hu a-ta ma-asz2-ka3-na-tim | “It is not good, from the water of the granary |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | tu3-usz-te2-ne2-ba-la2-szu-um | Tuštē-nebalâm, |
| 2' | u2 a-na-ku la2 t,a2-hu-wa-ku | And I am not frightened, |
| 3' | lu-qu2-tam2 sza sze2-ep a-na-ni | (Sum) The luqutu priestess, the one of the šēpa-priesthood (Akk) The one who is the lulqutam priestesses of Anani |
| 4' | szu-ma-mi3-in4 la2 i-tur4-dingir | Šuma-mimīn did not turn into a god. |
| 5' | a-s,e2-er / um me ri u2-mi3-im | The aṣer priestess ... |
| 6' | _ninda_ / ba zu uz2 / tab-la-at-mi3-in4 | ... bread ... |
| 7' | ki-a-am / ta-qa2-bi um-ma | thus you said: |
| 8' | a-ta-ma / a-mur-dingir x-hi-ir | Why Amur-ilī ... |
| 9' | _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ ra-[x x ...]-sza-am | silver, 10 minas ... ... |
| 10' | lu-sze2-bi4-il5 szu-ma# [...] x-as-hu | I shall send. That is ... ... |
| 11' | u2 ma-ma-na# [...]-x-tim | and the plants of his land |
| 12' | li-isz-[...] | May he |
| 13' | um-ma [...] | Thus ... |
| 14' | te-zi#-[...] | Do not ... |
| 15' | x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] a-sze2-e-a-kum u2-lu u2-szu-ra-ku mi3-ma | ... I will ask you, whether I will raise a claim. |
| 2 | [...] a-nim-ma la2 al-qe2-ma lu-sze2-bi4-la2-kum | ... I did not take this, but I shall send it to you. |
| 3 | [um]-ma a-na-ku-ma ba-ab2 a-bu-lim le-mur-szu | Thus (says) I: “Bab’abūlim, let him see his face! |
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