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KTS 2, 44 (P360186)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTS 2, 44 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360186 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ka 1092 |
| 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 / um-ma | Speak to Imdīlim, thus says |
| 2 | e-na-be-lum2-ma / a-szu-mi3 a-szur3-du10# | Ena-beluma, Ašumi, Assur-du |
| 3 | _an-na_ 4(u) _ma-na_ u3 2(u) _tug2_ ku-ta#-[nu] | the lead is 40 minas and 20 kutanu-garments. |
| 4 | pa2-ni-am sza li-bi-szu / e-ri-[szu-ma] | the face of his heart he made to fear him and |
| 5 | _an-na_ u3 1(u) _tug2_ ku-ta-ni | Anu and 10 kutānu garments |
| 6 | i-ti2-ki-ir 1(u) _tug2_ u2-ka3-i-na-[am] | Iti-kīr 10 garments he shall hold. |
| 7 | 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-ha-ma / sza al-qe2#-[u2] | 20 minas of silver each, which I took |
| 8 | isz-tu3 / a-li-ka3-ni / dam-qi2-isz | From our city, very good. |
| 9 | e-ta-wu u4-ma-am / a-na-ma ba-ab | “If he slips in, why will he be seized? |
| 10 | ha-ra-ni-ni / um-ma szu-ut-ma / mi3-ma | “We will go to the harrani priestess, thus he: what |
| 11 | la ha-bu-la-ku / u3-ul / ma-la / e-pa2-szi2-im | I am not a robber, I do not do anything. |
| 12 | ep-sza-ni / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | "I myself |
| 13 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ szu-uq-la-ma | 10 minas of refined silver |
| 14 | u3 a-na 1(u) _ma-na_ u4-me-e / la2-asz2-ku-na-kum | and for 10 minas of day I shall place you. |
| 15 | u3 t,up-pa2-ka3 la2-al-pu-ut | and I will write your tablet. |
| 16 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / isz-tu3 / t,up-pi2-i | Thus (says) he: From the tablet |
| 17 | ta-la-pu-tu3 / mi3-ma / i-s,e2-ri-a | The balaŋ composition ta-la-pu-tu |
| 18 | u3-la i-szu / a-wi-lum2 / e-mu-qa2-tam2 | If he does not have it, the man will have strength. |
| 19 | e-ta-wu / _ARAD2_-su2 / ku-s,i2-i | etawu (means) his servant. |
| 20 | szu-um-szu / a-na ka3-ni-isz / i-tal-kam | “His name went to the kāniš-priest’s. |
| 21 | 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ / na-szi2 / szu-ma / mi3-ma | 20 minas of silver he took, whatever |
| 22 | a-ma-kam / _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ba-at | the word of the silver is taken. |
| 23 | u3 a-na ha-hi-im / a-na _an-na_ | and to Ḫaḫum, to tin |
| 24 | ta-ba-lim / i-li-kam / szu-ma | Tabalim means “god’s lord&us201d. |
| 25 | _an-na_-ak-szu / e-ta-ar-ba-am | his tin he has returned. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _an-na_ / s,a-ba-at-ma / lu _ku3-babbar_ | and tin seized, and either silver |
| 2 | a-la-hi-im / lu _ku3-babbar_-ap / a-szur3-du10 | Alaḫim, be it silver, Assur-ṭab |
| 3 | a-di2 / la ta-as,-bu-tu3 / a-wa-at-ka3 | Until you do not seize your word, |
| 4 | la ta-la2-qe2 / i-na 1(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) _ma-na_ | do not take. For 1 talent 20 minas |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-szur3-du10 4(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | the silver of Assur-bani, 40 minas of silver |
| 6 | ku-ra-ra 1(u) _ma-na_ i-di2-{d}iszkur 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ | kurara 10 minas Iddi-Adad 15 mina |
| 7 | {d}iszkur-_sipa_ / ub-lu-ni-ku-um | Adad-rē’i, who brought you |
| 8 | szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ / i-na ku-nu-ki-szu-ma | the following: 15 minas of silver by his seal |
| 9 | i-na _e2#_{[be2-ti2}-szu / i-ba-szi2] | in his house there is |
| 10 | ma-ha-ra-am / la a-mu-a / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I did not see before you, thus I: |
| 11 | szu-ma szi2-im 4(u) _ma-na an-na_ 2(u) _tug2 hi_-ti2 | that is the price of 40 minas of tin, 20 ... garments |
| 12 | u3 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza li-bi-ka3 | and 20 minas of silver from your account |
| 13 | isz-te2-ni-isz / ta-da2-nam / u3 a-ni-am | You give each other, and here. |
| 14 | a-ma-ha-ar-ka3 / a-szi2-a-ti2 / _ku3-babbar_ | I shall receive from you the ašītu silver. |
| 15 | la2-qa2-am / la2 a-mu-u2 / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “It is taken, I do not know. Thus (says) I: |
| 16 | i-qe2-er-bi-ma / ki-sza-su2 | he approached, and his neck |
| 17 | i-da-nam / i-na {d}utu-szi t,up-pa2-am | he will give. At Utu’s tablet |
| 18 | ta-sza-me-u2 / na-pa2-al-tam2 ta-e-ram | You will hear, you will experience sorrow. |
| 19 | a-szu-mi3 a-szur3-du10 / sa2-ah-ra-ku | Ašumi (is) Assur-ṭāb, I am slain. |
| 20 | _tug2 hi_-a / sza i-sze2-pi2-a / u2-sze2-ri-ba-ni | the garments that he had made, he brought to me. |
| 21 | a-na e-kal2-lim a-di2-szu-nu-ma | to the palace with them |
| 22 | 4(disz) li-me _uruda_ / na-ad-a-ku / um-ma | 4 eponymy of copper, nadāku, thus: |
| 23 | a-na-ku-ma / ma-te2-e / _uruda_ u2-s,i2-a-ma | I brought the copper to the land, and |
| 24 | a-na ka3-ri-im / u2-sa3-la-ma / _uruda_ | to the quay he shall carry, and the copper |
| 25 | sza ta-da2-nim / i-du-nu-nim | that you gave to me they will give to me. |
| 26 | szu#-ma / a-di2 / wa-asz2-ba-ku-ni i-ta-as,-[am] | If he, as long as he lives, has gone out, |
| 27 | _uruda_ ma-la2 / la2-qa2-em / a-la2-qe2 | copper as much as I took I shall take. |
| 28 | szu-ma la2 ki-a-am / e-zi-ib-ma | “If he does not, he will die. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _an-na_ u3 2(u) _tug2 hi-a_ sza sze2-ep {d}iszkur-_sipa_ / a-di2-ni i-ba-szi2 | Anu and 20 garments of the feet of Adad-rē’i, there are. |
| 2 | _sza3-ba_ 1(u) _tug2_ a-na a-szur3-sag10 a-di2-ma / a-na u2-sza / u2-sze2-ti2-iq | therein 10 garments for Assur-sag until to the utensils he made pass. |
| 3 | a-na-kam / szi2-mu-um la2-szu-ma / u3 1(asz) _gu2 an-na_ i-a-um | what is the case? There is none and 1 talent of tin |
| 4 | i-ba-szi2 / isz-te2-ni-isz / ba-ti2-iq / wa-tur4 / a-da-ma / a-ta-la2-kam | “There he is, together he has been killed, I am a child, I have been carried away. |
| 5 | te2-er-ta-ka3 u2-qa2-a | he sat down on the throne. |
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