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TPAK 1, 026 (P360236)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TPAK 1, 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360236 |
| Museum no. | AMM 001-046-90 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, 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 a-mur-esz18-dar-ma a-na szu-mi3-a-bi4-a | Thus (says) Amur-Ištar, to Šulmi-abiya: |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma a-na-kam 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | speak, thus 5 minas of silver |
| 3 | wa-s,i2-a-tum sza a-bi-ni | the slaves of our father |
| 4 | _e2_ a-lim{ki} e-li-a-nim-ma | the house of the city above |
| 5 | bi-ru <<wa>> sza mi3-szi2-tim | the <wa> of the woman |
| 6 | _e2#_{be2#-ta#-ti2#}-ni# is,#-bu#-tu3#-ma | his temple he seized and |
| 7 | 4(disz) ni-a-ti2 sza-qa2!(SZA)-lam! qa2-bi4-a-ni-ni | 4 šaqālam offerings, |
| 8 | a-lu-um e-mu-ud-ni-a-<ti2>-ma | “Woe, my mother, and |
| 9 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-babbar_ | 1 mina 15 shekels of silver |
| 10 | a-na-ku u2 me-er-u2 a-bi4-a-a | I am the son-in-law of my father. |
| 11 | ni-isz-qu2-ul sza szu-hu-bur | We will cut off the šuḫubur-vessel. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | bi-ru _e2_-be-su2 u2-ka3-lu | a threshing floor of his house shall hold. |
| 2 | _e2#_{[be2-et} bi-ru sza mi3-szi2-tim] | the house of a widow |
| 3 | a-szi2-mi3-im u2-ka3-li-mu-ma | he will hold me accountable, and |
| 4 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ qa2-at-ka3 | 1 mina 15 shekels of silver, your hand |
| 5 | _e2 dam-gar3_ ni-si2-ma | the merchant’s house of the people, and |
| 6 | a-na bi-ri sza mi3-szi2-tim | in between the marriage vows |
| 7 | ni-isz-qu2-ul-ma a-na _e2_ a-lim{ki} | we shall cut off and to the house of the city |
| 8 | u2-sze2-ri-bu t,up-pa2-am sza a-lim{ki} | they brought in. The tablet of the city |
| 9 | ni-il5-qe2 sza i-mi3-ma ti2-szu-u2 | We took the one who saw his life. |
| 10 | _dam-gar3 ku3-babbar_ i-la2-qe2-u2 | the merchant silver shall take |
| 11 | i-hi-id-ma _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-la2-ma | he weighed out, and silver he shall deliver, and |
| 12 | s,i2-ib-tum la2 i-ma-id | he will not measure out the interest. |
| 13 | u2 te-er-ta-ka3 li-li-kam | and your rejoicing may come to an end. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 sza a-bi4-a-a | Ašumi, the silver of Abiya |
| 2 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni a-ni-sza-am | As to what you wrote me, here |
| 3 | la2 ta-ta-kal2 t,up-pi3-szu / u2 sze2-bi4-lu da-ni-na | Do not take away his tablet, send it to me! |
Sources & licences
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