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TPAK 1, 042 (P360252)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | TPAK 1, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360252 |
| Museum no. | AMM 001-006-90 |
| 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 i-ku-pi2-a-szur3-ma / a-na | thus Ikūpi-Ašṣ[ur]: |
| 2 | szu-isz-ha-ra / u2 bu-zu-ta-a / a-na | Šū-išrāa and buzutâ-plant for |
| 3 | bu-zu-ta-a qi2-bi-ma / isz-tu3 | Speak to Buzutāya, and from |
| 4 | ka3-ni-isz / i-wa-s,a-i-ka3 / ha-ra-ka3 | (Sum) You are the one who smite(?) your enemies (Akk) The one who destroys your enemies, your enemies |
| 5 | a-na a-lim{ki} / u2 a-na-ku / isz-ti2 | to the city and I together with |
| 6 | [a-hi]-a / isz-tu3 / a-lim{ki} i-na | a brother from the city in |
| 7 | [sza-pa-at] na#-ri-im ni-me-he-er-ma | “The heart of the city is a flood, let us look at each other and |
| 8 | [a-na a]-szur3-i-di2 u2 puzur2-a-szur3 _dumu_ a-ni-na | to Assur-idi and Puzur-Assur son of Anina |
| 9 | [...] um-ma a-na-ku-ma | ... thus I: |
| 10 | [...]-ki | ... your |
| 11 | [...]-a | ...-a |
| 12 | [...] a-na | ... to |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] a / i-szi-[...] | ... ... |
| 2' | asz2-ta#-na-[pa2]-ra-ku?-ma _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bu-lam | I constantly send to you, and the silver is to be paid. |
| 3' | la2 ta-mu-wa a-hi a-ta / ki-ma / na-asz2-par2-ti2 | Do not slander me, my brother, like a letter! |
| 4' | ta-asz2-me-u2 5(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ szi2-ti2 | you heard 5 minas 5 shekels of silver, the rent |
| 5' | _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a u2 ne2-ma-al 1(u) 3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | of silver and ... 13 minas of silver |
| 6' | u2 ni-is-ha-ti2-szu a-li-bi4 _ku3-babbar_ | and his nisḫatu-offerings of silver |
| 7' | i-di2-ma / _ku3-babbar_ / a-na szu-isz-ha-ra | he gave, and the silver for the šū-ishhara |
| 8' | szu-qul2-ma / a-ma-la2 sza-hu-zu-ni | You are plundered, you are enraged. |
| 9' | le-pu-usz ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ ta-asz2-qu2-lu-szu-ni | may he do. When you have weighed out the silver |
| 10' | na-asz2-par2-ta-ka3 / a-s,e2-ri-a u2 a-s,e2-er | As for you, I will go out and go out. |
| 11' | sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 / sze2-bi-la2-ma | Send me that which is like a gift! |
| 12' | t,up-pa2-am sza szi2-be-e-a / a-na | A tablet of my hearing to |
| 13' | sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 lu-sze2-e-er | (Sum) I want to bring the one who is like a lion (Akk) Let me bring that which is like the lion |
| 14' | a-hi a-ta / i-hi-id-ma _ku3-babbar_ | the other side of the river he weighed out and the silver |
| 15' | a-na szu-isz-ha-ra / a-su2-ri / u4-me-e | For the šū-išāru of the day, |
| left | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) szu-isz-ha-ra e [u2-sa2-... li-bi] | 5 šu-ishhara ... |
| 2 | e im-ra-as, / _ku3-babbar_ [...] | ... the silver ... |
| 3 | szu-ma u4-me-e 5(disz) u2-sa2-[... _ki_] | If the day 5 ... |
| 4 | ba-ti2-qi2-im pa2!-nim-ma [...] | I have sworn by the command(?) |
| 5 | _an-na_ u2 [...] | Anu and ... |
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