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TPAK 1, 046 (P360256)

Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	TPAK 1, 046
ID	P360256
Museum no.	AMM 001-064-90
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	a-na dingir-na-da a-szur-na-da	To Ilum-nāda, Aššrāia,
2	dan-a-szur / a-szur-isz-ti2-kal2 u3	Dān-Assur, Aššra-iši-tikal, and
3	isz-ma-a-szur um-ma puzur2-esz18-dar-ma	Išma-Assur speaks thus:
4	a-na a-szur-isz-ti2-kal2 u3 isz-me-a-szur	To Aššīr-ishtikal and Itti-Assur.
5	qi2-bi4-ma / ta-asz2-<ta>-na-me-a	“Speak to me, and you will listen to me!
6	isz-tu3 3(disz) sza-na-tim	from the three quarters
7	i-szi2-tum / sza _e2_ a-bi4-ku-nu	the rent of the house of your father
8	u2 be2-ta-tu3-ni / a-na _ku3-babbar_	and betātu for silver
9	pa2-qu2-da / a-szar / la2 ik-szu-du	(Sum) The one who is enraged, where does he not reach (Akk) Where is he awe-inspiring, where he does not reach
10	_e2_ sza qa2-ti2 / ik-szu-du	the house of the hand he conquered
11	u2 [_tug2_]-tu3 kam-sum!(TUM) / i-a-tum	“The plant of the kamsum-garment, the iatum-plant,
12	u2? sza# a-szi2-ti2-a / a-na _ku3-babbar_	and that of my wife for silver
13	i-ta-di2-nu-ma / a-na hu-bu-ul	they gave, and to the robbery
14	[a]-bi-ku-nu / sza-qi2-il5	your father, the šaqīl priest
15	[...] ki-ma / _ku3-babbar_	... like silver
16	sza# li-bi4-ku-nu / szi2-bu-ti2 sza [x]-ti?	of your limbs, the šibūtu-disease of
17	qa2-dum sza _e2_ a-bi-ku-nu	the hand of the house of your father
reverse
1	s,a-ba-tim / u2 e-t,a2-me	“Snake’s-tongue, oxen, and sheep,
2	sza a-bi4-ku-nu / e-t,a2-ri-im	of your father, an oath
3	a-wa-tam4? / sza s,a-la2-ti2-ku-nu	the word(s) of your protection
4	a-ni-sza-am / ta-asz2-ta-na-pa2-ra-nim	“Her, you keep sending me messages.’
5	a-szur e-na-an / a-li-szu	Assur, when his city
6	il5-te2-qe2 / a-wi-lum2 / sza be-tu3-szu	he has taken. The man whose wife
7	ta-ad-nu-ni / mi3-isz-li	given to me, half of it.
8	sza szi2-im / _e2_-be-ti2 / i-sza-qal	of the price of the Ebabti he shall weigh out.
9	a-na _e2#_{be-<ti2>}-szu / e-ra-ab2!(NIM)	to his house shall enter
10	szi2-ta-tu3-um / a-na	šitātû-disease to
11	3(disz){szal2-szi2}-szu / u4-mu / sza-ak-nu	3 times a day are set.
12	a-na _e2_ a-bi4-ni / a-hi-u2-tum	to the house of Abinni, the sister
13	a-na sza u2-ri-im	for the city
14	i-zi-zu-ma a-_e2_ tam2-ka3-ri-im	stood, and the house of Tamkarum
15	e-ru-ub-ma 5(disz) _ma-na_	he entered and 5 minas
16	_ku3-babbar_ / a-si2-ma / a-szi2-im	the silver of a man and a woman
17	_e2#_{ti2-im} / asz2-qu2-ul-ma	the House I sat down, and
18	a-be-ti2-im / ne2-ta-ra-ab2	“Let us go to the Apsû!
19	u2 a-szi2-im _e2_ e-szi2-im	and ašīm, the house of ēriš
left
1	_ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ / sza na-da-[im]	1 mina of silver for the nadām
2	ih-da-ma / _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-la2-nim szi2-im be-ta-tim#	he received, and silver, the price of the four quarters
3	lu nu-sza-bi4 / a-na sza ki-ma i-a-ti2	“Let us not be angry with what is like me’s.
4	qi2-bi4-ma na-pa2-al-ta-asz2-nu	Speak to them and they will be released.

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