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AKT 2, 16 (P360559)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 2, 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360559 |
| Museum no. | AMM 165-559-64 |
| 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 | szu-be-lum2 _dumu_{me-er-e} | Šū-bēlu, son of Mere |
| 2 | da-la2-as2 isz-al-szu-nu | the alas prayer was uttered to them |
| 3 | um-ma szu-be-lum2-ma | Šu-bēlum speaks thus: |
| 4 | _e2_ a-bi-ku-nu _e2-gal_-lum2 | the house of your father, the palace |
| 5 | is,-ba-at-ma | seized, and |
| 6 | a-bi _ku3-babbar_ a-na | his father silver to |
| 7 | _e2-gal_-lim isz-qul2 | the palace he plundered |
| 8 | u3 a-bi is,-ba-at-ku-nu | and my father took you, |
| 9 | tu3-sa3-li-a-szu-ma | Tusaliyašu, and |
| 10 | a-na a-bi-a | to Abiya |
| 11 | sza ta-da-nim | that you gave |
| 12 | <la> ta-di3-na-szum | when you gave him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma | Thus Atunu: |
| 2 | da-ak-ni-isz | to be strong |
| 3 | li-li-kam-ma | let him come, and |
| 4 | u3 nu-t,a2-ab2-ka3 | and he will not be compensated. |
| 5 | a-ni _e2#_[{be2-ti2}] | for the House of Succession |
| 6 | ta-ta2-ad-na _ku3-babbar_ | he has given. The silver |
| 7 | di2-na-nim la2 tu3-na-ha-ni | His verdict is not to be annulled. |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ pi2-iq-da2-ma | the silver shall be paid, and |
| 9 | lu i-na ka3-ri-im | or in the quay |
| 10 | lu i-na da-a-ni | or by force |
| 11 | lu i-na a-lim{ki} lu ne-ta-wu-ma | or in the city, or we have seen, and |
| 12 | a-szar i-bu-ru _ku3_-pi2 | where he desires silver |
| 13 | la2-al-qe2 | I shall take. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _e2_ u3 eq-la2-tim i-na | a house or an empty lot in |
| 2 | _e2-gal_-lim a-bi ip-tur4 | the palace, his father, he turned |
| 3 | la2 ip-t,u3-ur [...] | he did not release |
Sources & licences
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