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AKT 2, 30 (P360573)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 2, 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360573 |
| Museum no. | AMM 165-570-64 |
| 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 | um-ma szu-be-lum2-ma | Šu-bēlum speaks thus: |
| 2 | a-na u2-s,ur-szi2-esz18-dar | to Uṣur-šī-ištar |
| 3 | u2 ma-nu-ku-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma | and Manuku-Assur, speak! |
| 4 | a-hi a-ta um-ma a-ta-ma | “Aḫi, why, why |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ sza li-bi4-a isz-ti2 | silver belonging to the eponymy of |
| 6 | hu-ni-a u2-sze-ba-la2-ku-<um> | he will bring it to you in ḫunî. |
| 7 | isz-ti2 hu-ni-a u2-la2 tu3-usz-te2-bi4-lam | You will bring it with the ḫunnu-vessel. |
| 8 | a-hi a-ta _ku3-babbar_ | a half share of the silver |
| 9 | sza li-bi4-ka3 u2 ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti2 | of your libation vessel and tadmiqtu-plant |
| 10 | sze2-bi4-lam ah-sza-lim | send me! Aḫšalim |
| 11 | s,a-<ab2>-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ba-su2 | he took away, and the silver and its interest |
| 12 | sza-<asz2>-qi2-la2-szu szu-ma | It is its ša-caš-qīlû. |
| 13 | lu-sza-ha-ku-nu | they shall remove you. |
| 14 | pu-ru-ma u2 mi3-ma | ... anything, |
| 15 | la2 ta-ga-mi3-la2-szu | do not abandon him! |
| 16 | a-szur-na-da _dumu_ a-szur-i-di2 | Assur-nada, son of Asur-idi |
| 17 | s,a-ab2-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ | seized, and silver |
| 18 | u3 s,i2-ba-su2 | and its interest |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu _geme2_ | his šašqī-lamb, the slave woman |
| 2 | zi-iz-hu-zi a-na | Zizḫuzi for |
| 3 | szi2-mi3-im di2-na-ma | Judge my case, |
| 4 | u3 szi2-im-szu sze2-bi4-la2-nim | and send me his order! |
| 5 | a-hu-a a-tu3-nu | Ahua, Atunu |
| 6 | a-te2-er-ti2-a i-hi-da-ma | I returned, and |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-asz2-qi2-la2-ma | silver he shall weigh out, and |
| 8 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-nim | I sent to him. |
| 9 | a-mur-a-szur _dumu_ su2-ka3-li-a | Amur-Assur, son of Sukaliya |
| 10 | s,i2-ba-at _ku3-babbar_ | the interest on the silver |
| 11 | e-er-sza-szu-ma sze2-bi4-la2-nim | send it to me! |
| 12 | a-na ma-nu-ki-a-szur | to Mannu-kī-Aš[ur] |
| 13 | qi2-bi4-ma a-na-kam-ma | Speak! Here |
| 14 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma i-na ba-ab2-ti2-a | Thus (says) I: during my extispicy |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ li-qe2-ma u2 ti2-ba-ma | the silver may he take, and the tiba-plant |
| 16 | a-tal-kam mi3-szu-um u4-mi3-ka3! pa2-ti2 | I came, and in the future, at any time, |
| 17 | a-na wa-sza-bi4-im | to Wāšum |
| 18 | asz2-pur-ka3! | I sent to you. |
| 19 | u2 te2-er-ta-ka3 u2-la2 | “The food of the tērta-vessel is swollen, |
| 20 | i-la2-kam ki-ma | he will pay. Like |
| left | ||
| 1 | _nig2-ka_-si2 i-si2-u2-ni u2 szu-uh3-ta-ni | his account he made clear, and šuhtānu |
| 2 | s,u2-ha-ar-<tam2> sze2-ri-a-am u2 s,u2-ha-ri | ṣuhartam (means) morning and afternoon. |
| 3 | ka3-la2-szu-nu-ma sze2-ri-a-szu-nu u2 | all of them and their morning meal |
| 4 | _na4 gug_ sze2-bi4-lam | a carnelian stone, send me! |
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