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AKT 2, 42 (P360586)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 2, 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360586 |
| Museum no. | AMM 165-596-64 |
| 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 u2-s,ur-szi2-esz18-dar-ma | Thus Uṣurši-ištar: |
| 2 | a-na hu-ni-a | to Ḫunia |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma _ku3-babbar_ | speak! Silver |
| 4 | sza _dam-gar3_ i-di2-na-ku-ni | that the merchant gave to you |
| 5 | szi2-ma-am sza-a-am-ma | the šīma of heaven |
| 6 | a-na _dam-gar3_ | to the merchant |
| 7 | sze2-s,i2-am sza _uruda_ | a ṣīm of copper |
| 8 | szu-ma sza-tum sza-na-at | If that one is another |
| 9 | u2-t,a2-ta-am | he will recover. |
| 10 | szu-pu-uk szu-ma | he is Šupuk |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la2 ki-a-am | not thus |
| 2 | szi2-ma-am sza-a-am | a fate of fate |
| 3 | mi3-nam lam-ni-isz | What is it that makes you tremble? |
| 4 | la2-li-ka3-kum-ma | I will come to you, and |
| 5 | uz2-ni-ma la2 ta-pa2-te2 | You will not open the uznu-vessel. |
| 6 | a-wa-tim la2 sza i-di2-im | a word not of wisdom |
| 7 | i-sza-pu-ru-ni-kum-ma | send to you, and |
| 8 | ta-asz2-ta-na-me | you have given to me, |
| 9 | i-ku-pi3-a u2 szal2-ma-a-szur | Ikūpî and Šalma-Assur, |
| 10 | _ku3-ki_-s,u2-nu | their silver |
| left | ||
| 1 | il5-ta-qe2-u2 u3 i-di2-a-szur | they took, and Iddin-Assur |
| 2 | la2-qa2-am | taken. |
| 3 | e-ta-wu | he has seized |
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