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AKT 3, 040 (P360649)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360649 |
| Museum no. | AMM 164-015-70 |
| 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 a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 2 | 7(u) _gu2 uruda_ a-na a-wi-lim | 70 talents of copper to a man |
| 3 | ta-di2-in szi2-ti2 _uruda_ a-li | given, the price of the copper of the city |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma e-ra-di2 | Thus (says) Eradi. |
| 5 | la2-szu-ma / ku-nu-ki | there is none and your seals |
| 6 | a-na a-ma-at e-ra-di2 <<ku-nu-ki>> | To the word of the envoy of Dunnu |
| 7 | ap-qi2-id i-na | I appointed. In |
| 8 | sza-la2-tu3-a-ar / a-tur4-ma | šalātuŋar means “to turn.’ |
| 9 | asz2-ta-al-szu um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I asked him, thus I: |
| 10 | _uruda_ e ta-ar-pu-ud | copper you will pour out. |
| 11 | a-la2-ak / a-sza-at | to go |
| 12 | e-ra-di2 a-sza-al | I will go and ask. |
| 13 | um-ma szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 14 | u2-la2 / ak-[la2] | he swore |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-la2 2(asz) 1/2(asz) _gu2# [uruda_] | ala 2 1/2 talents of copper |
| 2 | mi3-ma u3-la e-zi-ib | Disregard that anything unclean has happened. |
| 3 | a-ta mi3-nam te2-ri-isz | What has been done to you? |
| 4 | a-na-ku _ku3-babbar_-ap | I silver |
| 5 | a-wi-lim u2-ba-la-su2-um | a man shall replace |
| 6 | a-na _e2_ e-ra-di2 a-li-ik-ma | to the house of the envoy went and |
| 7 | 2(disz) il5-lu ku-nu-ku-szu | 2 illu-garments, his knukušu, |
| 8 | i-ba-szi2-u2 i-na isz-te2-en | there is, in one |
| 9 | 4(u) _ma-na_ sza-pi-ik | 40 minas of bitumen |
| 10 | i-na isz-te2-en ki-i | among them, as |
| 11 | 2(asz) _gu2_ sza-pi2-ik | 2 talents of šappû-wood |
| 12 | a-t,u3-ul-ma be2-su2 | (Sum) I am exhausted, I am frightened (Akk) I have been exhausted and I am afraid |
| 13 | sza a-wi-lim _uruda_ 2(asz) 1/2(asz) _gu2_ | of a man copper, 2 1/2 talents |
| 14 | _tug2 hi-a_ sza 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | garments of 2 minas of silver |
| 15 | a-na-ku u2-sze2-s,i2-ma | I brought out, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na pi2-la2-ah-a-szur ap-qi2-id | I entrusted to Pilah-Assur. |
| 2 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma a-pu-tum | Thus (says) Amatum. |
| 3 | i-hi-id-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza li-bi4-szu | he acquired, and the silver of his brother |
| 4 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | his šašqilu |
Sources & licences
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