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AKT 3, 062 (P360671)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360671 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| 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 puzur4-su2-en6 en-um-a-szur | To Puzur-Suen, Ennum-Assur, |
| 2 | u3 a-szur3-ma-lik qi2-bi-ma <a-na> | And Assur-malik, say to |
| 3 | puzur4-su2-en6 qi2-bi-ma um-ma | Puzur-Suen, thus says |
| 4 | i-na-a-ma ta-asz2-pu-ra-am um-ma | Now you wrote me, thus: |
| 5 | a-ta-ma ha-na-na-ra-am s,a-ba-at-ma | Why is he seized by Hananaram? |
| 6 | _ku3-sig17_ u3 s,i2-ba-su2 sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu | gold and ṣibāšu-confection are his offerings. |
| 7 | a-szur3 u3 {d}mar-tu li-di2-a-ni | may Assur and Martu give to me. |
| 8 | e sza / sza-tim is-[te2]-en6 s,i2-ib-tam2 | “Ha! That of the year is a ṣibtam. |
| 9 | i-na s,e2-ri-szu al-qe2-u2 mi3-ma _ku3-babbar_ | in his country I took. Whatever silver |
| 10 | 1(disz) _gin2 la2_ ak-bu-su2-ka3 a-bi a-ta be-li2 a-ta | 1 shekel deficit of Akbusuka, father from father to lord from father |
| 11 | a-di2-i / t,up-pi2-im sza di2-in da-a-nim | until the tablet of the judge of Anu |
| 12 | u3 t,up-pi2-im sza hu-bu-ul am-ri-a | and a tablet concerning the debt of Amriya |
| 13 | u3 ku-a-ti2 a-di2 5(disz) / szi2#-e#-szu# asz2#-pu#-ra#-kum | and kūti together with its five parts I sent to you. |
| 14 | _ku3-babbar_ sza pa2-aq-du / lu-wa-si2-ru-nim | the silver that is entrusted they shall redeem. |
| 15 | ha-ra-nam / di2-nam / a-wi-lum i-na | “Ḫarānum, judgment, the man in |
| 16 | s,e2-ri-ni la2 sza-li a-na t,up-pi2-im | There is no one to write a tablet. |
| 17 | sza hu-bu-li-ku-nu / u3 t,up-pi2-im | of your debts and a tablet |
| 18 | sza di2-in da-a-nim / la2 pa2-al-ha-ti2 | Who judges the judges without regard, |
| 19 | i-a-um lu ar-nu-um i-na a-wa-ti2-ni | “May there be a curse in our words! |
| 20 | i-mu-tu3 u3 t,up-pa2-am sza | they will receive, and the tablet of |
| 21 | ku-nu-ki-szu / i-da-nam / ki-ma | his seal he will give, like |
| 22 | a-na ku-a-ti2 u3 me-er-e-ka3 | to Kūti and your servant |
| 23 | la2 i-tu3-ru a-bi a-ta be-li2 a-ta | He has not returned. Father, why, my lord, why |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-ma t,up-pa2-am ta-asz2-me-u2 | You heard it like a tablet. |
| 2 | t,up-pe2-e sze2-bi-lam-ma a-wi-lum | Send me tablets, so that the man |
| 3 | i-ba-ab2 ha-ra-ni-a a-na t,up-pe2-e | he will bring it to me for the tablet. |
| 4 | la2 i-sa3-la2-ha-ni / _dingir_-lu-um i-ta-ad-a-ni-ma | the god has given me, and |
| 5 | u3 ku-a-ti2 / uq-ta-li-<la2>-kum | and the kūtu-offerings I have presented to you, |
| 6 | a-na ha-na-na-ri-im a-ka3-ba-as-ka3 | to Hananarīm the granary |
| 7 | a-ma-kam me-eh-ri sza en-um-a-szur3 | It is the first tablet of Enum-Assur. |
| 8 | ub-la2-ku-ni / szu-ku-un-ma ma-la2 _ku3-babbar_ | he brought, and as much silver as |
| 9 | a-na-ku al-ta-qe2-u2 u3 ma-la2 | I have taken, and as much as |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ a-szu-mi3-ka3 u2-sza-qi2-lu s,a-he-er-ma | the silver of your father he shall weigh out, a requital and |
| 11 | szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_-pi2-a _ki_ en-um-a-szur | that silver from Enum-Assur |
| 12 | sze2-bi-lam a-bi a-ta <be-li2> a-ta ra-ma-ka3 | Send me, my father, from the water, my lord from the sea! |
| 13 | la2 ta-sza-gi5-isz! u3 i-a-ti2 | Do not be negligent, and I |
| 14 | la2 ta-sza-gi5-sza-<<ki>>-ni a-bi a-ta | Do not turn back to me, my father! |
| 15 | be-li a-ta isz-tu3-ma a-szu-mi3 | My lord, why from my father |
| 16 | ha-na-na-ri-im i-na pi2-im | Hananarīm from the mouth |
| 17 | u3 li-sza-nim sza ta-ni-isz-tim | and the līšanu of the taništu |
| 18 | la2 da-am-qi2-im a-na sa3!-la2-hi-ka3 | not good for your slackening. |
| 19 | a-tu3-ru isz-tu3-ma! ar-nam u3 | I turned back. From childhood and |
| 20 | szi2-la2-tim i-szu-a-ku-ni mi3-nam | What are the wages that you have received? |
| 21 | a-qa2-bi a-hi a-ta be-li a-ta | I will say: "Why, my lord, why?" |
| 22 | a-ma-kam ki-ma ku-a-ti2 u3 i-a-ti2 | I say to you as follows: |
| 23 | zu-ku-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ ma-la2 i-ri-hu-ni | Zuku and 1 mina of silver he shall weigh out. |
| 24 | sze2-bi4-lam t,up-pe3-e u3 | Send me tablets and |
| 25 | ta-ah-si2-sa3-tim la u2-ka3-al | he will not hold the tahsisātum-offerings. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na a-lim{ki} i-na lu-mu-un li-bi-im | and to the city in the lord of the city |
| 2 | la2 a-la2-ak a-szar da-am-qa2-ni e-pu-usz | I shall not go where he pleases, I shall do. |
Sources & licences
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