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AKT 3, 072 (P360681)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360681 |
| 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 | um-ma sza-lim-a-hu-um-ma | Šalim-ahum says thus: |
| 2 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 u3 dan-a-szur3 <qi2-bi-ma> | Speak to Pušukēn and Dan-Assur: |
| 3 | i-na u4-mi3-im sza t,up-pa2-am | On the day that the tablet |
| 4 | ta-sza-me-u2 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | you heard, 20 minas of silver |
| 5 | u3 ni-is-ha-su2 sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | and the nishhasu-gift that you wrote me, |
| 6 | i-na pa2-nim-ma wa-s,i2-im | in the presence of the wāṣum |
| 7 | sze2-bi-lam u3 ha-nu t,ur4-dam | Send me a report! |
| 8 | dan-a-szur3 na-ab-ri-tam2 | Dan-Assur, the herald, |
| 9 | a-ni-tam2 li-ib-re-ma | this may it come forth, and |
| 10 | a-s,e2-er _ku3-babbar_ sza sze2-ep | the aṣer-tax of the silver of the šēp |
| 11 | hu-ra-s,a-nim u3 7(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | Ḫuraṣanum and 7 1/2 minas of silver |
| 12 | sza _tug2 hi-a_ sza sze-ep _dumu_ er-ra-a | of textiles for the feet of the son of the errâ-official |
| 13 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni lu i-na | which you wrote me, be it in |
| 14 | _an-na_ lu _tug2 hi-a_ sza sze-ep | an tin or a linen garment that is embroidered |
| 15 | dan-a-szur3 lu i-sza _ansze hi-a_ | Dan-Assur may he have the donkeys |
| 16 | lu i-ba-ab2-ti2-a / ta-ah-si2-is-tam2 | may there be a famine. |
| 17 | sza a-na-kam a-di3-na-ku-nu-ti2-ni | that I gave to you, |
| 18 | 1(asz) _gu2 ku3-babbar_ isz-ti2 dan-a-szur3 | 1 talent of silver from Dan-Assur |
| 19 | sze2-bi-la2-nim / 5(u) 5(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ | send to me! 55 garments |
| 20 | sza sze2-ep _dumu_ er-ra-a | of the foot of the son of Errâ |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi3-szu sza 3(u)-ma ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni-ni | What is it that you wrote to me for 30 days? |
| 2 | qa2-ti2 <sza> _tug2 hi-a ku3-babbar_ a-s,e2-er | Hand of a Fine garment of silver for the journey |
| 3 | sza sze2-ep hu-ra-s,a-nim-ma | of the brickwork of the ḫuraṣanima |
| 4 | t,a2-hi-a / lu-qu2-tum lu sza sze2-ep | “Liquids, be they those of the šēpî-demon, |
| 5 | dan-a-szur3 lu sza a-ni | May Dan-Assur be that of Anu! |
| 6 | isz-ti2 ha-ra-nim u2-sze2-ba-la2-ku-nu-ti2-ni | they will bring you with the caravan. |
| 7 | _an-na_-ki u3 _tug2#_ ti2#-[a za-ki-a-ma / ma-la2] | Your Anakku and the tīya garment are cleared and as much as there is. |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ <<1(disz) _gin2_>> i-s,e2-er | he shall weigh out 1 shekel of silver. |
| 9 | _dam-gar3_ ta-na-di2-a-ni | the merchant who gave me |
| 10 | dan-a-szur3 i-sze2-pi2-szu | Dān-Assur did (this). |
| 11 | za-ku-tam2 lu-ub-lam / a-szu-mi3 | (Sum) I want to bring the zakkû-vessel to the Ašumi temple (Akk) May I bring the exalted one to the Ashurbanipal temple |
| 12 | sza dan-a-szur3 _ku3-babbar_ sza ra-mi3-ni-<<ni>>-ka3 | of Dan-Assur, the silver of your own |
| 13 | ma-la2 tu3-sze2-ba-la2-ni sze2-bi4-la2-ma | “When you bring it, send it to me! |
| 14 | u2 a-na-ku szi2-ta qa2-te2-en6 | And I, the qātê-official, |
| 15 | la-di2-ma a-szi2-mi3-im sza ta-sza-pa2-ra-ni | Let me know the ašimu that you wrote me, |
| 16 | _la2?_-asz2?-a-ma dan-a-szur3 i-pa2-nim-ma | the deficit(?) of Dan-Assur he looked, and |
| 17 | la2-at,-ru-da-kum / a-s,e2-er | I want to bring you to me. |
| 18 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-sig17_ sza pa2-na-ka3 | 6 shekels of gold from the granary |
| 19 | u3 szi2-im _tug2_ sza s,u2-ha-ar-tim | and the price of the garment of the ṣuḫartum |
| 20 | ta-di2-na-ku-ni u3 a-ta ku3{ki} | you gave me, and from Kutha |
| 21 | ma-la2 ra-du-im ra-di2-ma _ku3-ki_ pa2-szal2-lam | “As much as there is, I am rich, and I am pure, |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dam-gar3_ sze2-bi4-lam 4(u) _ma-na uruda sag10_ dan-a-szur3 lu-ub-[lam] | the merchant send. 40 minas of copper, good, Dan-Assur, I shall bring. |
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