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AKT 3, 087 (P360696)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360696 |
| 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 en-um-a-szur-ma / a-na a-szur-{d}utu-szi | Thus (says) Enum-Ašūr: to Ašākin-ṣubūḫu: |
| 2 | {disz}a-ta-a-a / la2-li-a / u2 nu-uh3-szi2-tim | Atāya, who is full of plant(s) for the nuḫšitum ritual, |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma a-na la2-li-a | Speak to Laliya! |
| 4 | qi2-bi-ma a-na-kam-ma / u2-na-hi-id-ka3 | Say to me, and I will accompany you. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | thus I: silver at 10 minas |
| 6 | pa2-ni-a-ma / sza ta-ma-hu-ru / isz-ti2 | (Sum) My face, which you see (Akk) The face that you see |
| 7 | _dumu_ um-mi3-a-nim / ke-nim a-na _dam-gar3_ | son of Ummī-Anum, reliable, to the merchant |
| 8 | sze2-bi-lam / a-hi a-ta / _ku3-babbar_ sza _e2_ ka3-ri-im | send me a brother. The silver of the granary |
| 9 | u2 sza a-bi-a-a / _ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ba-su2 | and of my father silver and ṣibasu |
| 10 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5 / 2(u) _tug2 hi-a sag10_-tim# | 20 good quality textiles |
| 11 | a-s,e2-er ku-lu-ma-a / i-na lu-qu2-tim | “The kilumānu-dwellers in the mudbricks, |
| 12 | szi2-a-ti2 / u2-bi-il5 / i-na _ku3-babbar_-ap | that one he carried off. With silver |
| 13 | {disz}ku-lu-ma-a / mi3-si2-a-ma szi2-im | Kuluma’a, a šīma |
| 14 | s,u2-ba-ti2 1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ / li-qe2-a | ... 1/2 mina of silver may he take. |
| 15 | szu-ma / _ku3-babbar_ / la2-su / me-er-e / | If the silver, his deficit ... |
| 16 | ku-lu-ma-a / e-ri-isz / szu-ma / dan-nu-tam2 | “It is cold, it is strong, |
| 17 | e-ta-wu-u2 / szi2-be2-e / hi-ri-im-ma | (Sum) The one who has sinned, the one who lies down (Akk) They have sworn by the life of the people |
| 18 | t,up-pa2-am / sza szi2-bi / sze2-ti2-qam | A tablet of the following: |
| 19 | 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-ha-ma i-li-bi | 1 1/3 minas of silver mutually he shall pay. |
| 20 | ku-lu-ma-a / nu-du-a-e / id-a / a-na | The one who does not sleep ... to the river. |
| 21 | me-er-e-szu / id-a / isz-tu3 | his limbs ... from |
| 22 | _ku3-babbar_ / tu3-sze2-ba-la2-ni-ni | the silver that you have paid to me |
| 23 | [a]-li / szal2-ma-a-szur / u2 a-szur-na-s,i2-ir | Where is Šalma-Assur and Assur-naṣir |
| 24 | wa-asz2-bu-ni / e-ti2-iq!?-ma / | who dwells, has passed, and |
| 25 | a-ma-la2 / di2-in / a-lim{ki} / | Amala, judge of the city |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ka3-si2-a-szu-nu / szu-ma / _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | Kasiānu he is. The silver is 10 minas. |
| 2 | u2 2(u) _ma-na_ ma-la2 / li-bi-i | and 20 minas, as much as libî |
| 3 | _dam-gar3_ / na-su2-hi-im / i-na | the merchant, the nasūḫim, in |
| 4 | ma-ah-ri-ka3 / i-sza-ku-nu / _ku3-babbar_ | they shall place before you. The silver |
| 5 | li-qe2-ma / szu-nu / wa-ar-ka3-at-ka3 | take, and they will live forever. |
| 6 | li-ik-szu-du-nim / | May they reach me. |
| 7 | a-na ku-bur-na-at / a-s,e2-er | to the kuburnat (temple) of the steppe |
| 8 | su2-hu-ur-pi2-a / e-ti2-iq-ma | “I crossed the river, and |
| 9 | 2(u) 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ / i-mi3-ma | 22 minas of silver he measured out, and |
| 10 | hu-bi-tum / u2 szu-ut / i-szu-u2-ni | ḫubitum means “that man’s. |
| 11 | i-na di2-in / a-lim{ki} / i-sza-qu2-lu | at the court of the city they will weigh out. |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ / i-na qa2-qa2-ad / | silver in the middle of |
| 13 | szal2-mi3-szu-nu / ra-ki-is / a-na-kam | Their well-being is a curse - what is it? |
| 14 | {disz}hu-bi-tum mi3-ma la2 i-di2-nam | Hubitum did not give anything, |
| 15 | s,a-ba-su2-ma / 2(u) 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ / | captured him, and 22 minas of silver |
| 16 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma / szu-ma / sza-qa2-lam | “Ša-aš-qi-ilmâ (means) he is a lion. |
| 17 | la2 i-mu-a / ma-la2 / di2-in / a-lim{ki} | “The one who does not know, the one who knows, the judge of the city, |
| 18 | mi3-ma / i-szu-u2 / a-na _ku3-babbar_ di2-in-ma | whatever he has, give to silver, and |
| 19 | _ku3-babbar_ li-qe2 / a-ha-ma / _tug2 hi-a_ / | the silver may he take, each other / garments |
| 20 | _sag10_-tum# / _diri#_ i#-na# li#-bi#-szu# | “Sagtum means ..., it is in his heart. |
| 21 | u2-ka3-al / i-na s,e2-ri-a / lu dan | May he be strong in the steppe! |
| 22 | 3(disz) _ma-na_ 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ / a-na nu-i-e | 3 minas 1/2 shekel of silver to Nu’e |
| 23 | a-szu-mi3 / a-ni-na _dumu_ puzur2-a-na asz2-qu2-ul | Ašumi / Anina son of Puzur-ana I slew. |
| 24 | _iti 1(disz)-kam_ hu-bur / li-mu-um | 1st month, Ḫubur, eponymy of |
| 25 | ka3-pa2-ti2-<a> / i-di2-in a-lim{ki} / i-mi3-ma | The kapatû (temple) where the city was founded |
| 26 | i-szu-u2 | he has |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-su2-hu-pi2-im / 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2-ta_ / a-sza-si2-ma _ku3-babbar_ | shall replace. 1 mina 12 shekels each I shall weigh out and silver |
| 2 | u2 s,i2-ba-su2 / a-la2-qe2 / s,a-ab2-ta-szu-ma / isz-tu3 u4-mi3-im sza _ku3-babbar_ | and his interest I shall take, take from him, and from the day of silver |
| 3 | asz-qu2-lu / _ku3-babbar_ / u2 s,i2-ba-su2 / sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu t,up-pa2-am sza a-lim{ki} | the silver and its interest shall be charged to him. Tablet of the city |
| 4 | u2-ka3-al / mi3-ma i-szu-u2 / a-na _ku3-babbar_ / di2-na ih-da-szu-um | he shall hold. Whatever he has for silver, a lawsuit against him shall prevail. |
| 5 | ha-asz2-ta-a-li / a-szu-mi3 te2-er-ti2-a / a-mi3-sza-am | “Haštali, my name is tērītu-disease. |
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