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AKT 3, 088 (P360697)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360697 |
| 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-szur3-ma a-na la2-li-a | Thus (says) Enum-Assur: to Lalliya |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma / t,up-pa2-am / da-nam sza a-lim{ki} | Speak! A valid tablet of the city |
| 3 | na-asz2-a-ti2 / a-na-kam / i-na s,a-bi-im | The naštu-offerings are here. |
| 4 | 1(u) u3 2(u) / ku-a-ti2 / as,-ba-at-ka3 | 10 and 20 kūti I took from you. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / lu a-hu-um i-a-ti2 | Thus (says) I: |
| 6 | a-ta / a-na ma-la2 t,up-pi2-im sza a-lim{ki} | why for as much as the tablet of the city |
| 7 | i-hi-id-ma / la2 ta-sza-la2-at, | he will weigh it out and you will not take it away. |
| 8 | sza 8(u) _tug2 hi-a sag10 diri_ sza t,up-pu-um | of 80 layers of red wool, extra, belonging to the tablet |
| 9 | sza ka3-ri-im / i-li-ip-tu3-ma | of the quay he opened, and |
| 10 | _e2_ i-na-a-a _dumu_ e-la2-li2 / i-ba-szi2-u2 | the house of Inaya son of Elali there is |
| 11 | qa2-at-ka3 / li-is,-ba-at-ma | May your hand hold, and |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ u3 s,i2-ba-su2 / sza t,up-pi2-im szu-a-ti2 | the silver and its interest of that tablet |
| 13 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5 u3 sza 2(u) _tug2 hi-a sag10 diri_ | a šašqīl-garment, and of 20 extra garments, |
| 14 | sza szu-be-lum2 _dumu_ ku-lu-ma-a i-na _illat_-at | of Šū-bēlu, son of Kulumâ, in the river |
| 15 | i-ku-pi2-a / u2-sze2-ri-bu-ma / i-na | they cut off, they brought in, and in |
| 16 | lu-qu2-tim / sza ti2-me-el-ki-a / i-di2-nu-szum | The luqūtu of the sea they gave him. |
| 17 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ szi2-im-szu-nu | 10 minas of silver is their price |
| 18 | _szunigin_ 1(disz) me-at _tug2 hi-a sag10 / ku3-babbar_-szu-nu | total: 100 good quality garments, their silver |
| 19 | _e2_ ka3-ri-im / li-qe2-ma a-s,e2-ri-a | may he take the granary and my field |
| 20 | u3 a-s,e2-er _dam-gar3_ / bi4-il5 _ku3-babbar_ | and the aṣṣer of the merchant carries the silver |
| 21 | i-pa2-nim-ma / sze2-bi4-lam-ma ki-ma i-na | Send me a copy, so that I can send it to you. |
| 22 | a-lim{ki} / szu-um-ka3 / i-na da-mi3-iq-tim | of the city your name in good fortune |
| 23 | [a]-za-ku-ru-u2 / szi2-a-ti2 / e-pu-usz | I made that zakurû-vessel. |
| 24 | a-na mi3-ma te2-er-ti2-a / sza ki-ma | For whatever extispicy that is like |
| 25 | [na-asz2]-pa2#-ra-ti2-a / ta-ni-isz-u2 | My supplication is a gift. |
| 26 | [a-na te2]-er-ti2-a / i-hi-id-ma | he weighed out for the extispicy and |
| 27 | [x-x]-ki# za-ki-a-am / t,up-pa2-am | Your ... is cleared, my tablet |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza [a]-bi-a-a _dumu_ en-na-nim <qa2-at-ka3> | of Abiya, son of Ennanum, your hand |
| 2 | li#-is,-ba-at _ku3-babbar_ u3 s,i2-ba-su2 sza-asz2-qi2-il5 | may he seize. The silver and its interest are to be paid. |
| 3 | [t,up]-pa2-am sza du10-s,i2-la2-a-szur3 _dumu_ i3-li2-a-lim | Tablet of Duṣilli-Assur son of Ilī-alim. |
| 4 | u3 a-szur3-ma-lik _dumu_ i-na-a-a | and Assur-malik, son of Inaya |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am sza 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1/2(disz) _gin2_ sza hu-bu-ul | a tablet of 1 mina 1/2 shekel for the expenditure |
| 6 | a-la2-bi4-im sza ka3-ru-um i-s,e2-ri-szu | Alabīm of the kalû of his field |
| 7 | i-szu-u2 / sza-zu-uz-tu3-szu-ma a-na-ku | (Sum) He has a šūzû-demon (Akk) I have a herdsman, I am |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ i-na ra-mi3-ni-a asz2-qul2 u4-ma-am | the silver by my own accord I have weighed out daily |
| 9 | i-ta-ak-ra-ni / _dub_ sza szi2-bu-ti2 a-szur-gal | tablet of the šibūtu of Assur-gal, |
| 10 | _dumu_ a-zu-a u3 puzur2-a-szur3 _dumu_ i-ku-pi3-a | son of Azû and Puzur-Assur son of Ikupiya |
| 11 | _dub_ sza 1(u) 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza hu-bu-ul | Tablet of 11 minas of silver for the ḫubul-tax |
| 12 | lu-lu szesz a-ma-he-er qa2-at-ku-nu li-is,-ba-at | “Brother, may I see your hand’s touch! May he seize your hand! |
| 13 | _dub_ sza 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza szal2-ma-a-szur _dumu_ i-tur4-dingir | Tablet concerning 1/3 mina of silver belonging to Šalma-Assur son of Itur-ili |
| 14 | i-na {d}utu-szi t,up-pi3 / ta-sza-me-u2 | At Utu’s tablet you will hear. |
| 15 | mi3-ma t,up-pi3 a-ni-u2-tim me-eh-ri-szu-nu | Whatever this tablet, their counterpart, |
| 16 | szu-ba-al-ki-it-ma u3 szu-nu-ti2 / qi2-sza-szu-nu-ma | Šu-bal-kīṭ, and these are their hands. |
| 17 | i-na masz-ka3-nim da-nim / szu-uk-na-ma | In the maškanû-vessel of the Anu gods you set up, and |
| 18 | a-na _dumu_ um-mi3-a-nim ke-nim / sza ki-ma | to the son of Ummī-Anum, the reliable one, who like |
| 19 | qa2-qi2-di2-ku-nu / i-na _igi_ szi2-be2-e / pi3-iq-da-ma | your head in the presence of a ghost is cut off, and |
| 20 | lu-ub-lam / a-szar ta-pa2-qi2-da-ni ki-ma a-ma!-kam | Where you have appointed me, like a mother, |
| 21 | la2 u2-sze2-s,u2-u2 / szi2-a-ti2 e-pu-usz a-pu-tum | (Sum) He did not bring out the šītu-demon (Akk) I did not let go of that woman, I made the apsûtu |
| 22 | a-pu-tum la2 ta-sza-la2-at, _iti 1(disz)-kam iti 2(disz)-kam_ | You shall not recite the incantation, for 1 month, 2 months. |
| 23 | te2-er-tam2 za-ki-ma / ti2-ib-a-ma / a-tal-kam | The extispicy is cleared. Come, I will come. |
| 24 | u3 a-na-kam ma-la2 a-na-ku / u2-na-hi-du!-ka3 | And why, as much as I have brought to you? |
| 25 | te2-er-tam2 sza _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ la2-di2-na-ku-ma | a revocation of 10 minas of silver I shall not give to you, and |
| 26 | [ha-ra]-ka3 / ka3-szi2-id / ku-a-ti2 a-da-gal | On the road I will be able to reach, I will reach. |
| 27 | a-ma-kam / a-wa-tam2 sza-hi-il5-tam2 | It is my word, a word of šaḫiltam |
| 28 | mi3-ma e te2-pu-usz-ma / e ta-t,i2-pi3-il5 | What have you done, what have you piled up? |
| 29 | lu a-wi-la2-ti2 / a-na szi2-ik-ri-im ra-ma-ka3 | or a man, for a šikrīm prayer of your own |
| 30 | la2 tu3-szar te2-er-ta-ka3 a-ni-tum | Do not delay your return, Anitu! |
| left | ||
| 1 | <la2> a-ni-tum li-li-kam-ma / uz2-ni pi3-te2 a-ma-kam ha-asz2-ti2-li | <May> Anitu come to me, and my hair is the mouth of a mother, I am well. |
| 2 | i-re-szi2-ka3! / li-zi-iz / _ku3-babbar_ sza szu-hu-ur-pi3-a _ku3-babbar_ u3 | the silver of Šuhurpia, the silver and |
| 3 | s,i2-ba-su2 / sza a-ni-na _dumu_ puzur2-a-na / sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma | ṣibāsu of Aninu son of Puzur-Anu he shall take and |
| 4 | la2 te2-zi-ib | do not leave! |
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