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AKT 3, 089 (P360698)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360698 |
| Museum no. | AMM 164-019-70 |
| 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 | a-na sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 u3 la2-li-a | to that which like me and my flesh |
| 2 | a-na la2-li-a qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Laliya: |
| 3 | um-ma en-um-a-szur3-ma a-na-kam | Thus (says) Enum-Ašur: what is it that he has done? |
| 4 | i-na me-er-e / um-mi3-a-nim | At the foot of the mother, |
| 5 | sza u2-sa3-li-u2-ni-ni / ku-a-ti2 | that he made perfect for me, |
| 6 | as,-ba-at-ka3 / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I have seized you, thus I: |
| 7 | a-na _dumu_ um-mi3-a-nim u3 a-na _ku3-babbar_ | to the son of Ummi-Anum and for silver |
| 8 | 1(u) _gin2_ u3 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ a-na gam2-ri-ka3 | 10 shekels and 1/3 mina for your meal |
| 9 | u3 u2-ku-ul-ti2-ka3 / sza a-na-num u3 a-la2-num | and your support, which Anum and Alanum |
| 10 | e-na-a / la2 il5-mi3-na / ga-mar-ka3 | “Why do you not raise a hand to me? I want to bring it to you. |
| 11 | u2-ku-ul-ta-ka3 u3 da-at-ka3 | Your supplication and your prayer |
| 12 | sza a-di2 / a-li-ma / ta-lu-ku / sza-bu-a-ti2 | (Sum) The one who goes as far as the city, the one who walks (Akk) That which goes to the city and the people |
| 13 | u3 um-ma a-ta-ma a-s,e2-er t,up-pi3-im | And thus (says) “Why did you come to see my tablet? |
| 14 | da-nim sza a-lim{ki} / sza na-asz2-a-ku-ni | the god Anu of the city that I brought, |
| 15 | u3 a-na-ku / i-di2-a / a-da-an-ma | And as for me, I will give it to you. |
| 16 | ki-ma _dam-gar3_-ri-im / a-li _ku3-babbar_ | like a merchant the city silver |
| 17 | 1(disz) _gin2_ sza-lim-a-szur3 i-di2-nu | 1 shekel Šalim-Assur gave. |
| 18 | u2-sza-da-an / a-ta / i-na | “Why, in |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ha-hi-im / isz-ti2 a-szur-la2-ma-si2 | ... with Assur-lamassī |
| 2 | _dumu_ sza-ba-ha-nim / i-na _ku3-babbar_ | son of Šabaḫanim, from the silver |
| 3 | u3 s,i2-ib-ti2-szu / a-na / e-s,a-tim | and his wages for the harvest |
| 4 | ta-mi3-gi5-ir / asz2-me-ma / li-bi | You are merciful, listen to me! |
| 5 | ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ im-ta-ra-as, | like silver 10 minas he shall weigh out. |
| 6 | ki-ma a-hi-um / uz2-ni / ip-te2-u2 | Like a brother, he opened his ears. |
| 7 | a-ta / na-asz2-par2-ta-ka3 / a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ | From the water of your letter the Ašumi of silver |
| 8 | szu?!-a-ti2 / u2-la2 ta-asz2-ta-ap2-ra-am | You did not write to me that |
| 9 | u3 te2-er-ta-ka3-ma / isz-tu3 tu3-s,u2-ni | and your return, after you have gone out, |
| 10 | u2-la2 i-tal-kam i-na mi3-ma lu-qu2-ti | “He has not come, in whatever luqutu-disease |
| 11 | szi2-a-ti2 / sza t,up-pu ha-ru-mu-ni | “Those of the tablet are returned. |
| 12 | sza _dam-gar3_ / ih-da-ma _ku3-babbar_ | of the merchant received, and the silver |
| 13 | u3 s,i2-ba-su2 / sza-asz2-qi2-la2 a-pu-na | and ṣibāšu-plant, a sapling of the apuna-plant |
| 14 | a-na e-s,a-tim / la ta-ma-ga-ra-ma | Do not turn back to the harvest! |
| 15 | li-bi4 / la2 i-ma-ra-as, | (Sum) My heart does not pacify (the heart) of a man (Akk) I do not calm my heart |
| 16 | a-na t,up-pe3-e sza asz2-pu-ra-ni | For the tablet that I sent. |
| 17 | ih-da-ma / qi2-sza-szu-nu-ma sze2-bi4-la2-nim!? | Receive them and send them to me! |
| 18 | u3 a-na mi3-ma a-s,e2-er | and to anything else |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-wi-il5-tim / asz2-pu-ra-ni / lu ta-di2-in-ma | The man about whom I wrote you should be given, and |
| 2 | lu-ub-lu-nim a-na ku-bu-ur-na-at | let me bring, to Kuburnat |
| 3 | e-ti2-qa2-ma la2-ma sza-lim-a-szur / e-ti2-qu2 mi3-ma | He passed by, and he passed by; Šalim-Assur passed by. What |
| 4 | i-szu-u2 s,a-ba-at | he is captured. |
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