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AKT 3, 092 (P360701)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360701 |
| 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 puzur4-a-szur-ma a-la2-ku il5-we-da-ku | Thus Puzur-Assur: I am the one who goes and goes. |
| 2 | u3 puzur2-a-szur-ma a-na en-um-a-szur qi2-bi-ma | and Puzur-Assur, speak to Enum-A[ssur]: |
| 3 | i-nu-mi3 a-na-kam tu3-s,u2-ni mi3-ma sza-at be-ti2-ka3 | At that time, when you came out, whatever belongs to your lady |
| 4 | u3-la2 ta-aq-bi-ni-a-ti2 u3 te2-er-ta-ka3 | “Oh, you have spoken to me, and you have recited (it). |
| 5 | u3-la2 tu-sza-hi-iz-ni-a-ti2 u3 isz-tu3 a-na-kam | Moreover, from here |
| 6 | tu3-s,u2 te2-er-ta-ka3-ma u3-la2 i-li-kam a-na-kam | You go out, you return, and then he will come, but what will he do? |
| 7 | a-szur-tak2-la2-ku szi2-ip-ru-um i-li-kam-ma | Ašur-taklāku the messenger came and |
| 8 | t,up-pa2-am sza a-lim{ki} a-da-da u3-sza-asz2-me-ma | the tablet of the city Antu he made hear, and |
| 9 | um-ma a-da-da-ma a-ma-la2 u4-mi3-a a-la2-ak | Thus (says) Adada: “I will go, I will go for the day. |
| 10 | u3 isz-tu3 t,up-pa2-am isz-me-u2 u3 al-pi2 a-le-ta-tim | and from the tablet they heard, and the reed bundles, |
| 11 | usz-ta-zi-iz a-na szi2-ip-ri-im ni-ip-nu-ma | I set up for the work, and |
| 12 | um-ma ne2-nu-ma a-ma-la2 t,up-pi2-im sza a-lim{ki} | Thus (says) Nēnu, the keeper of the tablet of the city |
| 13 | a-da-da sza-al-ma u3 ti2-bi-ma a-s,e2-er | I am well; you can be glad. |
| 14 | sza-pi2-ri-ka3 at-la2-ak / um-ma szi-ip-ru-um-ma | I will go to your šapīrī. Thus (says) the messenger: |
| 15 | u4-mu-u2 _mu 1(disz)-sze3_ i-na a-lim{ki} sza-ak-nu-szum | daily for 1 year in the city are placed for him |
| 16 | a-ma-la2 u4-mi3-szu a-wi-lam a-na a-lim{ki} a-ra-de8 | at that time a man to the city he brought |
| 17 | a-ta a-ma-kam ma-la2-ka3 a-na a-szur-tak2-la2-ku | "Why do you go to Assur? |
| 18 | na-asz2-pe2-er-ta-ka3 nu-t,a2-hi-ma na-asz2-pe2-er-tam2 | (Sum) Your supplication is unfathomable, and your oath is a našpērtam. (Akk) You are not fathomful, and you are not fecund. |
| 19 | sza-ma-a-am u2-la2 i-mu-a um-ma szu-ut-ma | “It is not my name, it is my name. |
| 20 | u3-la2 a-za-az a-da-da 1(u) u3 1(u) 5(disz) _dumu_-e | I did not go, I went, 10 and 15 sons |
| 21 | um-mi3-a-ni a-szi2-bu-tim isz-e-ma | his mother, a widow, asked, and |
| 22 | t,up-pa2-am mi3-ma u3-la2 il-qe2 _gir2_ sza a-szur | a tablet of whatever he took, the sword of Assur |
| 23 | a-qa2-ti2 a-wi-li isz-ta-ka3-an | “The aqāti-offering(s) of a man have been established, |
| 24 | a-wi-lam i-na a-wa-tim | a man by a word |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nu-ub-ta-isz u3 a-ni szi2-bi sza la2 i-dim | “We have been separated, and we do not know the fate of the one who does not know. |
| 2 | i-sze2-e-ma a-ta a-ma-kam ma-la2-ka3 | “Why, my mother, do you go to me? |
| 3 | e-la2-li2 _dumu_ szu-ku-bi-im um-ma szu-ut-ma | Elali, son of Šukubum, thus he: |
| 4 | na-asz2-pe2-er-tam2 sza en-um-a-szur na-asz2-a-ku | I am the messenger of Enum-Assur. |
| 5 | i-li-ik-ma i-na ti2-me-el-ki-a | he went, and in the sea |
| 6 | 3(asz) _gu2_ 3(u) _ma-na an-na_ i-na a-ni-ki-ka3 | 3 talents 30 minas of tin at your disposal |
| 7 | il5-te-qe2 u3 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na an-na_ a-_e2_ ub-ri | and 1 1/2 minas of tin, the house of the ubru-official |
| 8 | i-ti2-di2-in a-na-kam 4(disz) a-ma-ti2-ka3 ka3-ru-um | I have given to you, four times, your word is favourable. |
| 9 | is,-ba-at-ma um-ma szu-nu-ma 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | seized, thus they: 1 1/2 minas of silver |
| 10 | gam2-ru-um sza szi2-ip-ri u3 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | the full price of the work and 1 mina of silver |
| 11 | sza ha-mu-usz-ti2-szu _ku3-babbar_ u3 s,i2-ba-su2 bi-la2-ni-ma | of his own free will silver and its interest he shall pay, and |
| 12 | u3 a-ma-ti2-ku-nu sze2-s,i2-a um-ma ne2-nu-ma | “And your words are favourable, thus we: |
| 13 | _e2_ a-wi-lim er-su2-u2 / ha-mu-usz-tam2 li-di2-nu | may a man’s house, an ersû-demon (and) a humuštam-disease give. |
| 14 | um-ma szu-nu-ma u2-la2 _ku3-babbar_-ma bi-la2-nim a-ta | thus they: “Ulala silver and Bilānum, why |
| 15 | a-ma-kam ma-la2-ka3 a-na-kam sza-zu-uz2-tum sza i-tur4-dingir | (Sum) What is it that is available to me? (Akk) What are you able to provide? What is the surplus of Itur-ilī? |
| 16 | is,-bu-tu3-ni-a-ti2-ma um-ma szu-nu-ma t,up-pu | they seized me, thus they: a tablet |
| 17 | sza i-tur4-dingir _e2_ en-um-a-szur a-na na-ab2-szi2-im | of Itur-il, the house of Enum-Assur, for the nabšīm |
| 18 | sza-ak-nu t,up-pi2 di2-na-ni-a-ti2 a-di2 am-ti2-ka3 | “Write me a tablet of case-tablets, as long as I live! |
| 19 | a-ba-ab2 ka3-ri-im la2 sze2-s,u2-e-em t,up-pi2 | Who can escape the slander of the tablet? |
| 20 | a-na e-na-ah-dingir u3 _dumu_ a-ta-ta nu-szi2-ir-ma | to Enaḫ-ilī and the son of Atata we have divorced, and |
| 21 | szi2-bi-ni isz-ku-ma t,up-pa2-am ni-ih-ri-im | He sat down and wrote a tablet on behalf of Nihrim. |
| 22 | ma-la2 _ku3-babbar_ i-li-bi i-tur4-dingir | as much silver as Ilībi Itur-ilum |
| 23 | ta-bu-ra-ni i-na-ah-dingir u2 en-um-a-szur | taburani, Inaḫ-ilī and Ennum-Assur |
| 24 | _dumu_ a-ta-ta i-sza-qu2-lu-ni-kum | son of Atāta, they shall satisfy you. |
| 25 | i-di2-ku-bu-um | Iddin-Kubum |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ a-szur-ma-lik _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 a-s,a-ba-tim i-za-az um-ma szu-ut-ma | son of Assur-mālik, the silver of the captives he shall stand, saying thus: |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2 dingir-ba-ni _dumu_ bur-a-szur ha-bu-li-a szu-ut il-qe2 | the silver of Ilī-bani son of Bur-Assur and Habuliya he took. |
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