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AKT 3, 098 (P360707)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AKT 3, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360707 |
| 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 | a-na szu-be-lim i-ku-pi3-a | to Šubēlim he poured out. |
| 2 | en-nam-a-szur3 u3 ka3-la2-lu-a | Ennam-Assur and Kalalua |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma a-mur-a-szur3-ma | Thus says Amur-Assur: |
| 4 | a-na ka3-la2-lu-a qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Kalalua: |
| 5 | ni-isz a-lim / ta-am-a-ni-ma | You are adjured by the important one. |
| 6 | a-na mi3-ma i-di2-a-szur3 e-zi-bu | to whatever Iddin-Assur left, |
| 7 | lu i-na a-lim / lu i-na eq-lim | Be it in a city, be it in an estate, |
| 8 | e-zi-bu u2-la2 ta-tu3-ar | Disregard that you have changed or altered the proceedings. |
| 9 | a-ta ta-li-ik-ma | you went, and |
| 10 | t,up-pi2-a u3 t,up-pi2 / sza a-bi4 | My tablet and the tablet of my father |
| 11 | e-zi-ba-ni ba-lu-um | [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead of the pig |
| 12 | sza ki-<ma> i-a-ti2 / ta-ap2-te2-ma | that like me you opened, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na sza-al-sza-tim | to the king |
| 2 | ta-ta-na-am-ga-ar | you will constantly look after. |
| 3 | u3 sza-ap2-ra-tim / ta-ta-na-di2 | and the šaprātu-offerings you will keep coming back. |
| 4 | mi3-nam i-s,e2-ri-a / ti2-szu | What is his life in the open country? |
| 5 | e ta-aq-bi4 sza-zu-uz-tu3 | “Ha! You spoke šazūztu-disease, |
| 6 | a-na-ku na-ru-a-um / ku-a-um | I am the stela, the kūʾa. |
| 7 | i-na ba!-tim / la2-pi2-it-ma | in the city he was seized, and |
| 8 | ma sza-zu-uz-tam2 ta-za-az | “You stand in the šazūztam, |
| 9 | a-na me-tim ta-asz2-ta-<ak>-na-ni-ma | to water you have placed, and |
| 10 | u3 szu-mi3 / la ta-<zu>-ku-<ur> ap2-li la2 i-szu | And do not forget my name, he does not have a brother. |
| 11 | [a]-ta / ta-be2-la2-ni / a-na | Why did you take me away? |
| 12 | sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 qi2-bi-ma | that like me, speak! |
| 13 | t,up-pi2-a et,-ra-szu a-ma-kam | My tablet is written and checked. |
| 14 | lu a-a-kam-[ma] _ku3-babbar_ il-qe2 | or a stranger, the silver he took |
| left | ||
| 1 | lu t,up-pi3 a-na sza-pa2-ar-tim | or a tablet for sending |
| 2 | i-di2 lu am-tam2 a-na ma-ma-an | “How much longer will it be to anyone? |
| 3 | i-di2 u2-ru-ub a-wi-tim szi2-a-ti2 | the wages of that man’s house |
| 4 | te2-er-ta-ku-nu li-li-kam | May your return to me come. |
Sources & licences
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