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OIP 027, 57 & 61 (P360780)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | OIP 027, 57 & 61 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360780 |
| Museum no. | OIM A00094 & OIM A06009 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 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 | bu-za-zu il5-we-da-ku | Your būzu-vessels are carried. |
| 2 | isz-a-al um-ma bu-za-zu-ma | he asked, thus Buzazu: |
| 3 | ti2-ma-li-ma _igi_ 3(disz)-isz-ti2 | Timalima before the 3rd |
| 4 | ta-asz2-e-li-ma u2 a-pu-ul-ka3 | you will raise up, and I will feed you. |
| 5 | la2 li-bi _dingir_-ma puzur4-a-szur3 | without a god and Puzur-Assur |
| 6 | tap-pa2-a _e2_ a-bi4-ni me-et a-na-ku | the servant of our father’s house, am I. |
| 7 | i-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na wa-asz2-ba-ku | (Sum) I am the one who sits on the throne (Akk) I sit on her shoulder |
| 8 | um-me-a-nu u3 _dam-gar3_-ru puzur4-a-szur3 | the farmers and merchants of Puzur-Assur |
| 9 | a-na _e2_ puzur4-a-<szur3> e-ru-bu-ma | to the house of Puzur-Assur entered, and |
| 10 | ma-s,a-ar-tam2 sza puzur4-a-szur3 | Guards of Puzur-Assur, |
| 11 | ip-te2-u2-ma lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _ku3-ki_ | opened, and either silver or gold |
| 12 | lu t,up-pe2 ta-ma-la2-ki szi2-ta | You will bring this tablet with you. |
| 13 | i-le-en6 sza _uruda_ mi3-ma a-nim | he shall weigh out. Of copper, whatever |
| 14 | a-na i-na-su2-en6 _dumu_ i3-li2-a-lim | to Inasuen, son of Ilī-alim |
| 15 | ip-qi2-du a-na-ku isz-tu3 | he has appointed, I from |
| 16 | wa-ah-szu-sza-na a-li-kam-ma | “I will go and |
| 17 | i-na-su2-en6 as,-ba-at-[ma] | he shall replace. I seized and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _ku3-ki_ lu t,up-pi3 | either silver or gold or a tablet |
| 2 | ta-ma-la2-ki szi2-ta i-le-en6 | “You will bring (them) to me, and he will know (how) to interpret it. |
| 3 | sza _uruda_ sza um-me-a-nu u3 | of copper belonging to Ummanu and |
| 4 | _dam-gar3_-ru puzur4-a-szur3 | merchant of Puzur-Assur, |
| 5 | ip-qi2-du-szu-ni-ma i-a-ti2 | he appointed him, and I |
| 6 | u2-szi2-ra-ni lu _ku3-babbar_ lu _ku3-ki_ | whether silver or gold |
| 7 | a-na s,i2-it puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 8 | sza sza-qu2-lim u2-sza-qi2-il5-ma szi2-ti2 | (Sum) He raised up the šaqūl-demon (Akk) I raised up that which is high, and my life |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ a-na a-szur3-{d}utu-szi ip-qi2-id-ma | he gave the silver to Assur-šamaš, and |
| 10 | i-na _ku3-babbar_ ki-ma _dam-gar3_ qa2-ti2 | with silver like a merchant the hand |
| 11 | asz2-ku-un-ma _e2_ a-bi4-a szi2-mu-um | I placed, and the house of my father a fate |
| 12 | i-sze2-i-ma i-na ba-ab2 a-bu-lim | he took, and in the mouth of the Abum |
| 13 | sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 i-lu-qu2-tim qa2-su2-nu | (Sum) They are the ones whose hands are like the eyes of the gods (Akk) They who are their hands like the eye of the goddesses |
| 14 | isz-ku-nu / ki-ma me-er-u2 puzur4-a-szur3 | they set up. Like the foot of Puzur-Assur, |
| 15 | u3 _dumu-munus_ puzur4-a-szur3 | and the daughter of Puzur-Assur |
| 16 | _maszkim?_ e-hu-zu-ni-ni-ma | the responsible official came to us, and |
| 17 | a-na szi2-a-ti2 sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 | to the woman who like me |
| 18 | a-zu-ma-na asz2-pu-ur-ma | my physician I wrote, and |
| 19 | lu-qu2-tam2 a-na ku-lu-ma-a | “Luqutam, to the kilūmâ |
| left | ||
| 1 | ip-qi2-du lu-qu2-tum isz-tu3 _e2-gal_-lim | he entrusted the luqutu from the palace |
| 2 | ur-da-ma szi2-ip-ru sza a-lim{ki} u2 li-mu | Urdama, the messenger of the city and the eponymy of |
| 3 | _an-na_ a-na hu-bu-ul puzur4-a-szur3 | the tin for the debt of Puzur-Assur |
| 4 | sza a-na puzur2-a-szur3 ha-bu-lu a-na _e2_ ka3-ri-im | who to Puzur-Assur, the robber, to the granary |
Sources & licences
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