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KTK 018 (P360870)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360870 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1517 |
| Collection | Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation |
| 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 a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku-ma a-na | Thus (says) Ašur-taklāku: to |
| 2 | ta-ri-sza u3 a-ma-ri-im qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Tariša and Amarim: |
| 3 | asz2-szu-um sza ma-ma-an ni-isz-ta-na-me-ma | Because of whom we constantly pray, |
| 4 | li-bi-ni / u2-sza-nu-u2-ma te2-s,e2-tum | “Let them come out, and the extispicy |
| 5 | i-ba-szi2-ma a-mi3-ir / u4-me-ni i-ma-i-du | There is a flood, his days are long. |
| 6 | a-na-ku a-na ma-ni-im / u3 a-ti2-i a-ma-nim | I to the land and the land |
| 7 | u4-ra-am / a-hi-um ma-ma-an / _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | In the future, no one will pay 1 shekel of silver. |
| 8 | i-da-ni-a-ti2-ma _e2_ a-bi-ni u2 e-t,e2-me | gave to me, and the house of our father and ghosts |
| 9 | u2-ka3-al mi3-nam / szi2-la2-tam2 a-na ku-a-ti2 | he will hold. What is the life for you? |
| 10 | [...]-i | ...-i |
| 11 | [...] u2-di2-i-ma | ... I did not know |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-ni-a-ti2 ma-la2 | ... ... many ... |
| 2' | u4-me-szu-nu / _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na e2_ a-bi4-ni | At that time, silver, 10 minas, the house of our father |
| 3' | e-li-i-ma / la2 ni-ba-asz2 / u3 ba-asz2-tum | Above “It is not enough, it is too much! |
| 4' | u3 szu-mu-um / i-a-ti2 / u4-ma-am qa2-ti2-ma | and my name, the day of my hand |
| 5' | tap-pa2-e-ni u3 ne2-nu / hu-bu-ul a-bi4-ni | His companion and companion, the evil of his father, |
| 6' | nu-sza-ba-ma ba-asz2-tum / ku-a-ti2 u3 i-a-ti2 | “We will not be able to raise a claim concerning my property or my property. |
| 7' | mi3-szu-um ki-a-ma li-bi-ki | What is your heart like? |
| 8' | isz-ni-ma / qu2-la2-li / te2-pu-szi2-ni | They heard me, they performed a lament. |
| 9' | a-na _gin2 ku3-babbar_ / ar-ta-a-ma _e2_ a-bi4-ni | for a shekel of silver I have paid, and the house of our father |
| 10' | ku-a-ti2 u2 a-hi-a / la2 ar-ta-am | “(If) he does not take care of the kūti and the dependents, |
| 11' | a-szur3 il5-ki u3 a-bi4-ni li-t,u-la2 | May Assur, your ilku-priest, and his father live. |
| 12' | mi3-ma a-wa-tum sza la2 i-nam i-na | whatever word there is that cannot be in |
| 13' | li-bi-a / la2 i-ba-szi2 u2 i-na ke-ni | (Sum) There is no ... (Akk) There are no .... |
| 14' | sza ka3-ul / ur-ka3-at _e2_ a-bi4-ni | of the gate of the rear of the house of our father |
| 15' | lu a-ma-li-ku-ni | may I see you! |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2 lu e-pu-szu-ni a-na [...] | or they did, to |
| 2 | a-na-ku ra-mi3-ni-a la2 a-na# [...] | I, my love, do not ... to ... |
| 3 | _la2#_-ma li-bi4-ki la2 sza#? [...] | the deficit and your debts, the deficit of |
| 4 | a-di2 a-szur3 u3 _dingir_ a-bi#-[ni ...] | as far as Assur and the gods, our fathers, ... |
| 5 | i-sza-ku-nu-ma a-di2 sza x [...] | they will place, and until ... |
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