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KTK 020 (P360872)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360872 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1544 |
| 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 | a-na ha-na#-na-ri-im | to Hananarim |
| 2 | i-tur4-dingir u3 a-szur3-ma-lik | Itur-ilum and Assur-malik |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma szu-esz18-dar-ma | Speak, thus Šu-Ishtar: |
| 4 | a-ba-u2-a be-lu-u2-a a-tu3-nu | My father, my lord, what have you done? |
| 5 | a-na u4!-um e-t,a2-ri-im | in the future |
| 6 | i-na pa2-ni-ti2-ma i-nu-mi3 | before me, when |
| 7 | t,up-pa-am sza ka3-ri-im asz2-me-u2 | I have heard the tablet of the karû-offering. |
| 8 | a-na a-lu-la2-a _dumu_ szi2-ip-ri-im | to Alulā son of Šiprium |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma ba-a-am | Thus (says) I: |
| 10 | lu ni-iz-ku sza-ab2-t,a2-ku | May I be a nīzku-priestess, |
| 11 | [u2?] t,up-pi3 a-lu-la2-a sza szi2-bi4-ni | and a tablet of Alulāya concerning the payment |
| 12 | u2-ka3-al it-be-ma a-na | he will hold, and to |
| 13 | sza-la2-ti2-wa-ar i-ta-la2-ak | Šalāti-war went, |
| 14 | a-di2 u4-mi3-im a-ni-im wa-sza-ab | as long as he lives he shall reside. |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_-mi3-in a-li-bi-ni-ma | my silver, to our city |
| 16 | sza? ir-szu?-u2? u2 a-tu3-nu | that he/they(?) had established(?) and who(?) I did not |
| 17 | ti2-ir-ta-ku-nu i-li-kam | Your friendship is with me. |
| 18 | zu#-ku-ma u2 al-kam | Zukû, come, and eat! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-bi a-di2 u4-mi3-im# | to father, as long as |
| 2 | [a]-ni-im szu?-li?-a-ni [x x] | this ... ... |
| 3 | t,up-pa2-am sza# ka3#-ri-im# | Tablet of the kalû-offering. |
| 4 | [ub]-lu-nim um#-ma# a-na-ku-ma | he brought me, thus I: |
| 5 | [a]-la2#-ak [wa]-ar#-ki-ta-ma | I will go, I will smite, and |
| 6 | [a]-na# _gal_ si2#-mi3#-il5#-ti2-im e-li-ma | to the great similtum he went up and |
| 7 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma szi2-bu-tam4 | Thus (says) “I, the šibūtam-official: |
| 8 | isz-pu-ru-nim a-ta-la2-ak | sent to me, I went |
| 9 | i-na qa2-tim e-ri-tim | in the middle of the steppe |
| 10 | a-la2-ak wa-ar-ki-ti2 a-la2-ni | “I will go, after I go, |
| 11 | sza ta-di2-na-ni ra-bi4-s,a-am | that you gave me, the great one, |
| 12 | di2-in#-ma a-hi lu-sza-di2-in | Judge, and I will make my brother submit. |
| 13 | u2 szu#-ut-ma a-li-ik | and that one I went. |
| 14 | wa-ar-ki-ta-ma a-wa-tam2 | afterwards the word |
| 15 | asz2-ti2-me um-ma szu-ut-ma a-di2-i | Thus (says) he: "Until |
| 16 | isz-tu3 ka3-ni-isz i-tu3-ra-ni | after he has returned, |
| 17 | kam li-me-ra la2 a-pa2-tam2 | “The mouth of the līma-demon is not open— |
| 18 | me-eh-ra#-tim sza-ma-tim | first-fruits of the year |
| 19 | sza ru?-[x]-tu3-szu-ni | of his/her ... |
| 20 | [x x]-tam2 x x x x | ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | li-mu-ru-ma nu-ta-ir? u4?-ma-am | May they see, and the storm(?) will not return. |
| 2 | ap2-la2-kum?-ma | I shall hold you, and |
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