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KTK 021 (P360873)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTK 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P360873 |
| Museum no. | GMII 1549 |
| 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 i-di2-a-bi-im | to Idi-abīm |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma i-di2-da-gan2-ma | Thus Iddagān: |
| 3 | a-na-kam na-asz2-pe3-er-ta-szu | Why does he write to me? |
| 4 | sza {d}utu-tap-pa2-i | of Šamaš-tappā, |
| 5 | ub-la2-ni ne2-esz-ta-mi3-ma | he brought, and |
| 6 | a-ma-la2 na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2-ka3 | Amala of the message, |
| 7 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _uruda_ | Thus I: copper |
| 8 | bi4-lam um-ma szu-ut-ma | “It is a lamb, it is that |
| 9 | ma-num a-na | Anum to |
| 10 | sza tu3-si2-ri-ni | of Tusirini |
| 11 | e#-lum2 isz3-ti2-a | Important one, in my lifetime |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na na-as,-bu-tim | for the naṣbūtum |
| 2 | i-za-az / a-ta | he will stand. |
| 3 | ma-la2-ka3 a-ma-kam {d}utu-tap-pa2-i | “Alas, my mother, Šamaš-tappā, |
| 4 | sza-i-il5 a-szu-mi3 _uruda_ sza szi2-bi4-a | ša-īl₅ of the Ašumean, copper of the prebend |
| 5 | sza ta-asz2-ta-na-pa2-ra-ni | that you constantly send to me, |
| 6 | um-ma a-ta-ma ma-la2 | Thus (says) Atāma: how much? |
| 7 | _uruda sag10_ u2 la2-mu-nam | red copper and grass, |
| 8 | i-ba-szi2-u2 ti2-ir-ta-ka3 | there is a river. |
| 9 | li-li-kam _uruda_ la2-mu-num | may he come! The copper of Lamunum |
| 10 | i-ba-szi2 a-na _sag10_ | there is for buying |
| 11 | u2-qa2-a szu-ma ma-la2 | “He is the one who ... |
| 12 | i-za-ku-u2 ti2-ir-ti2 i-la2-kam | he will clear (it) and pay the tribute. |
| left | ||
| 1 | [x] x sza ba-at-qa2 | ... of the bātqa-festival |
| 2 | lu-qu2-ta-am na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2 | the luqutām-offering of the message, |
| 3 | la2 tu3-ka3-al | do not hold back! |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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