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KTH 14 (P361004)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | KTH 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361004 |
| Museum no. | SFH — |
| Collection | Sammlung Frida Hahn, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 Hananarīm |
| 2 | i-tur4-dingir / u3 puzur4-a-szur3 | Itur-ilum and Puzur-Assur, |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma szu-esz18-dar-ma | Speak, thus Šū-Ishtar: |
| 4 | a-na-kam 1(u) li-me-e _uruda gal_ si2-ki-tim | thus 10 thousand large copper nails |
| 5 | iq-bi-am / _uruda_ iq-bi-am u2-la2 | he spoke, copper he said he stretched out. |
| 6 | u2-sze2-pi2-am um-ma szu-ut-ma ra-di2-e | He wrote to me, thus: “That is the rādî |
| 7 | u3 s,u2-ha-ar-ka3 / _uruda_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ | and the ṣuharka-tax of copper for silver |
| 8 | u3 _ku3-sig17_ / li-di2-nu-ma | and gold may they give, and |
| 9 | u3 lu-ub-lu-nim-ma / a-na-kam | And let me bring ... |
| 10 | a-da-na-kum _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-sig17_ | I will give you silver and gold. |
| 11 | ra-di2-szu / u3 s,u2-ha-ri / e-pu-szu-ma | “I built his wall and the ṣuḫaru-wall, and |
| 12 | i-na s,i2-li-a-ni-szu ra-di2-um | in his ṣillianīšu the mayor |
| 13 | ik-nu-uk-szu-ma is-kam is,-ba-at-ma | he sealed it and took it away, and |
| 14 | a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na / a-s,e2-er | to her side I will go out. |
| 15 | _gal_ si2-ki-tim / u2-ba-la2-szu | the chief of the wool he shall carry off. |
| 16 | i-na ha-ra-nim / isz-pu-ru-ma | he wrote in the harānum, and |
| 17 | _ku3-babbar_ usz-te2-li u2 s,i2-li-a-ni | the silver he weighed out and the ṣillanu-plant |
| 18 | ra-qu2-tim / sza-ha-ra-na-a-ma | “Fearsome one, šaḫaranāma |
| 19 | a-s,e2-er / _gal_ si2-ki-tim | the great aṣer of the wool |
| 20 | a-sze2-lu-im / i-zi-iz-ma | “Ašēlūm stood, and |
| 21 | a-na-kam / ka3-ru-um | “Anā-kam, the kurum-official, |
| 22 | ip-nu-a-ma um-ma ka3-ru-ma | opened, thus said Karu: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | s,i2-li-a-ni-szu / s,i2-li-a-ni-szu-ma | “Ṣillī-ane-šu’ṣ, Ṣelli-ana-szûma, |
| 2 | e-t,e2-er-szu / sza-ha-ra-na | “I have sent his messenger, |
| 3 | as-li-ma s,i2-li-a-ni | “Come, my friend, |
| 4 | a-s,e2-er _gal_ <si2>-ki-tim | the great aṣer of Siktim |
| 5 | u2-la2 usz-te2-li a-na _e2_ be-ti2-a | or to the house of my lord |
| 6 | usz-te2-ri-ib-szu-nu um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I made them enter, thus I: |
| 7 | a-li-ik s,u2-ha-ri sza isz-ti2-ka3 | I will go to the ṣuḫaru-festival with you. |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ isz-u2-mu ru-a-ma | the silver he received, and |
| 9 | zu-ku-a / szu-ma-me-en / s,i2-li-a-ni | (Sum) I am the one of the šukû drum, I am his singer (Akk) You are the one who sings, you are his singer |
| 10 | ra-qu2-tim / a-s,e2-er _gal_ si2-ki-tim | the raqûtu-demon, the great asher of the wool, |
| 11 | u2-sze2-li lu i-na pu-ru-usz-ha-tim | he removed, or with a scepter |
| 12 | lu a-na-kam a-na qa2-qa2-da-ti2-ni | “Let it be to our qaqadātinu! |
| 13 | ni-ip-la2-ah!-me-en | I am a lion |
| 14 | la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-me-a ki-ma | Do not be afraid, like |
| 15 | a-wi-lu-um na-ba-al-ka3-tim | Awilûm, the nabalkātum |
| 16 | ma-al-u2 / ki-am i-da-an | “If he will give (him) back to me, |
| 17 | ki-am e-t,e2-er _ku3-babbar la2_ sze2-pu-am | he has paid, the silver is paid in full. |
| 18 | 2(disz) li-im _uruda_ e-ri-szi2-ma | 2 thousand copper to her, and |
| 19 | a-di2-szu-um / a-na-kam a-hu-qar | “At that time, I did not ... |
| 20 | szi2-ip-ru-um sza-bu-u2 | the šiprānum-offering, |
| 21 | a-ba-u2-a be-lu-u2-a | My father, my lord |
| 22 | a-tu3-nu _ku3-babbar_ la2-qa2-ta | Atunu, the silver is acquired |
| 23 | ka3-ra-am mu-uh3-ra-ma | received, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ lu-sze2-ru-ni-ma e-ri-isz-ti2 a-wi-lim | the silver let me bring, and the wife of a man |
| 2 | la2 a-ka3-la2-ma a-na a-wa-tim la2 i-tu3-ar | He shall not eat, and he shall not return to the matter. |
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