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JCS 14, 016, 11 (P361053)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 14, 016, 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361053 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1933-1048 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| 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-na-a / qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Inaya |
| 2 | um-ma puzur4-i3-li2-ma | Thus Puzur-ilī: |
| 3 | a-na szu-mi3 / pi2-la2-ah-a-szur | to the name of Pilah-Assur |
| 4 | _dumu_ ka3-sa2-sa2 / a-na-ku | son of Kasasa, I |
| 5 | u3 i-ku-pi2-a ne2-ru-ub-ma | and Ikupia we entered, and |
| 6 | _uruda sag10_ / ha-bu-ra-ta-i-a-am | red copper of Haburratayam |
| 7 | u3-ka3-li-im-ni-a-ti2-ma | he made complete for me, and |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / a-na s,e2-er | Thus (says) I: to the flock |
| 9 | isz-tu3 6(disz) sza-na-tim / szi2-im | After 6 months he will pay. |
| 10 | _tug2 hi-a_ / tu3-ka3-lu / u2 u2-ma-am | garments, tukallu-garments, udug-plant |
| 11 | sza 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta_ u2 1(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | of 1/2 shekel and 1 mina each |
| 12 | la2 u2-bu-lu _uruda_ ta-da2-nam | you will give the copper. |
| 13 | a-wi-lam / i-na a-wa-tim | a man by a word |
| 14 | u3-sza-am-ri-is,-ma um#-ma szu-ut-ma | he sent out, thus he: |
| 15 | a-ma / i-tur4-dingir / u2 i-ku-pi2-a | “Woe, Itur-dingir, and Ikupia! |
| 16 | lu i-di2-u2 1/3(disz) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ | or a third of a mina of silver |
| 17 | szi2-im / s,u2-ba-ti2-szu | the price of his rations |
| 18 | a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_ / lu-sze2-bi-il5-szu-um | for 1 month let me send him. |
| 19 | szu-ma / la2 usz-te2-bi-il5-szu-um | If he does not bring it to him, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | s,i2-ib-tam2 / lu-s,i2-ib | (Sum) I want to pacify the heart of the land (Akk) Let me calm the heart |
| 2 | a-di2 a-ni-a-tim / a-wi-lam | as far as the lands, the man |
| 3 | a-na ba-ab2 _dingir / la2_ usz-te2-ri-id# | to the gate of the god he shall not return. |
| 4 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / i-na ba-ab2 | Thus (says) I: in Baʾu |
| 5 | _dingir ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ e u2-sza-pi2-li | the god silver, 1 shekel above he has inflated |
| 6 | a-na 4(disz) _tug2!_ / ti2-i-ir-ti2-ka3 | for 4 tirtu-garments |
| 7 | a-na ku-bu-ur-na-at | to Kuburnat |
| 8 | e-ti2-ti2-iq / szu-ma / a-wi-lam | “If a man’s |
| 9 | a-na ba-ab2-dingir sze2-ru-du-um | To Bāb-ilum, the šerūḫum priest |
| 10 | i-ba-szi2 / a-bi a-ta / la2-ma | “If there is a father, if there is no father, |
| 11 | i-na ku-bu-ur-na-at | in Kūburnat |
| 12 | us,-a-ni / i-na pa2-ni-u2-ti2-ma | he led away, before me |
| 13 | ti2-i-ir-ta-ka3 / li-li-kam# | May your life be long! |
| 14 | a-na ma-la2 ti2-i-ir-ti2-ka3 | for as much as your share |
| 15 | le-pu-usz 3(u) _ma-na uruda_ | 30 minas of copper |
| 16 | _sag10_ ti2-isz-mu-ur-na-i-a-am | of Tišmurnayam |
| 17 | ku#-nu#-ki#-a / i-na _uruda_ | with copper |
| 18 | sza bu-ur-qa2-num | of Burqānum |
| 19 | e-zi-ba-ni / szu-esz18-dar-ma | Ezibani, Shu-Ištar, |
| left | ||
| 1 | na-asz2-a-ku-um / _uruda_-u2 / sza-du-u2 | “I am the one who carries the copper and the šadû-silver, |
| 2 | szi2-ti2 / _uruda_-ka3 / u2-ka3-an-ma / a-li-ku | the day of your copper he shall hold, and the way |
| 3 | i-ba-szi2 isz3-ti2-szu-nu u2-sze2-ba-la2-ku-um | there is, he will bring it with them. |
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