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POAT 09 (P361122)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361122 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-562 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 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 | da-na-a / wa-ba-ar-tam2 | An, the young man, |
| 2 | im-hu-ur-ma _gir2_ | received, and a foot |
| 3 | u2-sze2-s,i2-ma um-ma da-na-a-ma | he brought out, thus Danaya: |
| 4 | a-na ma-na-na-ma | for a mina |
| 5 | a-na szi2-bu-tim u2-la2 asz2-ku-ka3 | (Sum) I am the one who eats the food of the temple (Akk) I eat the food for the temple |
| 6 | a-na a-i-tim t,up-pa2-am | To the father, the tablet |
| 7 | sza szi2-bu-ti-ka3 ta-di2-in | of your šibūtu, you have given. |
| 8 | um-ma ma-na-na-ma | Thus (says) Manana: |
| 9 | u2-la2 we-di2-a-ku / t,up-pa2-am | “If I did not write my tablet, |
| 10 | a-di2-in / a-wi-lum2 | the seller of that man |
| 11 | ka3-ra-am / ta-wi-ni-a | “Storm of Tawīnia, |
| 12 | im-hu-ur-ni-a-ti2-ma | received, and |
| 13 | ka3-ru-um i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma | the merchant gave to me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku u3 tap-pa2-i | I and my companion |
| 2 | t,up-pa2-am ni-di2-in | we will give a tablet. |
| 3 | um-ma ma-na-na-ma i-nu-mi3 | Thus (says) Manana: At that time |
| 4 | t,up-pa2-am / ba-ab2-dingir | Tablet of Bāb-dingir. |
| 5 | ni-di2-nu [a]-wa-tim | the seller of the words |
| 6 | sza a-na-ku / la2 i-de8-u2 | that I did not know, |
| 7 | szi2-ta u3 sza-la2-asz2 | šītu-disease and headache, |
| 8 | tap-pa2-i / u2-ha-si2-sa3-ni-ma | my companion shook me, and |
| 9 | u3 qa2-su2 u2-sza-szi2-szu-ma | and he made his hand tremble |
| 10 | a-wa-tim sza u2-ha-si2-sa2-ni-ni | the words that he has made clear to me, |
| 11 | nu-ra-de8 / um-ma da-na-a-ma | We will bring it to you, thus says Danaya. |
| 12 | a-na szi2-bu-tim | for the šibūtum |
| 13 | u2-la2 asz2-ku-ka um-ma | “I have sworn by you, thus |
| 14 | ma-na-na-ma / ki-na | “Who is he? True! |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na szi2-bu-tim / u2-la2 ta-asz2-ku-ni | You have not placed (them) in a šibūtum. |
| 2 | u3 i-nu-mi3 / t,up-pa2-am | and when the tablet |
| 3 | ni-di2-nu szi3-bu-tam4 / mi3-ma | We have given the šibūtam offerings, whatever |
| 4 | u2-la2 nu-di2 t,up-pu-um a-num | “If he does not know, the Anum tablet |
| 5 | sza / ba-ab2-dingir | belonging to Bāb-ilî, |
Sources & licences
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