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POAT 12 (P361125)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361125 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-566 |
| 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 | i-na 1(u) 2(disz)! 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | from 12 1/2 minas of silver |
| 2 | sza 2(disz) t,up-pe2-e | of 2 tablets |
| 3 | sza e-di2-na-a u3 | of Edina and |
| 4 | ku-ra-ra a-na a-la2-hi-im | “Kurara to Alaḫum |
| 5 | u3 a-szur3-na-da ha-bu-lu-ni | and Assur-nada, his brother, |
| 6 | 3(disz) _ma-na gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 3 minas of silver |
| 7 | s,a-ru-pa2-am e-di2-na-a-a | the ṣarupam of Edinaya |
| 8 | isz-tu3 ha-mu-usz-tim | from Ḫamuštum |
| 9 | sza szu-ku-bi4-im u2 zu-pa2 | of šukūbum-plant and zupa-plant |
| 10 | a-na 7(disz) ha-am-sza-tim | for 7 hamšātum-containers |
| 11 | i-sza-qal-ma t,up-pa2-am | He will weigh it out and write a tablet. |
| 12 | sza ku-nu-ki-ni | of Kunukini, |
| 13 | ni-da-szu-um | Nidašum |
| 14 | sza mi3-isz-li-szu | of his wife |
| 15 | [u]-sza-bi4-u2-ni-a-ti2-ma | he sent to me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# sza ku-ra-ra | to Kurara |
| 2 | ku#-ra-ra ni-sze2-e-u2! | The kūru priestess, the nišeu priest |
| 3 | szu-ma la2 isz-qu2-ul | If he does not pay, |
| 4 | t,up-pu-um a-num | Tablet of Anum |
| 5 | i-mu-at-ma | he saw, and |
| 6 | 6(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_ | 6 minas 15 shekels |
| 7 | e-di2-na-a i-sza-qal | he will weigh out the debts. |
| 8 | u3 ku-ra-ra a-qa2-ti2-szu | and kurāru, his offerings |
| 9 | ni-sze2-e [i]-na qa2-[qa2]-ad | the people in the middle |
| 10 | szal2-mi3-szu-nu | their totality |
| 11 | ra-ak-su2 szi2-ti2 | a curse of life |
| 12 | [_ku3-babbar?_]-ma? ni-sze2-e-szu-nu | silver for their nishes |
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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