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POAT 16 (P361129)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361129 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-571 |
| 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 | a-na a-mur-esz18-dar qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Amur-Ištar: |
| 2 | um-ma im-di2-dingir-ma | thus Imdi-ilum: |
| 3 | ta-sza-pa2-ra-am i-t,up-pi3-ka3 | You will write to me, and I will send it to you. |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma a-di2 x | Thus (says) Ata: until |
| 5 | isz-tu3 bu-ur-<usz>-ha-tim | from Bur-šḫatum |
| 6 | a-la-ka3-ni / a-szur-_sag10_ | his journey, Ashur-sag |
| 7 | a-na a-lim{ki} la ta-[t,a2]-ra-ad | to the city you shall not return. |
| 8 | a-la-kam-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ | I shall go, and 1 mina of silver |
| 9 | u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ isz-ti2 | and 2 minas together |
| 10 | a-hi eb-ri / a-be-a-lim | brother of Ebru, Abe-alim |
| 11 | e-ri-szu-um u3 a-na-ku a-da-szu-um | Erišum and I (am) Adasum |
| 12 | a-na-ku a-li-bi4-ka3 la2? la2-ma-nim | I am the one of the city ruler, the one who has no rival |
| 13 | ak-la2-szu um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I shall hold him, thus I |
| 14 | la isz-ta-na-ka3-ak a-di2 | he shall not make it until |
| 15 | i-la2-ka3-ni eq!-lu-um | he will weigh out. |
| 16 | lu-ka3-i-il5-szu / a-ta | Let me raise him up. Why? |
| 17 | ta-ra-ka3-ba-am | you will bring. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ti2-isz-mu-ur-na | to Tišmurna |
| 2 | um-ma a-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 3 | sza-ni-u2-tum _e2_ a-bi4-ni | another, the house of his father |
| 4 | i-ta-bu-lu u3 i-a-ti2 | they have raised, and I |
| 5 | ad-ma-ni mi3-na-am | What is his father's? |
| 6 | ha-bu-la-ku sza mi3-ma | “Ḫabulāku, of whatever |
| 7 | la ta-la2-qe2-u2 / a-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a | you shall not take. For silver |
| 8 | ta-asz2-ta-na-ka3-an | you will give to him. |
| 9 | u3 isz-tu3 u4-ri-im ku!-wa-ti2 | and from the days of Kuwati |
| 10 | lu ha-[bu]-la2-ku qa2-de8-e | I am a robber, I am an ecstatic. |
| 11 | a-he-e-ma u3 a-ta | each other and you |
| 12 | la ta-sza-hu-ut szu-ma-[mi3-in4] | do not be afraid of my name! |
| 13 | ki-ma a-na-kam ha-bu-lu | like a flood, |
| 14 | u3 a-ma-kam si2-ku-szu u2-ka3-il5 | and he will seal his sikû-garment |
| 15 | la-mi3-in4 tu3-sza-hi-id | you have smeared (them) with lamina oil. |
| 16 | um-ma-mi3-in4 a-ta-ma | “My mother, why did you(?) |
| 17 | la2!-qa2-i la2-szu! a-wa-at a-lim{ki} | the word of the city |
| left | ||
| 1 | la ti2-de2-e / sza eq-lim / i-na | You will not know that he is a slave. |
| 2 | eq-lim-ma i-la2-qe2 sza a-lim{ki} | he has received, and he will take. Of the city |
| 3 | i-na a-lim{ki}-ma i-la2-qe2 | in the city he shall take |
Sources & licences
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