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POAT 20 (P361133)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | POAT 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361133 |
| Museum no. | UM L-29-575 |
| 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 | um-ma in-bi-esz18-dar-ma | Inbi-ištar speaks thus: |
| 2 | a-na s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur | to Ṣilli-Adad |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma asz2-pu-ra-am | Speak! I have written to you. |
| 4 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 5 | szi2-be2-e sza a-szur3-ma-lik | the šībê-offerings of Assur-malik, |
| 6 | hi-ri-im-ma / a-na | “(If) it is a garden |
| 7 | 1(u) u4-me-e / a-wa-tum | 10 days |
| 8 | li-tu3-ra-am u4-me-[e] | may it return to its place forever. |
| 9 | a-na s,u2!-ha-ri asz2-ku-un! | I deposited (it) in the ṣuharu-vessel. |
| 10 | a-ta / a-di2 u4-mi3-im [a-nim] | From the water until the day |
| 11 | ta-ak-ta-la2-szu-[nu] | you have bound them |
| 12 | i-na {d}utu-szi na-as2-par2#-[ti2] | by Utu the message |
| 13 | ta-sza-me-u2 s,u2-ha-ri | You hear the ṣuḫaru prayer |
| 14 | ma-la2 a-ma-kam | “Ala’amakam, |
| 15 | wa-asz2-bu-ni t,u3-ur-[da-szu-nu] | who establishes their tithe |
| 16 | a sza [...] | water of |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi3-nam a-ma-kam | What is it that I have done? |
| 2 | wa-asz2-bu u3 a-ta | who dwells and from where |
| 3 | la2 s,u2-ba-ti2 / ti2-szu u2-la2 | (Sum) The ṣubātu-demon takes away his life (Akk) His life is diminished |
| 4 | sza-ap2-tam2 / ti2-szu / a-di2 1(u) u4-me-[e] | the šaptam-tax of his life for 10 days |
| 5 | ra-ma-ka3 za-ki-ma | “It is yours, be cleared away! |
| 6 | al-kam-ma a-na ni-na-sza-a | Come and to Nineveh |
| 7 | a-lik / ma-ma-an / la-szu | There is no one to go. |
| 8 | sza _an-na_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | of lead, 10 minas |
| 9 | u3 _tug2 hi-a_ 1(u) / usz-ti2-bu-[lu] | and textiles, 10 / usztibulu |
| 10 | ba-ab2-tam2 1(disz) _gin2 la2_ te2-zi-ib-[na] | ... 1 shekel deficit of Tezibna |
| 11 | la2 ta-qa2-bi4 um-ma a-ta-ma | You did not say thus: "Why? |
| 12 | ba-ab2-tam2 / e-zi-ba-am | “Disregard that I have jumbled the oracle query. |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ i-na ba-ab2-tim i-a-tim | the silver at the exchange rates |
| 14 | sza ta-la2-qe2-u2 a-ha-ma | that you took each other |
| 15 | i-na ku-nu-ki-szu li-ib-szi2 | with his seal he shall live. |
| 16 | a-wa-tum8 sza isz-tu3 | the word which from |
| 17 | a-lim{ki} i-ma-qu2-tam2 | the city Imaqutam |
| 18 | u2 na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 | and a message |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza a-bi4-ni pa2-ni-tam2-ma szu-up-ra-am | Send me a copy of what our father wrote us. |
Sources & licences
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