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AfO 31, 015ff (P361250)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 31, 015ff |
|---|---|
| ID | P361250 |
| Museum no. | Adana 237 B |
| Collection | Adana Museum, Adana, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 um-mi3-a-ni / a-szur-{d}utu-szi / a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 | To his mother, Assur-šamašshi, assur-imitti |
| 2 | en-na-ma-nim / pu-zu-ta-a / u3 <sza> ki-ma | <How long will he be in prison?> |
| 3 | i-a-ti2 a-na a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 / qi2-bi-ma / um-ma | Say to Assur-imitti: thus says |
| 4 | hu-ra-s,a-num-ma / ma-num / _ku3-babbar_ na-pu-am | Ḫuraṣānum / a thousand (shekels of) refined silver |
| 5 | i-na a-lim{ki} a-szur i-sze2-a-ni / u2-ul / ma-num | In the city Assur he will not be able to raise a claim. |
| 6 | sza i-ka3-ni-isz / _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am a-na-ru-qi2-a | that he sealed, the silver of the ṣarupam of the anaruqīya, |
| 7 | i-di2-na-ni / a-ta / i-na x-x ka3-ni-isz{ki} | he gave to him, why in ... Kaniš? |
| 8 | 3(asz) _gu2 an-na_ 2(u) _tug2 hi-a_ u3 5(disz)? _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 3 talents of tin, 20 layers and 5 minas of silver |
| 9 | ta-di2-na-ma 1(u) 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar#_ t,up-<pa2>-ka3 / ta-al-pu-ut | you gave, and 12 minas of silver you will weigh out on your tablet. |
| 10 | u2 szal2-mah / ma-la2 / _ku3-babbar_ / i-di2-na-ni / li-bu-szu | and šalmaḫ-plant, as much as silver he gave to him |
| 11 | i-de8 / u2 ma-num / i-li-pi3-tim / sza a-szur | he knows, a lot of plants, Ilī-pîtum of Assur. |
| 12 | i-di3-na-ni / a-na lu-qu2-ut 6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | gave to him for the slaughtering of 6 minas of silver |
| 13 | sza i3-li2-a-num / i-di2-na-ni 3(disz) _ma-na ku3-ki_ | that Ilī-anu gave to him, 3 minas of silver |
| 14 | al-pu-su2 / a-ba-u2-a be-lu-a / a-tu3-nu a-di2-ni | My father, my lord, where are you coming from? |
| 15 | sza na-ri-im / si2-ip-ha-tim / la am-szi2 a-tu3-nu | (Sum) I am the one who does not know the scribal art (Akk) I do not know what the nārīm and sipḫtu-arts are |
| 16 | ur-ki-ti2 / ta-ah!-i-da-ma / ta-asz2-tap-ra-ni / i-lu-um | (Sum) You are the hero, you are the one who smite(?) the enemy (Akk) You have been smitten, you have written to me (about) the god |
| 17 | lu i-de8 / a-pu-uh3 / li-bi4-im / ta-da-nim | “May he know, the apuḫ-demon is the libīm-disease that you have given me! |
| 18 | i-pi3-im / u3 li-sza-nim ta-li-ka3-ma | “Ipim and Lišanum you came, and |
| 19 | sza a-na _dingir_ / la2 dam-qa2-ni / ta-asz2-tap-ra-nim u3 a-lam5<<LAM>> | that to a good god you sent to me, and the statue |
| 20 | la ta-ma-ha-ra / u2-la2 tu3-sza-ha-za-ni / szal-mah | Do not be afraid, or you will not be frightened. |
| 21 | sza isz-tu3 _ku3-babbar_ / i-di2-na-ni / li-si2-ma | that from the silver he gave may he weigh out, and |
| 22 | _ku3-babbar_ / u2 s,i2-ba-su2 li-il5-qe2 / u3 a-ta | the silver and its interest may he take, and from |
| 23 | 3(asz) _gu2 an-na_ 2(u) _tug2 hi-a_ 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 | 3 talents of tin, 20 layers of wool, 5 minas of apka-silver |
| 24 | sza i-na ka3-ni-isz{ki} / ta-di2-na-ni | which in Kaniš you gave me, |
| 25 | te2-er-ta-ka3 a-na sza ki-na / ku-a-ti2 | Your rejoicing to the one who trusts in you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-li-kam-ma / la-asz2-<qu2>-ul u2 t,up-pi3 | Let him come and let me eat the tablet. |
| 2 | <a>-sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 di2-in / u2 szu-ma | <Ištar, like me, judge?” |
| 3 | a-na-kam / la2-qa2-am / la2 ta-mu-a / szi2-si2-ma | Why is he taken? Does he not listen? |
| 4 | isz-ti2 sza ki-ma / i-a-ti2 u2 _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 | with that which like me and the silver of yours |
| 5 | lu-sze2-bi4-la2-kum / u2 ma-ma-an / sza i-na a-lim | I will send to you, and nobody in the city |
| 6 | a-szur i-sze2-a-ni-<ni> / li-si2-ma _ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ba-su2 | may Assur hear him, and silver and ṣibasu-plant |
| 7 | li-il5-qe2 ma-ma-an / la2 i-ba-ki | No one should take it. |
| 8 | ma-ma-an la2 e-lu / u3 a-ni-u2-tim / i-ka3-ni-isz-ki3 | No one shall raise a claim against you. |
| 9 | sza a-na-ku u2-la2-pi3-tu3 / t,up-pi2-ku-nu i-ka3-ni-isz3 | (Sum) I will hold your tablet. (Akk) The one who holds your tablet, he will hold it. |
| 10 | i-ba-szi2-u2 / a-na-kam u2-ba-a-szu-nu / u2 i3-li2-<a>-lum2 | “There is, what is it that they will bring to me? Ilī-alum |
| 11 | sza iq-bi4-u2 / um-ma szu-ut-ma 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | which he said: "That is 20 minas of silver." |
| 12 | ha-bu-lam u2-la2 a-na-ku / ha-bu-la2-ak-szu-um | “Habulam, alas, I, the ḫabulakšum priestess, |
| 13 | lu-qu2-su2 a-na a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 u2 ah-sza-lim / i-di2-in-ma | he gave to Assur-imittī and Ahšallim, and |
| 14 | u2 _ku3-babbar_ i-ra-de8-<u2>-szu-ma / sza-bu / i-mi3-nu / ni-ka3-si2 | and silver he shall bring to him, and he will weigh out and we will seal. |
| 15 | ni-si2-u2 / la2 wa-sza-ab2 / mi3-szu-um / la2 iq-bi4 | (Sum) The herdsman ... (Akk) The shepherd ... |
| 16 | um-ma szu-ut-ma 2(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ / i-s,e2-ri-szu | Thus says he: 20 minas of silver are his wages. |
| 17 | i-szu / i-lu-um lu i-de8 / isz-tu3-ma / a-sa3-ri-im | “If he has a lament, he should know (it). From the Asarum |
| 18 | u2 ha-bu-lam / a-tu3-ru 4(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_-pi3 | the ḫabulam-plant I returned, 40 minas of silver |
| 19 | li-ba-ak-nu-ma / i-de8 / ma-la2 tu3-sza-asz2-ta-ni-ni | Let them go, and you will give me as much as you want. |
| 20 | u2 me-eh-ru-u2-a / a-ma-kam / i-<ba>-szi2-u2 | And my rivals <have> me. |
| 21 | il5-ba-ni 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-ki_ ha-bu-lam | Ilbani 5 minas of silver, 1 mina of silver: Habulam |
| 22 | i-la2-kam a-na-kam ne2-ta-wu i-hi-li-at-ma | “It is mine, it is mine! It is the nētawu-disease that afflicts me, and |
| 23 | nu-du-a-e / a-di2-szu-um / te2-er-ta-ku-nu | “Until you return, |
| 24 | la2 u2-qa2-a / a-na-kam / sza _ku3-babbar_ i-di2-nu-ni-ni | I did not wait for. For the silver that he gave me |
| 25 | u2-sza-ba-a-szu-nu / a-ma-kam t,up-pi3-a | “I will give them to you, I will write my tablet. |
| left | ||
| 1 | <a>-sza ki i-a-ti2 / di2-na t,up-pi3 a-num me-eh-ra-at / t,up-pi3 sza isz-tu3 | <Because of this, I will give a verdict. This tablet is identical with the tablet that from |
| 2 | pu-ru-ti2-im / isz-pu-ra-ni | He sent me a message. |
| 3 | _igi_ 5(disz) um-mi3-a-ni / szi2-ta-szi2-a-ma a-na ha-al-pi3-im | a 5th (shekel) of ummi-āni, one-third of it to the ḫalpûm-office |
| 4 | ha-li-ip li-<iq>-bi4-u2 | may he say: “Remove the ḫalīp-demon, |
Sources & licences
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