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JCS 14, 005, 03 (P361300)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 14, 005, 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361300 |
| Museum no. | Bod S 560 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| 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 i-na-a qi2-bi-ma | Speak thus: |
| 2 | um-ma en-na-su2-in-ma | Thus (says) Ennasin: |
| 3 | a-bi a-ta mi3-szu sza ta-asz2-pu-ra#-ni | My father, why did you write me? |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma 2(asz) _gu2_ / 2(u) _ma-na_ | thus: "Why 2 talents 20 minas? |
| 5 | _an-na_ a-di2-na-kum | I gave to you. |
| 6 | szi2-bu-u2 5(disz) / i-nu-mi3 | 5 (mana wool for) the šibû service at that time |
| 7 | _tug2 hi_-ti2 u2 _an-na_ ta-di2-na-ni# | a good garment and tin you gave me. |
| 8 | i-ba-ri-ni la2 wa-asz2-bu-u2 | are not present, |
| 9 | 2(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) _an-na an-na_ | 2 talents 20 tin |
| 10 | 3(disz) _tug2_ sza a-ki-di2-e 4(disz) ku-ta-ni | 3 garments of akidû, 4 kutannu-garments, |
| 11 | sza qa2-tim u3 _ansze hi-a_ | of the hand and the donkeys |
| 12 | s,a-la2-ma-am mi3-ma a-nim ta-di2-nam | (Sum) It is the ṣalama, what did you give me? (Akk) You give me whatever you gave me |
| 13 | a-hi <a>-ta ta-asz2-pu-ra-am | <You> have sent me a brother. |
| 14 | um-ma a-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 15 | tap-pa2-u2-ka3 _ku3-babbar_ | your companion the silver |
| 16 | usz-te2-bi4-lu-nim a-ta | they have sent to me. Why |
| 17 | la2 tu3-sze2-bi4-lam | do not send me! |
| 18 | la2 ta-asz2-ta-na-me-e | Do not be afraid! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-ma a-wi-lu-u2 | like a man |
| 2 | la2 dam-qu2-tum <<ku-tum>> | “Favorable, propitious one, |
| 3 | u2-ka3-s,i2-du-ni-ni | he defeated me, |
| 4 | i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 / qa2-ti2 | with your silver hand |
| 5 | e-ni-il5-ka3 / mi3-nam | What did Eni-ila say? |
| 6 | a-pa2-al a-na sza-la2-tu3-ar | I will open the window for the remission. |
| 7 | e-ta-ra-ab2 te2-er-ti2 | he has entered the extispicy, |
| 8 | u2-za-ka3-ma ha-ra-ni | he will clear (it) and his wife |
| 9 | a-na s,e2-ri-ka3 | to your country |
| 10 | 1(disz) _ansze hi-a e2_ na-ni-a e-zi-ib# | 1 homer of wheat, the house of Naniya, I left. |
| 11 | um-ma a-ta-ma u4-ma-kal2 | Thus (says) Atāma: “It is raining. |
| 12 | e-ma#-ru-um li-nu-uh3-ma# | May the emeru priestess calm down, and |
| 13 | s,u2#-ha#-ru-um a-s,e2-er | ṣuḫarum means “to go out. |
| 14 | e-ma#-ri-a lu-sze2-ri-su2 | Let me bring him to the emira. |
| 15 | u2-s,u2-ra-nam3 i#-na | he shall carry out. In |
| 16 | ka3-[ni]-isz# asz2#-al-ma | I asked, and |
| 17 | um-ma# szu-ut-ma | Thus he: |
| 18 | e-ma-ar-ka3 / sza-lim | May it be well with you! |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-sza-ha#-at e-ma-ri-ni | “If he is angry with me, |
| 2 | i-za-az# u4-ma-am e-ma-ra-am | He stands by the day, he sees |
| 3 | i-qa2#-ti2 szu#-be-lim a-hi-a u2-ta-di2 | Iqati, Šū-bēlu, my brother, gave |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ut-ma asz2-a-am a-bi4 a-ta | Thus (says) Ašam, my father: |
| 5 | e-ma-ru-um la2-szu? ha-li-<iq> | (Sum) The emāru priestess, whose limbs are destroyed(?) (Akk) The lašu priest is destroyed |
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