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JCS 41, 055-056 (P361309)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 41, 055-056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361309 |
| Museum no. | AMNH 73.O-1901 |
| Collection | American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, 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 i-li-a-ma | Thus Ilia: |
| 2 | u3 la2-qe2-ep a-na i-di2-esz18-dar | and I took it to Iddin-Ištar. |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma lu ne2-pi3-isz-ka3 | Speak! May it be yours! |
| 4 | lu sze2-bu-la2-tu3-ka3 | may it be your šebulātu. |
| 5 | ma-la2 t,up-pi3-ka3 szal2-mu | as much as your tablet is complete, |
| 6 | ub-lu-nim a-hu-u2-ka3 | brought to me, my brother |
| 7 | u3 _e2_ zu-zu _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 | and the house of Zuzu in silver |
| 8 | i-s,a-ab2-tu3 um-ma szu-nu-ma | seized, thus they: |
| 9 | em-s,a-ni u4-mu-szu / ma-al-u2 | His days are long. |
| 10 | nu-sze2-la2 / i-ri-szum | he did not bring, he gave him. |
| 11 | u3 en-na-nam3 ni-is,-ba-at-ma | and how long will we be seized? |
| 12 | nu-sa3-li-szu-nu-ti-ma | we satisfied them, and |
| 13 | u2-la2 im-ta-ag-ru | he weighed out the grain. |
| 14 | _uruda zi-ir_ 2/3(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | copper, the price of 2/3 mina |
| 15 | u3 / _uruda_ sza te2-zi-bu | and the copper that you left |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ni-di2-in-ma _sze_-am | we gave, and barley |
| 2 | ni-isz3-a-ma-kum | Niš-amakum |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ sza en-nam-a-szur | the silver of Ennam-Assur |
| 4 | nu-sze2-s,i2-ma _dam-gar3_ | did not bring out, and the merchant |
| 5 | sza / _an-na_-ki-ka3 | of your Anu |
| 6 | nu-sza-bi4 re-eh-tam2 | the remainder |
| 7 | ni-la2-qe2-ma _sze_-am | we shall take and the barley |
| 8 | ni-sza-a-ma-kum | we will send to you. |
| 9 | a-bi-a-qar sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | Abi-aqar, about whom you wrote me, |
| 10 | um-ma szu-ut-ma _ansze_ | Thus he: a donkey |
| 11 | e-zi-ba-am 1(disz) me-at 1(u) | Ezibam, 100, 10 |
| 12 | sa3-am-ru-a-tim | of the samrūtum |
| 13 | 2(disz) ku-si2-te2-en i-di2-nam | 2 bags he gave me, |
| 14 | 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na uruda_ | 15 minas of copper |
| 15 | u3? _i3 szah2_ | and pig's oil |
| 16 | ub-[x] | ...; |
| left | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-ut-ma re-eh-tam2 a-mur-ma | Thus (says) he: I saw the remainder. |
| 2 | _ansze_ 7(disz) _ma-na_ ta-di2-in | a donkey 7 minas is given. |
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