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Belleten 59, 14 (P361327)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Belleten 59, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361327 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| 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-su2-en6 | to Inasuen |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma esz18-dar-na-da-ma | Thus (says) Ištar-nada. |
| 3 | i-na pu-ru-usz-ha-tim | in the threshing floor |
| 4 | te2-zi-ba-ni-ma / i-na | you will release me, and in |
| 5 | qa2-ti2 / mu-tim / ki-na-kam | Hand of a Man is true. |
| 6 | u2-s,i2-ma / da-ti2-ma | I went out, and |
| 7 | u2-la2 ta-asz2-a-al / a-li-kam-ma | “Oh, you have asked, go, and |
| 8 | i-na ka3-ni-isz | in a sealed document |
| 9 | ta-ad-ni-a-ni-ma | was given to me, and |
| 10 | i-sza-na-at / a-na | he will pay back. |
| 11 | er-szi2-ka3 / la tu3-sze2-ra-ni | Do not abandon your sheepfold! |
| 12 | isz-tu3 ti2-mi3-il5-ki-a | from Timilkia |
| 13 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-ma / um-ma | you wrote me, thus |
| 14 | a-ta-ma szu-ma la2 ta-li-ki-im | “Why is he not a companion? |
| 15 | u2-la2 am-ti2 / a-ti2-i | “Alas, my mother, my father, |
| 16 | u3 a-sze2-er | and lament |
| 17 | sza pu-ru-usz-ha-tim | belonging to Purušḫatum. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-sza-ap-ra-a-ki-im | I sent to you. |
| 2 | isz-tu3 ti2-mi3-il5-ki-a | from Timilkia |
| 3 | a-na ka3-ni-isz | to Kaš |
| 4 | ta-ta-la2-ak-ma | you go, and |
| 5 | um-ma a-ta-ma / a-na | Thus (says) ... |
| 6 | 1(u) 5(disz) u4-me-e / a-ta-la2-kam | 15 days ... |
| 7 | a-pu-uh3 1(u) 5(disz) u4-me-e | 15 apuḫ-vessels |
| 8 | 1(disz) sza-na-at / ta-ta-sza-ab2 | 1 šanātu-vessel you will place. |
| 9 | isz-tu3 ka3-ni-isz | from Kanish |
| 10 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-ma um-ma | you wrote me, thus |
| 11 | a-ta-ma / a-na ha-hi-im | Why to the other side? |
| 12 | e-li-i / u4-ma-am | above — the day |
| 13 | i-na ha-hi-im / isz-tu3 | in the ditch, from |
| 14 | 1(disz) sza-na-at / wa-asz2-ba-ku-ma | 1 šanāt-vessel: I am sitting. |
| 15 | i-na sze2-bu-ul-tim | at harvest time |
| 16 | szu-mi3-ma / la2 ta-za-kar3 | Do not invoke my name! |
| 17 | sza ki-ma / a-ma-kam | who like a mother |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-na sza-ha-ti2-ka3 / wa-asz2-bu-ni | in your šaḫātu, who dwells |
| 2 | u4-mi3 / e-mu-ru / um-ma szu-nu-ma | “On the day of the emiru, they say: |
| 3 | ne2-nu / ni-iq-bi4-szi2-im / um-ma | The nenu priestess spoke to her thus: |
| 4 | ne2-nu-ma a-na s,e2-er [...] | We went down to the steppe |
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