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ArAn 01, 043-072 Nr. 3 (P361546)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | ArAn 01, 043-072 Nr. 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361546 |
| 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-<di2>-a-bi-im a-szur3-ma-[lik] | to Idi-abīm, Assur-malik |
| 2 | a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 szu-a-nim en-na-[su2]-en6 | Assur-imitti, the šuʾānim, the guardian |
| 3 | u3 puzur4-dingir qi2-bi-ma um-ma | and Puzur-ilī speak, thus |
| 4 | pi2-la2-ah-esz18-dar-ma te2-er-ti2 / am-tim a-di2 ma-la2 | Pilaḫ-Ištar, the extispicy of the wild bull, as much as there is, |
| 5 | u3 sze2-ni-szu / i-li-kam a-szu-mi3 dingir-na-da | and his son, he will come. My name is Ilī-nada. |
| 6 | _dumu_ ba-zi-a / mi3-szu sza a-ma-kam am-tam2 | son of Baziya, what is it that I have written? |
| 7 | ik-ta-na-tu3-u2 / u2 _e2_-bi-tam2 | they sat down, and the house |
| 8 | a-na ka3-na-ki-im i-za-zu / u2 ni-szi2-a | “He stands at the gate, and my people |
| 9 | up-ta-na-ru-du / mi3-nam a-bi u2-la2 a-na-ku | (Sum) The one who keeps watch over him, what does he know? (Akk) What does his father know? I do not know. |
| 10 | u2 a-hu-u2!-a ha-bu-la-ni-ma ru-gu5-ma-e | “My brother, when he has been killed(!?) |
| 11 | a-na am-ti2-a / i-ta-na-di2 isz-tu3 / mu-ta-ni | To my mother he has gone down. From my mother |
| 12 | 1(u) sza-na-tim / a-bi / ib-la2-at, / mi3-szu-um | In the future, my father will die, what will I do? |
| 13 | a-bi / la2 is,-ba-at / u2-la2 a-na a-bi4-a | (Sum) My father did not seize me, he did not take me. (Akk) To my father, I did not capture me. |
| 14 | nu-du-a-e / la2 i-di2 / a-bi il5-ti2-pi2-ma | (Sum) The one who does not know ... (Akk) He did not know, he did not learn |
| 15 | szu-ut / isz-tu3-ru / i3-li2-isz-ti2-kal _ku3-babbar_-ap2 | that he returned, Ilī-ištikal the silver |
| 16 | a-bi-a / u2-pa2-hi-ir / wa-ar-ka3-nu-um | “My father, I have sought out after you.’ |
| 17 | bu-zu-a / ra-bi-s,u2-um e-li-a-ma | “Your cattle, the great ones, rise above me! |
| 18 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2 a-bi-a / u2-pa2-hi-ir / u2 a-na-ku | the silver of my father he shall redeem, and I |
| 19 | isz-tu3 1(u)? sza-na-at ra-bi-s,a-am | From the 10th (?) year, |
| 20 | as,-ba-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-bi4-a u2-[pa2]-hi-ir | I took and the silver of my father I received. |
| 21 | mi3-szu-um i-na _ku3-babbar_-ap2 a-[bi-a] is,-ba-at | what from the silver of my father seized |
| 22 | u2-la2 a-na ra-bi4-s,i2-im u2-la2 a-na | “Lead me to the rabīṣum-official, lead me to |
| 23 | i3-li2-isz-ti2-kal / nu-du-a-e | Ilištikal does not go. |
| 24 | la2 i-di2 / a-na-ku u2 a-hu-u2-a | I do not know. |
| 25 | a-di2 5(disz)-szi2-szu isz-ti2-szu / lu i-na | 5 times with him, or in |
| 26 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim lu i-na u2-la2-ma | “Burušḫātum, be it by means of ... |
| 27 | lu i-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na isz-ti2-szu | or in her wailing with him |
| 28 | ni-na-me-er mi3-szu-um nu-du-a-e | “Ninamer, what is it that you do not know? |
| 29 | la2 i-di2-ni-a-ti2 u2 ma-ti2-ma te2-er-tu3-szu | he did not give to me, and whatever his return, |
| 30 | la2 i-li-kam u2-la2 a-na sza ki-ma szu-a-ti2 | “It is not mine’s, it is not for that which is like that. |
| 31 | la2 isz-pu-ra-ma la il5-pu-tu3-ni u2 me-ra-szu | he did not send, and did not deliver, and his feet |
| 32 | szu-be-lum2 ka3-s,a-ru-tam2 / isz-ti2-a u2-szi2-ib-ma! | Šū-bēlu, the kaṣarûtam priest, dwells with me, and |
| 33 | te2-er-ti2 sza _ku3-babbar_ n _ma-na-ta_ u2 2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ | extispicy of silver n minas and 2 mina(s) |
| 34 | a-na s,e2-ri-szu / a-na u2-la-ma usz-te2-ne2-ba-al-ma | “To his country, to another country, he will keep coming back and |
| 35 | i-na _e2_ a-bi szu-ma / lu-qu2-tum i-ba-sza!-al | in that father’s house a luqūtu-demon exists |
| 36 | mi3-szu-um i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi2-a la2 i-s,a-ba-at | whatever from the silver he shall not seize |
| 37 | a-ba-u2-a be-lu-u2-a a-tu3-nu <<a-tu3-nu>> | My father, my lord, what have you done? |
| 38 | la2 te2-di2-a ki-ma i-nu-mi3 a-bi4 me-tu3-ni | Did you not know that when the father died, |
| 39 | mi3-isz-hu-um i-szi2-ik-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | a measure of silver he shall weigh out, and the silver |
| 40 | ma-dum u2 t,up-pi3 sza a-bi4-a im-ta-asz2-hu!-ni | The child and the tablet of my father have been brought to me |
| 41 | a-ba-u2-a a-tu3-nu isz-tu3 5(disz) sza-na-tim | Aba’ua, Atunu, from 5 years |
| 42 | a-hu-u2-a ma-s,a-ar-tam2 ip-te2-u2-ma | my brother opened a guard and |
| 43 | ma-s,a-ar-tum a-na a-wa-tim na-ad-a-at | The watch is given to the wording of the tablet. |
| 44 | a-hu-u2-a i-na e-la2-tim sza-am-u2 | my brother, in the upper world he is king |
| 45 | u2 a-na-kam a-na-ku sza _ku3-babbar_ n _ma-na_ | and I myself for n minas of silver |
| 46 | u2 2(disz) _ma-na_ a-na u4-mi3 a-ba-ab ma-hi-ri-im | and 2 minas for a day he will receive. |
| 47 | u2-sze2-er-ma a-szu-mi3 ki-a-am | he removed, and thus my name |
| 48 | pa2-ah-ra-ku szu-ma a-ma-kam dingir-na-da | I am afraid, it is the word of Dingir-nada. |
| 49 | ri-ig-ma-am i-te2-di2 ma-a mi3-ma# | The young woman screamed: "What? |
| 50 | i-te2-hi a-ba-u2-a be-lu-u2-[a a-tu3-nu] | My father, my lord, what have you done? |
| 51 | _dumu_ me-tim a-na-ku a-na [...] | son of Mētim, I to ... |
| 52 | al-ka3-ma [... / ...] | Come and ... |
| 53 | ka3-ri-im ni-isz-ku?-ma! [... / a-na ...] | We are entrusted and to |
| 54 | a-lim{ki} le-li-u2-ni-ma [... / ...] | May the city come to an end and |
| 55 | a-na-kam la2-az-ku-ma la2-li-kam-ma | “Why should I stand and come to me? |
| left | ||
| 1 | ma-s,a-ar-tam2 sza a-bi4-ni lu ni-ip-te2-ma lu t,up-pe2 lu ta-ah-si2-sa3-tim si2-sa3-tim | The watch of our father should be opened, either a tablet or a pile of piles. |
| 2 | lu ni-mu-ur-ma / a-na a-wi-lim a-wa-tam2 uk-ti2-in u2 a-na-kam | Let us see, and to a man a word has been made, and why |
| 3 | sza i-re-esz15 a-bi4-ni i-zi-zu-ni ar-ni isz-ti2-u2 ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ | whose father stood by him, a son with him, like silver |
| 4 | a-mi3-um hu-bu-lu-szu-ni a-na _ku3-babbar_ a-mi3-im ni-il5-pu-tu3-szu-ni | “At that time, when we were to pay the silver of that year, |
| 5 | i-s,e2-er x-ka3-la2-lu-wa la2 i-ba-ri-a-szu-um t,up-pu | -kaluwa will not raise a claim against him. |
| 6 | sza a-bi4-a / ma-du-tu3-ma / sza-ar-qu2 | (Sum) The one of my father, many (as in) a šārqu-demon (Akk) That which my father had very much |
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