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WZKM 86 (P390609)

Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	WZKM 86
ID	P390609
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	isz-tu3 a-szur3-tak2-la2-ku _e2-gal_-lum2	from Assur-taklāku the palace
2	is,-bu-tu3-ni _iti 2(disz)-kam_	have seized, 2nd month
3	i-li-ik-ma ka3-ru-um	went and the granary
4	a-na _e2-gal_-lim e-li-ma	to the palace went up and
5	um-ma ka3-ru-um-ma a-szur3-tak2-la2-ku	Thus (says) Karum: Ašur-taklakku
6	wa-szi2-ra mi3-ma ar-nam	“Waši’ra, whatever
7	u3 sze2-la2-tam2 la2 ir-szi2-a-ku-nu-ti2	and the dowry shall not accrue against you.
8	qa2-di2-ni-ma i-na a-li-ku-nu	give me, and in your city
9	_e2_ be2-tam2 i-szu u3 a-na	the other house has and to
10	e-ri-isz-ti2-ku-nu qa2-di2-ni-ma	“I have entrusted to you, and
11	i-za-az um-ma ru-ba-um	he stands, saying: "The prince
12	u3 ru-ba-tum-ma a-wi-lam sza	and a man who
13	isz-tu3 ta-wi-ni-a t,up-pa2-am	From Tawniya the tablet
14	u2-sze2-bi-la2-ni-ma e-ri-isz-tam2	he sent to me, and a message
15	a-na be-el nu-ku-ur-ti2-ni	to the lord of nukurtinnu
16	i-za-bi-lu-ma qa2-qa2-ad-ni	they will bring, and my head
17	i-sze2-e-u2-ni ru-a-nim-ma	“If he asks me,
18	a-hu-ku-nu lu-sze2-er um-ma	I will bring your brother, thus:
19	ka3-ru-um-ma li-zi-iz	May the karūma stand.
20	i-na _gir2_ sza a-szur3 li-it-ma	by the foot of Assur may he go, and
21	szi2-ma-am la2 isz-u2-mu-ma	he did not hear a case, and
22	a-na ta-wi-ni-a	to Tawniya
reverse
1	la2 u2-sze2-bi-lu a-na e-ri-isz-ti2	he did not send, to Erišti
2	ta-wi-ni-a-i-im la2 i-za-zu	“Tawaniām does not stand,
3	u2-la2 ki-ma me-ra a-li-ku-nu	“If you are like the foot of the road,
4	a-na i-dim li-li-ik	to the god may he go.
5	u2-la2 ne2-nu a-pu-hi-szu _gir2_ sza a-szur3	a nēnu-vessel of his apuḫīḫu-plant, a sword of Assur,
6	lu ni-it-ma um-ma ru-ba-um	“May it be ours, thus says the governor.’
7	u3 ru-ba-tum-ma sza t,up-pa2-am	and the rubatum of the tablet
8	qa2-at-ni u2-ka3-lu ku-nu-ti2	They hold my hand, they hold my trust.
9	u2-ta-ma-ku-nu a-wi-lam ru-a-nim	“A man, a wild bull,
10	szu-ma la2 ta-ra-di2-a-ni-szu	If you do not give it to him,
11	1(disz) _ma-na_ a-mu-tam2 u2-la2 1(u) _ma-na_	1 mina of alum, less 10 minas
12	_ku3-sig17_ di2-na-nim-ma a-hu-ku-nu	gold judgments, and your brother
13	lu-sze2-er szu-ma la2 ta-da-na	“Let me bring (them) down, but you will not give (anything) to me!
14	la2 ta-tu3-ra-ma szu-um-szu	Do not turn away, his name
15	la2 ta-za-ka3-ra a-hu-ku-nu	Do not be negligent, your brother!
16	me-et a-na a-wa-tim	“It is enough for a word
17	a-ni-a-tim a-ma-la2 t,up-pi3-im	These are the measurements of a tablet.
18	sza a-lim{ki} ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz	of the city Kalum, the granary
19	i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma	gave to me, and
20	_igi gir2_ sza a-szur3 szi2-bu-ti2-ni	before the sword of Assur, our witnesses
21	ni-di2-in _igi_ a-mur-a-szur3	gift before Amur-Assur,
22	_igi_ u2-s,u2-ur-sza-esz18-dar	before Uṣur-ša-ištar
23	_igi_ dingir-na-da	before Ilum-nada
left
1	_igi_ i-di2-a-szur3 _igi_ bu-za-zu	before Iddin-Assur, before Buzaza

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