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Fs Larsen 294-297 (P390634)
Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Larsen 294-297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P390634 |
| Museum no. | AMM 164-069-64a&b |
| 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 | i-ku-num a-na a-mur-{d}utu is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma | Ikūnum to Amur-šamaš seized me, and |
| 2 | um-ma i-ku-nu-um-ma i-na mu-a-at | Thus Ikūnum: in the year |
| 3 | a-bi4-ni ba-lum2 _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | his father, without a wife, 1 shekel of silver |
| 4 | a-na ki-dim ta-at,-ru-da-ni-ma | to the earth you have sent me, and |
| 5 | isz-ti2 _dumu_ um-mi3-a-nim be-u2-la2-tim | with the son of Ummī-Anum the lord |
| 6 | al-qe2-ma a-na a-lim{ki} a-la2-ak | I took and to the city I went. |
| 7 | a-ta ta-as,-ba-ta-ni-ma a-di2 mu-a-tim | Why did you seize me? Until now, |
| 8 | ta-du-ka3-ni-ma hu-ur-szi2-a-ni | You are merciful to me, and I am frightened. |
| 9 | qa2-du-um be-u2-la2-tim ta-as,-ba-at-ma | together with Bēlatum you took, and |
| 10 | um-ma a-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ i-a-ti2 u2 a-na a-szi2-ti2-a | thus (says) “Why the silver that I and to my wife |
| 11 | ha-bu-la2-ti2 e-ne2-a tu3-ki-il-ma | “It is the ḫabulātu-demon, you have twisted it, and |
| 12 | i-na _ku3-babbar_-ap2 a-bi4-a-ma sza 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ t,up-pi3 | from the silver of my father of 10 shekels of silver the tablet |
| 13 | ta-ah-ti2-ri-im u4-ma-am la2 tu3-na-ha-ni | “If he does not recite the taḫtīrī-ritual, |
| 14 | u2 a-na _e2_ hu-bu-lim la2 ta-sza-pa2-ra-ni | and to the house of Ḫubulum you shall not send me. |
| 15 | 5(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ 3(disz) _gin2_ u2-qu2-ur-tum sza _ku3-ki_ | 5 1/3 minas of silver, 3 shekels of uqurtu-flour of Kukku |
| 16 | ik-ri-bu sza ta-asz2-me-tim 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _gin2_ | the offerings of the tašmētu-festival, 2 2/3 shekels |
| 17 | 2(disz) uq-ru-a-tum sza _ku3-ki_ 3(disz) la2 1/4(disz) _gin2 ku3-ki_-ma | 2 uqrûtu-vessels of silver, 3 less 1/4 shekels silver, |
| 18 | 1/3(disz) _gin2_ i-lu sza a-bi4-ni 2(disz) _ma-na_ su2-a-an | 1/3 shekel of the lament of Abinu, 2 minas of juniper |
| 19 | sza _zabar_ 2(disz) ha-s,i2-nu u2 sa3-su2-szu-nu | of bronze, 2 ḫaṣinu-vessels and their sashes, |
| 20 | ka3-sa3-tum sza 2(disz) qa2-ab2-li-a-tim mi3-ma a-nim | the kasatum of 2 qablītum-vessels, whatever |
| 21 | sza i-na ta-ma-la2-ki ku-nu-ku sza a-bi4-ni ib-szi2-u2 | that when you go, you are sealed. That which our father created |
| 22 | 2(disz) su2-pa2-nu sza 2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ sza _zabar_ | 2 baskets of 2 minas of bronze, |
| 23 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ pa2-szu-um ar-za-lum2 szu-ga-ri-a-an | 1 mina of pāšum, arzalû (and) szugariyan |
| 24 | 2(disz) qa2-ab2-li-a-tum sza 1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ a-hu-za-tum | 2 qablītum-vessels of 1/2 mina each, Ahuzatum, |
| 25 | 2(disz) qa2-ab2-li-a-tum <sza 2(disz) _ma-na-ta_> 1(disz) a-hu-za-at 1(disz) la2 a-hu-za-at | 2 qablītu-vessels of 2 minas each, 1 aḫuzatu, 1 less aha&mbuzat |
| 26 | 3(disz) u2-ru-za-na-tum sza ta-as-ka3-ri-nim | 3 uruzanātum-vessels, which you will place. |
| 27 | 2(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) _ma-na_ lu-la2-am 1(disz) t,up-pa2-am ha-ar-ma-am | 2 talents 10 minas of lulam, 1 tablet of harmam, |
| 28 | sza szi2-im a-ra-la2 1(disz) t,up-pa2-am sza szi2-im ha-pu-ah-szu-szar | of the šīm of Arala, one tablet of the (sc.) “sheep-in-law’s ... |
| 29 | 1(disz) t,up-pa2-am sza szi2-im hi-isz-ta-ah-szu-szar | 1 tablet of the price of Ḫištaḫšašar, |
| 30 | <1(disz) t,up-pa2-am> sza hu-bu-ul nu-a-im mi3-ma a-nim sza a-bu-ni | 1 tablet of “It is not a crime, what is it that the father |
| 31 | e-zi-bu-ma a-ta tu3-ka3-lu-ni bi4-la2-ma | Disregard that he who touches the ground has eaten, and |
| 32 | a-na a-lim{ki} a-s,e2-er a-ha-ti2-ni gu5-ba-ab2-tim | to the city of Ālu the aḫātinnu, the gubabtum |
| 33 | u3 a-he-ni lu nu-bi4-il5-ma tam2-ka3-ar a-bi4-ni | “Neither of us shall raise a claim against the other, |
| 34 | lu nu-sza-bi4-ma szi2-tam2 a-ma-la2 szi2-ma-at a-bi4-ni | “Let me not be negligent, so that the fate of our father is decreed.’ |
| 35 | lu ne2-pu-usz u2 a-na a-i-tim ta-ti2-ki-il5-ma | “Let us do, and you have turned into a river— |
| 36 | ba-lu-um a-ha-ti2-ni gu5-ba-ab2-tim a-he-ni | “Balûm, her brother, her sister, |
| 37 | u2 szi2-ma-at a-bi4-ni sza-ma-e-em ku-nu-kam sza a-bi4-ni | and the fate of our father is sealed. |
| 38 | tal-qe2 a-mur-{d}utu i-ku-na-am e-pu-ul | Āmur-šamaš took (it) and did it. |
| 39 | um-ma a-mur-{d}utu a-na i-ku-nim-ma | Thus Āmur-šamaš to Ikunum: |
| 40 | i-na mu-a-at a-bi4-ni a-na-ku u2 a-ta | At the birth of our father, I ... |
| 41 | usz-ba-ni a-bu-ni 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar la2_ e-zi-ib | his father-in-law, 1 shekel of silver deficit, he left. |
| 42 | a-na _e2_ nu-a-im a-na-ku e-ru-ub-ma | to the house of the dead I entered, and |
| 43 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar e2_ nu-a-im al-qe2-ma | 2 minas of silver, the house of Nu’ām, I took and |
| 44 | a-na qu2-bu-ur [a]-bi4-ni ag-mu-ur | to Qubur, her father, I turned. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | isz-tu3 3(disz) sza-na-tim a-bu-ni | From the 3rd year Abuni |
| 2 | me-et sza mi3-ma sza a-bi4-a la2 al-qe2-u2 | (Sum) I did not take anything from my father (Akk) I do not take what my father took |
| 3 | u2 mi3-ma a-na a-bi4-a u2 ku-a-ti2 la2 ha-bu-la2-ku-ni | Whatever to my father, whatever you may not take away, |
| 4 | u2 t,up-pi3 a-bi u2 a-ta la2 tu3-ka3-la2-ni | You will not hold the tablet of father and mother. |
| 5 | u2 a-ta i-s,e2-ri-a mi3-ma | “At the side of the river, what is there? |
| 6 | la2 ti2-szu-u2 i-na di2-tim tu3-sza-a-la2-ni | If he does not live, you will raise him in a lawsuit. |
| 7 | sza t,up-pa2-am ha-ar-ma-am a-bi4 u2 a-ta | of the tablet of Ḫarmam, the father and ... |
| 8 | la2 tu3-ka3-la2-ni ta-ar-ta-ag-ma-am | Do not abandon me, you will be frightened. |
| 9 | lu t,up-pi3-i ha-ar-ma-am tu3-ka3-la2 lu szi2-be-e | Be it a formally executed tablet, you will keep it, be it an inscription. |
| 10 | ti2-szu-a-nim a-na a-nim-ma ru-a-nim-ma | Tišūnum to Anuma ru’anum |
| 11 | mi3-nam a-qa2-bi4 _iti 3(disz)-kam_ a-bi4 e-er-szu-um | What shall I say? The 3rd month, the father of Ershum |
| 12 | u2-ka3-il5-szu ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ i-szu-u2 u2-la2 i-szu-u2 | he shall hold. If he has silver, or if he does not have it, |
| 13 | mi3-ma la2 iq-bi4 u2 a-ta i-na re-esz15 a-bi4-ni | “What did he not say, and what from the head of our father |
| 14 | ta-za-az ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-bu-ni | you will stand. Like the silver of his father |
| 15 | la2 e-zi-bu a-ta#-ma ti2-de8-e u2 a-na a-wa-tim | "Why did you not leave?" — and to speak |
| 16 | a-ra-tim ki-a-ma# / i-na di2-ti2-im | Aratim, like in a flood |
| 17 | tu3-sza-a-la2-ni [u4]-ma-am i-na t,up-pi3-im | you will pay. The day on the tablet |
| 18 | a-wa-tim ma-[da]-tim tu3-ul-ta-pi3-tam2 | the words of the land, the tūlta-pîtam |
| 19 | t,up-pi3-ni lu nu-ha-ri-im-ma szi2-ma-at | Our tablet should be checked and confirmed. |
| 20 | a-bi4-ni lu ni-isz-me-ma a-ma-la2 szi2-ma-at | Our father, let us hear (this), and I will give you a verdict. |
| 21 | a-bi4-ni i-na a-lim{ki} lu ne2-tu3-wu-u2 | his father in the city may he not die! |
| 22 | u2 isz-tu3 a-bu-ni me-tu3-u2 | And since the father died, |
| 23 | i-na su2-ku-ur-tim a-na ni-szi2-a ba-lu-t,im | (Sum) In the šukurtu (temple), for the people, life (Akk) To the people of the sukurtu, life |
| 24 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar e2_ nu-a-e a-si2-ma qa2-qi2-di2 | 1 1/2 minas of silver, the house of Nu’â, I counted, and qaqidu |
| 25 | u2 ni-szi2-a u2-ba-li-it,-ma u4-ma-am | and my people he made live, and the day |
| 26 | nu-a-um i-sze2-a-ni i-a-ti2 a-na me-tim | “If he sees me, I will die of hunger— |
| 27 | ta-asz2-ku-ni-ma sza a-na-ku mi3-ma i-na | you placed, and that I, whatever in |
| 28 | ba-ab2-tim sza a-bi4-ni la2 al-qe2-u2 a-ta | I did not take the captives of our father. Why? |
| 29 | ta-lik-ma i-na lu-hu-sa3-ti2-a isz-ti2 ha-nu-nu | You go and with my rejoicing with Hanunu, |
| 30 | u2 a-ni-na 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ tal-qe2-e | and Anina 1/2 mina of silver you took |
| 31 | ba-a-am i-na a-lim{ki} a-ha-at-ni gu5-ba-ab2-tum | in the city of Biṣum the gubabtum troops |
| 32 | u2 a-hu-u2-ni i-na a-lim{ki} a-szur3 usz-bu | and Ahuni in the city of Assur he settled. |
| 33 | a-ma-la2 szi2-ma-at a-bi4-ni lu ne2-pu-usz | May we perform the šīma of our father. |
| 34 | szi2-ma-at a-bi4-ni i-na a-lim{ki} a-ta | the fate of our father in the city |
| 35 | ki-ma li-bi4-im ta-da-nim u2 _ku3-babbar_ | as a gift you will give and silver |
| 36 | 1(u) _gin2-ta_ ta-da-nim-ma ni-szi2-a ba-lu-t,im | 10 shekels each you give, and my people may live. |
| 37 | e-sza-ni-ma a-na gam2-ri-im u2 hu-bu-lim | “Then, for the harvest and the harvest, |
| 38 | ta-asz2-ta-ap2-ra-ni isz-tu3 | you wrote to me, from |
| 39 | [a]-bu#-ni me-tu3 1(u) _gin2-ta ku3-babbar_ | his father died, 10 shekels each of silver |
| 40 | a-na ni-szi2-a a-na a-lim{ki} usz-te2-bi4-il5# | to the people, to the city I raised up. |
| 41 | isz-tu3 a-bi4 a-ka3-ni-isz i-li-ka3-ni | From the father of Akaniš his god |
| 42 | a-na-ku a-hi-tam2 wa!-asz2-ba-ku a-ta i-na | (Sum) I am a stranger, I am the one who sits (in prayer) (Akk) I was the sister, I was sitting(?) |
| 43 | re-szi2-szu ta-zi-iz e-mu-uq a-bi4-a | He sat on his head, the strength of my father. |
| left | ||
| 1 | la2-mi3-di2 / a-na a-wa-tim / a-ni-a-tim / ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz / | “Let me go to the words of these words, the karû-priestess, to the kāniš-priest, |
| 2 | s,a-he-er _gal_ | great hero |
| 3 | i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma _ka2 dingir_-lim _igi gir2_ sza a-szur3 szi2-bu-ti2-ni ni-di2-in | he gave me, and the gate of the gods before the sword of Assur our witnesses we gave. |
| 4 | _igi_ i-szi2-im-su2-en6 _dumu_ szal2-ma-a-szur3 _igi_ dan-a-szur3 _dumu_ | before Išīm-Sîn, son of Šalma-Assur, before Dan-Adad, son |
| 5 | a-szur3-isz-ti2-kal2 | Assur-ištikal |
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