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AKT 3, 070 (P360679)

Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey

Museum Number

AMM —

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. um-ma sza-lim-a-hu-um-ma
2. a-na dan-a-szur u3
3. en-nam-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma
4. 2(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) _ma-na an-na_
5. ma-szi2-tum ku-nu-ku 1(u) 3(disz) _ma-na_
6. _an-na_ qa2-tim 1(u) _tug2_
7. 1(disz) _ansze_ s,a-la2-mu-um mi3-ma a-nim
8. ku-nu-ki-a ku-ra
9. i-ra-de8-a-ku-nu-ti2
10. sza sa3-ri-dim sza-bu
11. lu-qu2-tum a-ni-tum
12. a-na-ru-uq
13. en-um-a-szur i-la2-ak
14. szu-ma en-um-a-szur
reverse
1. i-ta-s,a-am#
2. _iti-kam_ 1(disz) u3 sze2-na
3. u2-ta-qi2-a-ma _an-na_-ki
4. u3 _tug2 hi_-ti2-a di2-na-ma
5. _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ sze2-li-a-nim
6. _ku3-babbar_ ku-un-ka3-ma
7. en-um-a-szur a-ni-sza-am
8. li-ik-szu-dam

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Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Collections

Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AKT 3, 70

[Bilgiç1995AKT3] Bilgiç, Emin, and Cahit Günbattı. 1995. Ankaraner Kültepe-Texte III: Texte Der Grabungskampagne 1970. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 3. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
history: LAPO 19, 297

[Michel2001LAPO19] Michel, Cécile. 2001. Correspondance Des Marchands de Kaniš Au Début Du IIe Millénaire Avant J.-C. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient 19. Paris: Éditions du Cerf.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
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Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: kt v/k 081
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-20 at 06:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	approved
2023-06-20 at 05:53:56	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	approved
2009-11-11 at 23:04:04	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	approved
2007-02-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“AKT 3, 070 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P360679.

AKT 3, 070 artifact entry (No. P360679). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P360679 (Original work published 2007)

AKT 3, 070 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P360679 (Accessed: December 7, 2025).

@misc{2023AKT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {AKT 3, 070 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P360679},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P360679},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P360679
LB  - CDLI:P360679
M1  - 2025/12/7/
TI  - AKT 3, 070 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P360679
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“AKT 3, 070 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P360679.

AKT 3, 070 artifact entry (No. P360679). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P360679 (Original work published 2007)

AKT 3, 070 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P360679 (Accessed: December 7, 2025).

@misc{2023AKT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {AKT 3, 070 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P360679},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P360679},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P360679
LB  - CDLI:P360679
M1  - 2025/12/7/
TI  - AKT 3, 070 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P360679
ER  -