Legal tablet & envelope 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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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
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seal impression A
1. _kiszib3_ i-di2-esz18-dar _kiszib3_ i-ku-nim
2. _kiszib3_ i3-li2-di2-na-szu _kiszib3_
3. a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku#
4. sza hu-bu-ul i-di2-esz18-dar
seal impression B
5. dumu a-la2-bi4-im
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seal impression B
reverse
1. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
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seal impression C
2. s,a-ru-pa2!-am! isz-tu3 ha-mu-usz-tim
pa2!-am! written as pu-um
3. sza i-di2-a-bi4-im 1(disz) _ma-na_
4. a-na _1(u) iti-kam_ i-sza-qal
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seal impression D
5. _1/2(disz) ma-na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
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seal impression D
6. a-na 1(u) 5(disz) ha-am-sza-tim
left
1. i-sza-qal szu-ma la2 isz3#-qu2-ul
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seal impression A
2. _1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta_ i-_iti-kam_ a-na
3. _1(disz) ma-na_-im u2-s,a-ab2
right
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seal impression C
seal A
(no linguistic content)
seal B
1. i-ku-nu-um
2. _dumu_ [i3]-li2-ba-[ni]
seal C
(no linguistic content)
seal D
(no linguistic content)