CDLJ 2010/1 §6.01 (P393096)

Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Image © Harvard Art Museum / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. um-ma wa-ak-lum2-ma
 en: Thus “Foreman,”
2. a-na# [ka3]-ri-im ka3-ni-isz{ki}
 en: to Kārum-Kaneš:
3. qi2-bi2#-ma# a-lu-um
 en: speak! The city
4. [di2]-nam# _igi_ 2(disz) _gesz-gag-en [gal?_ i]-na ha-am-ri-im
 en: a verdict, before two šugarriā’um-symbols, in the sacred precinct
5. [i-di2-in]-ma# 5(disz) a-wi-li
 en: gave; five men ...,
6. [...] x
 en: ...,
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. u2 x [...]
 en: ...,
2'. a-szar e-ta#?-[...]
 en: wherever they ...,
3'. i-sza-qu2-[lu ...]
 en: they will weigh out ... .