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POAT 14 (P361127)

Letter tablet excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM L-29-568

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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tablet
obverse
1. um-ma a-szur3-i-di2-ma
2. a-na a-szur3-na-da qi2-[bi]-ma#
3. a-szu-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ sza [ka3]-ri-a
4. u3 ku-a-ti2 / sza tu3-sze2-bi-la2-ni
5. um-ma [sza] ki-ma / ka3-ri-a-ma
6. lu-qu2-tam2 a-na i-ta-at,-li-im-ma
7. li-di2-in-ma _ku3-babbar_
8. lu-sze2-bi-[lam] / la u2-wa-szar
9. a-pu-tum a-na i-ta-at,-li-[im]
10. lu-qu2-tam2 / di3-in-ma
11. mi3-isz-li-szu _ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi-lam
12. u2-za-ka3 / la i-ba-szi2
13. _ku3-babbar_-ap a-wi-lim a-na na-ru-qi2-im
14. mi3-ma / la ta-na-szi2
15. u3 szu-ma / i-qi2-szu-ni-<kum>
16. mi3-ma / la ta-la2-qe2
17. szu-ma / ka3-ri-a
18. i-na _ku3-babbar_ / a-di2-im
reverse
1. me-ra-szu / i-na sza-ha-ti2-ka3
2. li-zi-[iz]-ma
3. t,up-pa2-am sza szi2-a-ma-tim
4. szi2-ta-me-a-ma / szi2-ma-am
5. di2-na-ma _ku3-babbar_ mi3-isz-li-szu
6. ku-un-ka3-ma
7. sze2-bi-la2-nim ki-ma
8. u2-ra-am a-na ma-mi3-tim
9. la i-s,a-bu-tu3-ka3-ni
10. _ku3-babbar_ i-na sze2-bu-lim
11. szi2-bi szu-ku-un
12. szu-ma um-ma me-ra-szu-ma
13. lu-qu2-tam2 / di2-nam a-na
14. a-wa-at _e2_ a-bi-a
15. ma-as,-a-ku / ma-a
16. i-na a-wa-tim ip-tu3-a-ka3
17. um-ma a-ta-ma / ma-la2
18. i-na _e2_ a-bi-ka3
19. i-s,e2-ri-a i-la2-qe2-u2-ni
20. i-na s,e2-ri-ka3
left
1. a-la2-qe2 / t,up-pa2-ka3 u3 szi2-bi-ka3
2. da-ni-in / lu-qu2-tam2 wa-sze2-er

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: POAT, 14

[Gwaltney1983POAT] Gwaltney, Walter C. 1983. The Pennsylvania Old Assyrian Texts. Hebrew Union College Annual Supplements, Number 3. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College.
history: OAA 1, 11

[Larsen2002OAA1] Larsen, Mogens Trolle. 2002. The Aššur-Nādā Archive. (Old Assyrian Archives, Volume 1). Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden (PIHANS) 96. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
history: HUCA 39, p.1-33, p. 24-25

[Lewy1968Philadelphia] Lewy, Hildegard, and Samuel N. Kramer. 1968. “Old Assyrian Texts in the University Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.” Hebrew Union College Annual 39: 1–33.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM L-29-568
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Provenience

Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
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Chronology

Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-22 at 14:44:30	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2009-11-11 at 23:08:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2007-02-14 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved

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“POAT 14 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P361127.

POAT 14 artifact entry (No. P361127). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P361127 (Original work published 2007)

POAT 14 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P361127 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {POAT 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P361127},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P361127},
}

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