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Michel, Cécile; Schroer, Christian; Olbrich, Stephan; Beckert, Andreas; Ehteram, Samaneh; Schropp, Andreas; Paetzold, Philipp; Bohn, Mathias; Zerbe, Katrin; Aksoy, Avni
{"@context":"https://schema.org/","@id":"http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.17632","@type":"Dataset","creator":[{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"CSMC","name":"Michel, C\u00e9cile"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"DESY","name":"Schroer, Christian"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"CSMC","name":"Olbrich, Stephan"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"CSMC","name":"Beckert, Andreas"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"CSMC","name":"Ehteram, Samaneh"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"DESY","name":"Schropp, Andreas"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"DESY","name":"Paetzold, Philipp"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"DESY","name":"Bohn, Mathias"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"DESY","name":"Zerbe, Katrin"},{"@type":"Person","affiliation":"University of Ankara","name":"Aksoy, Avni"}],"datePublished":"2025-06-18","description":"<p><strong>Written Artefact Metadata</strong></p>\n\n<p>Object type: Enveloped clay tablet<br>\nMaterial: Clay<br>\nWriting: Cuneiform writing<br>\nLanguage: Old Assyrian<br>\nNature of the text: Proceedings<br>\nProvenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)<br>\nPeriod/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)<br>\nCountry of discovery: Türkiye<br>\nDimensions: Height: 5.3 cm; Width: 5.7 cm; Depth: 2.2 cm<br>\nMuseum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye<br>\nExcavation number: Kt 91/k 287<br>\nPublication number (envelope): KT 8, 104<br>\n </p>\n\n<p><strong>Transliteration of the tablet inside the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p>Ob.<sup>1</sup><em>Pí-lá-ah-A-šùr </em><sup>2</sup><em>a-na E-lá-ma </em><sup>3</sup><em>i\u1e63-ba-at-ni-a-tí-ma </em><sup>4</sup><em>um-ma Pí-lá-ah-A-šur-ma </em><sup>5</sup><em>a-na E-lá-ma-ma </em><sup>6</sup><em>a-na</em> an-na<sup><em>ki</em></sup><em>-kà </em><sup>7</sup><em>ša ta-dí-na-ni </em><sup>8</sup><em>a-ga-mì-il</em><sub>5</sub><em>-kà</em> 8 gín-/ta <sup>9</sup>kù-babbar <em>a-na A-lim</em><sup>ki 10</sup><em>ú-ša-ak-ša-da-/kà </em>lo.e.<sup>11</sup><em>um-ma Pí-lá-ah-A-/šur-ma </em>rev.<sup>12</sup><em>ú i-nu-mì a-na-ku </em><sup>13</sup><em>a-na A-lim</em><sup>ki</sup> <em>a-lu-ku </em><sup>14</sup>15 <em>ma-na</em> kù-babbar <sup>15</sup><em>ta-da-nam-ma a-bé-/el </em><sup>16</sup><em>um-ma E-lá-ma-ma </em><sup>17</sup><em>a-da-na-kum </em>igi<em> Lá-qé-/ep </em><sup>18</sup><em>Šu-bé-lim</em> <em>ú </em>lugal-<sup>d</sup>im <sup>19</sup><em>táp-pá-ú-a </em><sup>20</sup><em>a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-/tim </em>u.e.<sup>21</sup><em><kà-ru-um> Kà-ni-iš </em><sup>22</sup><em>i-dí-ni-ma</em> igi gír <em><ša A-šur> </em>l.e.<sup>23</sup><em>\u1e6dup-pá-am ša ší-bu-tí-a </em><sup>24</sup><em>a-dí-in</em></p>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p><strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p>Pilah-Aššur seized us against Elamma and Pilah-Aššur (said) to Elamma as follows:</p>\n\n<p>“With respect to your tin that you gave me, I will do you a favor, I will supply you in the City (of Aššur) silver (at a rate of 1 shekel of silver) per 8 shekels (of tin).”</p>\n\n<p>Pilah-Aššur (answered) as follows: “And when I go to the City (of Aššur) will you then give me 15 minas of silver for my free disposal?” </p>\n\n<p>Elamma (replied) thus: “I will give (it) to you.”</p>\n\n<p>In the presence of Laq\u0113p, Šu-B\u0113lum and Šarrum-Adad were my fellow (witnesses).</p>\n\n<p>For these proceedings, the (Assyrian authorities) of Kaneš appointed me (as arbitrator) and I gave (this) tablet with my testimony before the dagger (of Aššur) in the Gate of the God.</p>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p><strong>Structure and data</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>00_Photos.zip:</strong></p>\n\n<p>Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt91k287aLe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt91k287aLoe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt91k287aOb.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt91k287aRe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt91k287aRev.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt91k287aUe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p><strong>01_VolumeData.zip:</strong></p>\n\n<p>3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_reconstruction_crop.nxs</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p><strong>02_Visualisations.zip:</strong></p>\n\n<p>Geometry files of the tablet and envelope (.ply) and internal format files (.exa).</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_2.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_2_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.22_5.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_2_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.22_5_32_0.5_2.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_envelope.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_tablet.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p><strong>03_Scripts.zip:</strong></p>\n\n<p>Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_extract.sh</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>042_91k287_visualise.sh</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","contentUrl":"https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/api/files/9fa15513-0cb0-465e-b02b-c046c5f803dc/00_Photos.zip","encodingFormat":"zip"},{"@type":"DataDownload","contentUrl":"https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/api/files/9fa15513-0cb0-465e-b02b-c046c5f803dc/01_VolumeData.zip","encodingFormat":"zip"},{"@type":"DataDownload","contentUrl":"https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/api/files/9fa15513-0cb0-465e-b02b-c046c5f803dc/02_Visualisations.zip","encodingFormat":"zip"},{"@type":"DataDownload","contentUrl":"https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/api/files/9fa15513-0cb0-465e-b02b-c046c5f803dc/03_Scripts.zip","encodingFormat":"zip"}],"identifier":"http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.17632","keywords":["Written Artefact","UWA","Cluster of Excellence","CSMC","DESY","RFA09","Artefact Profiling","3D","X-Ray Tomography","ENCI","Cuneiform Clay tablet","Assyriology","Informatics","Physics","Museum of Anatolian Civilizations","Ankara"],"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Kt 91/k 287 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)","url":"https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/record/17632","version":"1.0"}