Dataset Open Access
Michel, Cécile; Schroer, Christian; Olbrich, Stephan; Beckert, Andreas; Ehteram, Samaneh; Schropp, Andreas; Paetzold, Philipp; Bohn, Mathias; Zerbe, Katrin; Aksoy, Avni
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<p>Object type: Enveloped clay tablet<br>
Material: Clay<br>
Writing: Cuneiform writing<br>
Language: Old Assyrian<br>
Nature of the text: Proceedings<br>
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. K&uuml;ltepe)<br>
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)<br>
Country of discovery: T&uuml;rkiye<br>
Dimensions: Height: 5.3 cm; Width: 5.7 cm; Depth: 2.2 cm<br>
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, T&uuml;rkiye<br>
Excavation number: Kt 91/k 287<br>
Publication number (envelope): KT 8, 104<br>
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<p><strong>Transliteration of the tablet inside the envelope</strong></p>
<p>Ob.<sup>1</sup><em>P&iacute;-l&aacute;-ah-A-&scaron;&ugrave;r </em><sup>2</sup><em>a-na E-l&aacute;-ma </em><sup>3</sup><em>iṣ-ba-at-ni-a-t&iacute;-ma </em><sup>4</sup><em>um-ma P&iacute;-l&aacute;-ah-A-&scaron;ur-ma </em><sup>5</sup><em>a-na E-l&aacute;-ma-ma </em><sup>6</sup><em>a-na</em> an-na<sup><em>ki</em></sup><em>-k&agrave; </em><sup>7</sup><em>&scaron;a ta-d&iacute;-na-ni </em><sup>8</sup><em>a-ga-m&igrave;-il</em><sub>5</sub><em>-k&agrave;</em> 8 g&iacute;n-/ta <sup>9</sup>k&ugrave;-babbar <em>a-na A-lim</em><sup>ki 10</sup><em>&uacute;-&scaron;a-ak-&scaron;a-da-/k&agrave; </em>lo.e.<sup>11</sup><em>um-ma P&iacute;-l&aacute;-ah-A-/&scaron;ur-ma </em>rev.<sup>12</sup><em>&uacute; i-nu-m&igrave; 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> k&ugrave;-babbar <sup>15</sup><em>ta-da-nam-ma a-b&eacute;-/el </em><sup>16</sup><em>um-ma E-l&aacute;-ma-ma </em><sup>17</sup><em>a-da-na-kum </em>igi<em> L&aacute;-q&eacute;-/ep </em><sup>18</sup><em>&Scaron;u-b&eacute;-lim</em> <em>&uacute; </em>lugal-<sup>d</sup>im <sup>19</sup><em>t&aacute;p-p&aacute;-&uacute;-a </em><sup>20</sup><em>a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-/tim </em>u.e.<sup>21</sup><em>&lt;k&agrave;-ru-um&gt; K&agrave;-ni-i&scaron; </em><sup>22</sup><em>i-d&iacute;-ni-ma</em> igi g&iacute;r <em>&lt;&scaron;a A-&scaron;ur&gt; </em>l.e.<sup>23</sup><em>ṭup-p&aacute;-am &scaron;a &scaron;&iacute;-bu-t&iacute;-a </em><sup>24</sup><em>a-d&iacute;-in</em></p>
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<p><strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>
<p>Pilah-A&scaron;&scaron;ur seized us against Elamma and Pilah-A&scaron;&scaron;ur (said) to Elamma as follows:</p>
<p>&ldquo;With respect to your tin that you gave me, I will do you a favor, I will supply you in the City (of A&scaron;&scaron;ur) silver (at a rate of 1 shekel of silver) per 8 shekels (of tin).&rdquo;</p>
<p>Pilah-A&scaron;&scaron;ur (answered) as follows: &ldquo;And when I go to the City (of A&scaron;&scaron;ur) will you then give me 15 minas of silver for my free disposal?&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Elamma (replied) thus: &ldquo;I will give (it) to you.&rdquo;</p>
<p>In the presence of Laqēp, &Scaron;u-Bēlum and &Scaron;arrum-Adad were my fellow (witnesses).</p>
<p>For these proceedings, the (Assyrian authorities) of Kane&scaron; appointed me (as arbitrator) and I gave (this) tablet with my testimony before the dagger (of A&scaron;&scaron;ur) in the Gate of the God.</p>
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<p><strong>Structure and data</strong></p>
<p><strong>00_Photos.zip:</strong></p>
<p>Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>01_VolumeData.zip:</strong></p>
<p>3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.</p>
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<p>042_91k287_reconstruction_crop.nxs</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>02_Visualisations.zip:</strong></p>
<p>Geometry files of the tablet and envelope (.ply) and internal format files (.exa).</p>
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<p>042_91k287_2.exa</p>
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<p>042_91k287_tablet.ply</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>03_Scripts.zip:</strong></p>
<p>Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.</p>
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<p>042_91k287_extract.sh</p>
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<p>042_91k287_visualise.sh</p>
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