June 18, 2025 Dataset Open Access

Kt 93/k 550 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)

Michel, Cécile; Schroer, Christian; Olbrich, Stephan; Beckert, Andreas; Ehteram, Samaneh; Schropp, Andreas; Paetzold, Philipp; Bohn, Mathias; Zerbe, Katrin; Aksoy, Avni

Written Artefact Metadata

Object type: Enveloped clay tablet
Material: Clay
Writing: Cuneiform writing
Language: Old Assyrian
Nature of the text: Loan contract
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)
Country of discovery: Türkiye
Dimensions: Height: 5 cm; Width: 4.3 cm; Depth: 2.7 cm
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye
Excavation number: Kt 93/k 550
Publication number (envelope): forthcoming
 

Transliteration of the tablet inside the envelope

Ob.¹1 ma-na kù-babbar li-tí ²i-ṣé-er Ša-ak-du-nu-/a ³A-šur-ták-lá-ku ⁴i-šu 15 gín kù-babbar ⁵5 na-ru-uq še-um ⁶ù 5 na-ru-uq gig ⁷ṣí-ba-sú : a-na ⁸ha-ar-pé : i-ša-qál lo.e.⁹iš-tù ha-muš-tim rev.¹⁰ša A-šur-i-mì-tí ¹¹iti-kam : ša Sá^!(KI)-ra-tim ¹²li-mu-um ¹³E-na-ma-nim ¹⁴1 ma-na kù-babbar ¹⁵ší-im-tám a-na e-tí-šu ¹⁶i-ša-qal : šu-ma ¹⁷lá iš-qul ki-a-ma ¹⁸ṣí-ib-tám u.e.¹⁹ú-ṣa-áb igi Bu-li-/na le.e.²⁰igi Pè-er-wa ²¹ igi Puzur₄-A-na

Translation of the tablet in the envelope

Aššur -taklāku has loaned 1 mina of litum-quality silver to Šakdunuwa. He will pay 15 shekels of silver, 5 sacks of barley and 5 sacks of wheat, its interest, at the harvest time. From the week of Aššur-imittī, month ša Sarratim (ii), eponym Ennamānum. He will pay the amount agreed on at his term. If he has not paid, he will add the interest accordingly. In the presence of Bulina, of Perwa, and of Puzur-Ana.

Structure and data

00_Photos.zip:

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.

• Kt93k550aLe.jpg

• Kt93k550aLoe.jpg

• Kt93k550aOb.jpg

• Kt93k550aRe.jpg

• Kt93k550aReBis.jpg

• Kt93k550aRev.jpg

• Kt93k550aUe.jpg

01_VolumeData.zip:

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.

• 017_93k550_reconstruction_crop.nxs

02_Visualisations.zip:

Geometry files of the tablet and envelope (.ply) and internal format files (.exa).

• 017_93k550_3.exa

• 017_93k550_3_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5.exa

• 017_93k550_3_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5_32_0.5_2.exa

• 017_93k550_envelope.ply

• 017_93k550_looseParts.ply

• 017_93k550_tablet.ply

03_Scripts.zip:

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.

• 017_93k550_extract.sh

• 017_93k550_visualise.sh