June 18, 2025 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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{"DOI":"10.25592/uhhfdm.17636","abstract":"<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: Loan contract<br>\nProvenience: Kanesh (mod. K&uuml;ltepe)<br>\nPeriod/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)<br>\nCountry of discovery: T&uuml;rkiye<br>\nDimensions: Height: 5 cm; Width: 4.3 cm; Depth: 2.7 cm<br>\nMuseum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, T&uuml;rkiye<br>\nExcavation number: Kt 93/k 550<br>\nPublication number (envelope): forthcoming<br>\n&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Transliteration of the tablet inside the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p>Ob.<sup>1</sup>1 <em>ma-na</em> k&ugrave;-babbar <em>li-t&iacute;</em> <sup>2</sup><em>i-\u1e63&eacute;-er &Scaron;a-ak-du-nu-/a </em><sup>3</sup><em>A-&scaron;ur-t&aacute;k-l&aacute;-ku </em><sup>4</sup><em>i-&scaron;u</em> 15 g&iacute;n k&ugrave;-babbar <sup>5</sup>5 <em>na-ru-uq &scaron;e-um </em><sup>6</sup><em>&ugrave;</em> 5 <em>na-ru-uq</em> gig <sup>7</sup><em>\u1e63&iacute;-ba-s&uacute;</em> : <em>a-na </em><sup>8</sup><em>ha-ar-p&eacute;</em> : <em>i-&scaron;a-q&aacute;l </em>lo.e.<sup>9</sup><em>i&scaron;-t&ugrave; ha-mu&scaron;-tim</em> rev.<sup>10</sup><em>&scaron;a A-&scaron;ur-i-m&igrave;-t&iacute; </em><sup>11</sup>iti-kam : <em>&scaron;a S&aacute;</em><sup>!</sup>(KI)<em>-ra-tim </em><sup>12</sup><em>li-mu-um </em><sup>13</sup><em>E-na-ma-nim </em><sup>14</sup>1 <em>ma-na</em> k&ugrave;-babbar <sup>15</sup><em>&scaron;&iacute;-im-t&aacute;m a-na e-t&iacute;-&scaron;u </em><sup>16</sup><em>i-&scaron;a-qal</em> : <em>&scaron;u-ma </em><sup>17</sup><em>l&aacute; i&scaron;-qul ki-a-ma </em><sup>18</sup><em>\u1e63&iacute;-ib-t&aacute;m</em> u.e.<sup>19</sup><em>&uacute;-\u1e63a-&aacute;b</em> igi <em>Bu-li-/na </em>le.e.<sup>20</sup>igi <em>P&egrave;-er-wa </em><sup>21</sup> igi <em>Puzur</em><sub>4</sub>-<em>A-na</em></p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p>A&scaron;&scaron;ur -takl\u0101ku has loaned 1 mina of <em>litum-</em>quality silver to &Scaron;akdunuwa. 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 A&scaron;&scaron;ur-imitt\u012b, month &scaron;a Sarratim (ii), eponym Ennam\u0101num. 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.</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</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>Kt93k550aLe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k550aLoe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k550aOb.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k550aRe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k550aReBis.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k550aRev.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k550aUe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</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>017_93k550_reconstruction_crop.nxs</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</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>017_93k550_3.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>017_93k550_3_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>017_93k550_3_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5_32_0.5_2.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>017_93k550_envelope.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>017_93k550_looseParts.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>017_93k550_tablet.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</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>017_93k550_extract.sh</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>017_93k550_visualise.sh</p>\n\t</li>\n</ul>","author":[{"family":"Michel, C\u00e9cile"},{"family":"Schroer, Christian"},{"family":"Olbrich, Stephan"},{"family":"Beckert, Andreas"},{"family":"Ehteram, Samaneh"},{"family":"Schropp, Andreas"},{"family":"Paetzold, Philipp"},{"family":"Bohn, Mathias"},{"family":"Zerbe, Katrin"},{"family":"Aksoy, Avni"}],"id":"17636","issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,18]]},"note":"The research for this data set was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy \u2013 EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universit\u00e4t Hamburg.","title":"Kt 93/k 550 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)","type":"dataset","version":"1.0"}