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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  <dc:creator>Michel, Cécile</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Schroer, Christian</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Olbrich, Stephan</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Beckert, Andreas</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Ehteram, Samaneh</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Schropp, Andreas</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Paetzold, Philipp</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Bohn, Mathias</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Zerbe, Katrin</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Aksoy, Avni</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2025-06-18</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Written Artefact Metadata

Object type: Enveloped clay tablet
Material: Clay
Writing: Cuneiform writing
Language: Old Assyrian
Nature of the text: Letter
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)
Country of discovery: Türkiye
Dimensions: Height: 5.3 cm; Width: 4.9 cm; Depth: 2.6 cm
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye
Excavation number: Kt 94/k 1150
Publication number (envelope): KT 6b, 298
 

Transliteration of the tablet in the envelope

1a-na En-um-A-šur 2qí-bi-ma um-ma A-na-a-na-/ma 3a-ma-lá té-er-tí-kà 4ša ta-áš-pu-ra-ni 5a-šu-mì Lá-qé-pì-im 6a-ta-na-lá-ak-šu-ma 7um-ma šu-ut-ma kù-°babbar° 8a-na Ku-da-tim áš-qul 9áš-ni-ma a-li-ik-šu-ma 10um-ma a-na-ku-ma 11ší-bi4 : lá-áš-ku-na-ku-um lo.e.12a-šar a-na Ku-da-tim 13lá ta-áš-qú-lu um-ma °ku° 14°x x° šu-ut-ma rev.15kù-babbar ku-a-tí lá a-da-na-ki-/im 16i-na a-lá-ak 17En-um-A-šur šu-a-tí-ma 18a-ša-qál be-lí a-ta 19mì-nam ur-ki!(SÁ) hu-sá-ri-im 20qá-qá-ad-kà ta-ta-na-i 21a-na-kam té-er-ta-kà 22kù-babbar 10 ma-na ù 20 ma-na 23lu i-na Bu-ru-uš-ha-tim 24lu i-na Wa-ah-šu-ša-na 25lu a-na-kam té-er-ta-°kà° u.e.26té-zi-ib qá-qá-ad/-kà 27ta-ta-na-i l.e.28šu-ma a-dí 10 u4-me lá ta-/li-kam 29a-ṣí-kà? té-eb-a-/ma 30a-tal-kam : 31«a-ta-kàm» 32a-wa-tim lá-am-na-tim áš-ta-na-/me-e

 

Translation of the tablet in the envelope

Say to Ennum-Aššur: thus (says) Anna-anna.

According to the instructions you sent me, regarding Laqēpum, I repeatedly go to him, and he (answers) as follows: “I paid the silver to Kudātum.” I checked and went to him (saying) as follows: “I will certainly get witnesses (to testify) against you in case you did not paid (it) to Kudātum.” He (answered) as follows: “I will not give the silver to you. When Ennum-Aššur arrives, it will be to him that I will pay (it)!”

You are my master. Why do you keep turning your head towards the lapis lazuli? Here, your instructions concerning silver, 10 or 20 minas that are either in Burušhattum, or in Wahšušana, or here, you left your instructions and you keep turning your head towards it. If within 10 days you have not arrived as for your departure, stand up and come. I hear bad words all the time! 

 

Structure and data

00_Photos.zip:

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.


	
	94k1150a photos.docx
	
	
	94k1150aLeft Edge.jpg
	
	
	94k1150aLower Edge.jpg
	
	
	94k1150aObverse.jpg
	
	
	94k1150aReverse.jpg
	
	
	94k1150aRight Edge.jpg
	
	
	94k1150aue.jpg
	


 

01_VolumeData.zip:

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.


	
	038_94k1150_reconstruction_crop.nxs
	


 

02_Visualisations.zip:

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


	
	038_94k1150_5.exa
	
	
	038_94k1150_5_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.35_5.exa
	
	
	038_94k1150_5_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.35_5_32_0.5_2.exa
	
	
	038_94k1150_envelope.ply
	
	
	038_94k1150_tablet.ply
	


 

03_Scripts.zip:

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.


	
	038_94k1150_extract.sh
	
	
	038_94k1150_visualise.sh
	
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  <dc:subject>DESY</dc:subject>
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  <dc:subject>Artefact Profiling</dc:subject>
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  <dc:subject>Cuneiform Clay tablet</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Assyriology</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Informatics</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Physics</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Museum of Anatolian Civilizations</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Ankara</dc:subject>
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