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.17651","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: Letter<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: 5.3 cm; Width: 4.8 cm; Depth: 2.9 cm<br>\nMuseum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, T&uuml;rkiye<br>\nExcavation number: Kt 93/k 144<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><sup>1</sup><em>um-ma A-l&aacute;-hu-um-ma </em><sup>2</sup><em>&ugrave; A-&scaron;&ugrave;r-t&aacute;k-l&aacute;-ku </em><sup>3</sup><em>a-na I-d&iacute;-a-bi-im En-na-/nim </em><sup>4</sup><em>Puzur</em><sub>4</sub><em>-A-&scaron;&ugrave;r &ugrave; I-ku-/p&igrave;-a </em><sup>5</sup><em>q&iacute;-b&iacute;-ma</em> : <em>a-ma-kam </em><sup>6</sup><em>\u1e6dup-p&eacute;-e</em>&nbsp;: <em>am-ra-ma </em><sup>7</sup><em>\u1e6dup-p&aacute;-am ha-ar-ma-/am </em><sup>8</sup><em>&scaron;a</em> 5 <em>ma-na</em> k&ugrave;-babbar <sup>9</sup><em>&scaron;a a-na I-ku-p&iacute;-a </em>lo.e.<sup>10</sup><em>a-na e-bu-\u1e6d&iacute; </em>rev.<sup>11</sup><em>A-&scaron;&ugrave;r-</em>du<sub>10</sub> <em>i-d&iacute;-nu-ma </em><sup>12</sup>dam-g&agrave;r <em>il</em><sub>5</sub><em>-pu-t&ugrave; </em><sup>13</sup><em>\u1e6dup-p&aacute;-am d&iacute;-na-&scaron;u-ma </em><sup>14</sup><em>li-du-uk</em>&nbsp;: <em>a-na-kam </em><sup>15</sup><em>\u1e6dup-pu-um &scaron;a na-ru-q&iacute;-/&scaron;u </em><sup>16</sup><em>i&scaron;-t&iacute;</em>&nbsp;: <em>um-m&igrave;-a-ni-&scaron;u </em><sup>17</sup><em>al-pu-ut.</em></p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p>Thus (say) Ali-ahum and A&scaron;&scaron;ur-takl\u0101ku: say to Iddin-abum, Enn\u0101num, Puzur-A&scaron;&scaron;ur and Ikuppiya.</p>\n\n<p>There, I have seen the tablets, and the enveloped tablet concerning 5 minas of silver that A&scaron;&scaron;ur-\u1e6d\u0101b gave as investment loan to Ikuppiya and that the creditor had written down, give him the tablet so that he cancels it (kills it). Here, I wrote the tablet of his joint stock company with his investors.</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>93k144a photos.docx</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k144aLe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k144aLoe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k144aOb.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k144aRe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k144aRev.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Kt93k144aUe.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>015_93k144_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>015_93k144_1.25.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>015_93k144_1.25_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>015_93k144_1.25_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5_32_0.5_2.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>015_93k144_envelope.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>015_93k144_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>015_93k144_extract.sh</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>015_93k144_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":"17651","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 144 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)","type":"dataset","version":"1.1"}