June 18, 2025 Dataset Open Access

Kt 94/k 602 (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: Letter
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)
Country of discovery: Türkiye
Dimensions: Height: 5.5 cm; Width: 5.2 cm; Depth: 3.1 cm
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye
Excavation number: Kt 94/k 602
Publication number (envelope): KT 6d, 801
 

Transliteration of the tablet in the envelope

¹a-na dam-gàr^ri-im ù ²E-lá-lí : qí-bi-ma ³a-na dam-gàr^ri-im qí-bi-ma ⁴um-ma In-ba-A-šùr-ma ⁵5 lá ¼^? túg ku-ta-ni sig₅ ⁶10 túg lu ša A-ki-dí-e ⁷lu ša Ha-ra-hu-ur ⁸2 anše ṣa-lá-mu ⁹mì-ma a-nim lo.e.¹⁰a-ra-dí-a-kum rev.¹¹10 túg wa-at-ru-ma ¹²a-na ta-ší-a-tí-im ¹³a-dí Ha-hi-im : a-dí-in ¹⁴kù-babbar ša šé-bu-lim : a-na ¹⁵pá-ni-a : šé-bi₄-lam ṣa-he-er-/tám ¹⁶ša 5 gín kù-babbar šé-bi₄-lam ¹⁷°lá°-ma : i-na Ha-hi-im ¹⁸i-na ^dutu^ši En-um-A-šùr ¹⁹ur-da-ni : ú-nu-tí i-na ²⁰é-gal^lim : ú-ṣa-am : 2 u₄-me-/e ²¹e-ma-ru-a : i-nu-hu-ma u.e.²²a-na Tí-mì-il₅-ki-a ²³a-sá-ri-dam : a-hi a-ta le.e.²⁴té-er-ta-kà : a-pá-ni-a ²⁵li-li-kam, supplementary tablet: ¹túg^hi-tù sig₅ diri ²mì-lik : túg^hi-tí-kà ³mì-lik.

Translation of the tablet in the envelope

Say to the creditor and Elālī; say to the creditor: thus (says) Inba-Aššur.

5 minus ¼ kutānum-textiles of good quality, 10 textiles either from Akkad or from Harahur, 2 black donkeys, I am bringing you all this. I gave 10 textiles extra for the transport costs until Hahhum. Send me the silver of the consignment by the next caravan. Send me (also) small goods worth 5 shekels of silver. Before being in Hahhum, the day Ennum-Aššur came down, my goods came out of the palace. During two days my donkeys suffered, so I will drive them to Timilkiya. You are my brother, let your report come to me.

Structure and data

00_Photos.zip:

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.

• 94k602a photos.docx

• 94k602aLe.jpg

• 94k602aLoe.jpg

• 94k602aOb.jpg

• 94k602aRe.jpg

• 94k602aRev.jpg

• 94k602aUe.jpg

01_VolumeData.zip:

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.

• 006_94k602_reconstruction_crop.nxs

02_Visualisations.zip:

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

• 006_94k602_4.exa

• 006_94k602_4_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.25_5.exa

• 006_94k602_4_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.25_5_32_0.5_2.exa

• 006_94k602_envelope.ply

• 006_94k602_tablet1.ply

• 006_94k602_tablet2.ply

03_Scripts.zip:

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.

• 006_94k602_extract.sh

• 006_94k602_visualise.sh