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.17758","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: 5.5 cm; Width: 5.2 cm; Depth: 3.1 cm<br>\nMuseum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, T&uuml;rkiye<br>\nExcavation number: Kt 94/k 602<br>\nPublication number (envelope): KT 6d, 801<br>\n&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Transliteration of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p><sup>1</sup><em>a-na </em>dam-g&agrave;r<sup><em>ri-im</em></sup><em> &ugrave;</em> <sup>2</sup><em>E-l&aacute;-l&iacute;</em>&nbsp;: <em>q&iacute;-bi-ma</em> <sup>3</sup><em>a-na</em> dam-g&agrave;r<sup><em>ri-im</em></sup><em> q&iacute;-bi-ma </em><sup>4</sup><em>um-ma In-ba-A-&scaron;&ugrave;r-ma </em><sup>5</sup>5 l&aacute; &frac14;<sup>?</sup> t&uacute;g <em>ku-ta-ni </em>sig<sub>5</sub> <sup>6</sup>10 t&uacute;g <em>lu &scaron;a A-ki-d&iacute;-e </em><sup>7</sup><em>lu &scaron;a Ha-ra-hu-ur </em><sup>8</sup>2 an&scaron;e <em>\u1e63a-l&aacute;-mu </em><sup>9</sup><em>m&igrave;-ma a-nim </em>lo.e.<sup>10</sup><em>a-ra-d&iacute;-a-kum </em>rev.<sup>11</sup>10 t&uacute;g <em>wa-at-ru-ma </em><sup>12</sup><em>a-na ta-&scaron;&iacute;-a-t&iacute;-im </em><sup>13</sup><em>a-d&iacute; Ha-hi-im&nbsp;</em>: <em>a-d&iacute;-in </em><sup>14</sup>k&ugrave;-babbar <em>&scaron;a &scaron;&eacute;-bu-lim</em> : <em>a-na </em><sup>15</sup><em>p&aacute;-ni-a</em> : <em>&scaron;&eacute;-bi</em><sub>4</sub><em>-lam \u1e63a-he-er-/t&aacute;m </em><sup>16</sup><em>&scaron;a </em>5 g&iacute;n k&ugrave;-babbar <em>&scaron;&eacute;-bi</em><sub>4</sub><em>-lam </em><sup>17</sup>&deg;<em>l&aacute;&deg;-ma</em> : <em>i-na Ha-hi-im </em><sup>18</sup><em>i-na</em> <sup>d</sup>utu<sup><em>&scaron;i</em></sup><em> En-um-A-&scaron;&ugrave;r </em><sup>19</sup><em>ur-da-ni</em>&nbsp;: <em>&uacute;-nu-t&iacute; i-na </em><sup>20</sup>&eacute;-gal<sup><em>lim</em></sup>&nbsp;: <em>&uacute;-\u1e63a-am</em>&nbsp;: 2 <em>u</em><sub>4</sub><em>-me-/e </em><sup>21</sup><em>e-ma-ru-a </em>: <em>i-nu-hu</em>-<em>ma </em>u.e.<sup>22</sup><em>a-na T&iacute;-m&igrave;-il</em><sub>5</sub><em>-ki-a </em><sup>23</sup><em>a-s&aacute;-ri-dam</em>&nbsp;: <em>a-hi a-ta </em>le.e.<sup>24</sup><em>t&eacute;-er-ta-k&agrave;</em>&nbsp;: <em>a-p&aacute;-ni-a </em><sup>25</sup><em>li-li-kam</em>, supplementary tablet: <sup>1</sup>t&uacute;g<sup>hi</sup><em>-t&ugrave;</em> sig<sub>5</sub> diri <sup>2</sup><em>m&igrave;-lik </em>: t&uacute;g<sup>hi</sup><em>-t&iacute;-k&agrave;</em> <sup>3</sup><em>m&igrave;-lik.</em></p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>\n\n<p>Say to the creditor and El\u0101l\u012b; say to the creditor: thus (says) Inba-A&scaron;&scaron;ur.</p>\n\n<p>5 minus &frac14; <em>kut\u0101num-</em>textiles of good quality, 10 textiles either from Akkad or from Harahur, 2&nbsp;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-A&scaron;&scaron;ur 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.</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>94k602a photos.docx</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>94k602aLe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>94k602aLoe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>94k602aOb.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>94k602aRe.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>94k602aRev.jpg</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>94k602aUe.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>006_94k602_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>006_94k602_4.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>006_94k602_4_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.25_5.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>006_94k602_4_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.25_5_32_0.5_2.exa</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>006_94k602_envelope.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>006_94k602_tablet1.ply</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>006_94k602_tablet2.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>006_94k602_extract.sh</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>006_94k602_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":"17758","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 94/k 602 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)","type":"dataset","version":"2.0"}