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: 5.5 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-gàrri-im ù 2E-lá-lí : qí-bi-ma 3a-na dam-gàrri-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 dutuši En-um-A-šùr 19ur-da-ni : ú-nu-tí i-na 20é-gallim : 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: 1túghi-tù sig5 diri 2mì-lik : túghi-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
	
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  <dc:subject>Written Artefact</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>UWA</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Cluster of Excellence</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>CSMC</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>DESY</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>RFA09</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Artefact Profiling</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>3D</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>X-Ray Tomography</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>ENCI</dc:subject>
  <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>
  <dc:title>Kt 94/k 602 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)</dc:title>
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