DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.17636
title: Kt 93/k 550 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)

description: <strong>Written Artefact Metadata</strong>

Object type: Enveloped clay tablet<br>
Material: Clay<br>
Writing: Cuneiform writing<br>
Language: Old Assyrian<br>
Nature of the text: Loan contract<br>
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)<br>
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)<br>
Country of discovery: Türkiye<br>
Dimensions: Height: 5 cm; Width: 4.3 cm; Depth: 2.7 cm<br>
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye<br>
Excavation number: Kt 93/k 550<br>
Publication number (envelope): forthcoming<br>
 

<strong>Transliteration of the tablet inside the envelope</strong>

Ob.<sup>1</sup>1 <em>ma-na</em> kù-babbar <em>li-tí</em> <sup>2</sup><em>i-ṣé-er Ša-ak-du-nu-/a </em><sup>3</sup><em>A-šur-ták-lá-ku </em><sup>4</sup><em>i-šu</em> 15 gín kù-babbar <sup>5</sup>5 <em>na-ru-uq še-um </em><sup>6</sup><em>ù</em> 5 <em>na-ru-uq</em> gig <sup>7</sup><em>ṣí-ba-sú</em> : <em>a-na </em><sup>8</sup><em>ha-ar-pé</em> : <em>i-ša-qál </em>lo.e.<sup>9</sup><em>iš-tù ha-muš-tim</em> rev.<sup>10</sup><em>ša A-šur-i-mì-tí </em><sup>11</sup>iti-kam : <em>ša Sá</em><sup>!</sup>(KI)<em>-ra-tim </em><sup>12</sup><em>li-mu-um </em><sup>13</sup><em>E-na-ma-nim </em><sup>14</sup>1 <em>ma-na</em> kù-babbar <sup>15</sup><em>ší-im-tám a-na e-tí-šu </em><sup>16</sup><em>i-ša-qal</em> : <em>šu-ma </em><sup>17</sup><em>lá iš-qul ki-a-ma </em><sup>18</sup><em>ṣí-ib-tám</em> u.e.<sup>19</sup><em>ú-ṣa-áb</em> igi <em>Bu-li-/na </em>le.e.<sup>20</sup>igi <em>Pè-er-wa </em><sup>21</sup> igi <em>Puzur</em><sub>4</sub>-<em>A-na</em>

 

<strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong>

Aššur -taklāku has loaned 1 mina of <em>litum-</em>quality silver to Šakdunuwa. He will pay 15 shekels of silver, 5 sacks of barley and 5 sacks of wheat, its interest, at the harvest time. From the week of Aššur-imittī, month ša Sarratim (ii), eponym Ennamānum. He will pay the amount agreed on at his term. If he has not paid, he will add the interest accordingly. In the presence of Bulina, of Perwa, and of Puzur-Ana.

 

<strong>Structure and data</strong>

<strong>00_Photos.zip:</strong>

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.


 
 Kt93k550aLe.jpg
 
 
 Kt93k550aLoe.jpg
 
 
 Kt93k550aOb.jpg
 
 
 Kt93k550aRe.jpg
 
 
 Kt93k550aReBis.jpg
 
 
 Kt93k550aRev.jpg
 
 
 Kt93k550aUe.jpg
 


 

<strong>01_VolumeData.zip:</strong>

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.


 
 017_93k550_reconstruction_crop.nxs
 


 

<strong>02_Visualisations.zip:</strong>

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


 
 017_93k550_3.exa
 
 
 017_93k550_3_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5.exa
 
 
 017_93k550_3_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5_32_0.5_2.exa
 
 
 017_93k550_envelope.ply
 
 
 017_93k550_looseParts.ply
 
 
 017_93k550_tablet.ply
 


 

<strong>03_Scripts.zip:</strong>

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.


 
 017_93k550_extract.sh
 
 
 017_93k550_visualise.sh
description: The research for this data set was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – 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 Universität Hamburg.