DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.17631
title: Kt 91/k 287 (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: Proceedings<br>
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)<br>
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BCE)<br>
Country of discovery: Türkiye<br>
Dimensions: Height: 5.3 cm; Width: 5.7 cm; Depth: 2.2 cm<br>
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye<br>
Excavation number: Kt 91/k 287<br>
Publication number (envelope): KT 8, 104<br>
 

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

Ob.<sup>1</sup><em>Pí-lá-ah-A-šùr </em><sup>2</sup><em>a-na E-lá-ma </em><sup>3</sup><em>iṣ-ba-at-ni-a-tí-ma </em><sup>4</sup><em>um-ma Pí-lá-ah-A-šur-ma </em><sup>5</sup><em>a-na E-lá-ma-ma </em><sup>6</sup><em>a-na</em> an-na<sup><em>ki</em></sup><em>-kà </em><sup>7</sup><em>ša ta-dí-na-ni </em><sup>8</sup><em>a-ga-mì-il</em><sub>5</sub><em>-kà</em> 8 gín-/ta <sup>9</sup>kù-babbar <em>a-na A-lim</em><sup>ki 10</sup><em>ú-ša-ak-ša-da-/kà </em>lo.e.<sup>11</sup><em>um-ma Pí-lá-ah-A-/šur-ma </em>rev.<sup>12</sup><em>ú i-nu-mì a-na-ku </em><sup>13</sup><em>a-na A-lim</em><sup>ki</sup> <em>a-lu-ku </em><sup>14</sup>15 <em>ma-na</em> kù-babbar <sup>15</sup><em>ta-da-nam-ma a-bé-/el </em><sup>16</sup><em>um-ma E-lá-ma-ma </em><sup>17</sup><em>a-da-na-kum </em>igi<em> Lá-qé-/ep </em><sup>18</sup><em>Šu-bé-lim</em> <em>ú </em>lugal-<sup>d</sup>im <sup>19</sup><em>táp-pá-ú-a </em><sup>20</sup><em>a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-/tim </em>u.e.<sup>21</sup><em>&lt;kà-ru-um&gt; Kà-ni-iš </em><sup>22</sup><em>i-dí-ni-ma</em> igi gír <em>&lt;ša A-šur&gt; </em>l.e.<sup>23</sup><em>ṭup-pá-am ša ší-bu-tí-a </em><sup>24</sup><em>a-dí-in</em>

 

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

Pilah-Aššur seized us against Elamma and Pilah-Aššur (said) to Elamma as follows:

“With respect to your tin that you gave me, I will do you a favor, I will supply you in the City (of Aššur) silver (at a rate of 1 shekel of silver) per 8 shekels (of tin).”

Pilah-Aššur (answered) as follows: “And when I go to the City (of Aššur) will you then give me 15 minas of silver for my free disposal?” 

Elamma (replied) thus: “I will give (it) to you.”

In the presence of Laqēp, Šu-Bēlum and Šarrum-Adad were my fellow (witnesses).

For these proceedings, the (Assyrian authorities) of Kaneš appointed me (as arbitrator) and I gave (this) tablet with my testimony before the dagger (of Aššur) in the Gate of the God.

 

<strong>Structure and data</strong>

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

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.


 
 Kt91k287aLe.jpg
 
 
 Kt91k287aLoe.jpg
 
 
 Kt91k287aOb.jpg
 
 
 Kt91k287aRe.jpg
 
 
 Kt91k287aRev.jpg
 
 
 Kt91k287aUe.jpg
 


 

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

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.


 
 042_91k287_reconstruction_crop.nxs
 


 

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

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


 
 042_91k287_2.exa
 
 
 042_91k287_2_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.22_5.exa
 
 
 042_91k287_2_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.22_5_32_0.5_2.exa
 
 
 042_91k287_envelope.ply
 
 
 042_91k287_tablet.ply
 


 

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

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.


 
 042_91k287_extract.sh
 
 
 042_91k287_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.