Kt 93/k 144 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara)

<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: Letter<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: 4.8 cm; Depth: 2.9 cm<br>
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye<br>
Excavation number: Kt 93/k 144<br>
Publication number (envelope): forthcoming<br>

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

¹<em>um-ma A-lá-hu-um-ma </em>²<em>ù A-šùr-ták-lá-ku </em>³<em>a-na I-dí-a-bi-im En-na-/nim </em>⁴<em>Puzur</em>₄<em>-A-šùr ù I-ku-/pì-a </em>⁵<em>qí-bí-ma</em> : <em>a-ma-kam </em>⁶<em>ṭup-pé-e</em> : <em>am-ra-ma </em>⁷<em>ṭup-pá-am ha-ar-ma-/am </em>⁸<em>ša</em> 5 <em>ma-na</em> kù-babbar ⁹<em>ša a-na I-ku-pí-a </em>lo.e.¹⁰<em>a-na e-bu-ṭí </em>rev.¹¹<em>A-šùr-</em>du₁₀ <em>i-dí-nu-ma </em>¹²dam-gàr <em>il</em>₅<em>-pu-tù </em>¹³<em>ṭup-pá-am dí-na-šu-ma </em>¹⁴<em>li-du-uk</em> : <em>a-na-kam </em>¹⁵<em>ṭup-pu-um ša na-ru-qí-/šu </em>¹⁶<em>iš-tí</em> : <em>um-mì-a-ni-šu </em>¹⁷<em>al-pu-ut.</em>

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

Thus (say) Ali-ahum and Aššur-taklāku: say to Iddin-abum, Ennānum, Puzur-Aššur and Ikuppiya.

There, I have seen the tablets, and the enveloped tablet concerning 5 minas of silver that Aššur-ṭāb gave as investment loan to Ikuppiya and that the creditor had written down, give him the tablet so that he cancels it (kills it). Here, I wrote the tablet of his joint stock company with his investors.

<strong>Structure and data</strong>

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

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.

93k144a photos.docx

Kt93k144aLe.jpg

Kt93k144aLoe.jpg

Kt93k144aOb.jpg

Kt93k144aRe.jpg

Kt93k144aRev.jpg

Kt93k144aUe.jpg

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

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.

015_93k144_reconstruction_crop.nxs

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

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

015_93k144_1.25.exa

015_93k144_1.25_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5.exa

015_93k144_1.25_medianw_0.015_32_8_-0.30_5_32_0.5_2.exa

015_93k144_envelope.ply

015_93k144_tablet.ply

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

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.

015_93k144_extract.sh

015_93k144_visualise.sh