Kt 94/k 602 (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: 5.5 cm; Width: 5.2 cm; Depth: 3.1 cm<br>
Museum/Collection: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye<br>
Excavation number: Kt 94/k 602<br>
Publication number (envelope): KT 6d, 801<br>

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

¹<em>a-na </em>dam-gàr^{<em>ri-im</em>}<em> ù</em> ²<em>E-lá-lí</em> : <em>qí-bi-ma</em> ³<em>a-na</em> dam-gàr^{<em>ri-im</em>}<em> qí-bi-ma </em>⁴<em>um-ma In-ba-A-šùr-ma </em>⁵5 lá ¼^? túg <em>ku-ta-ni </em>sig₅ ⁶10 túg <em>lu ša A-ki-dí-e </em>⁷<em>lu ša Ha-ra-hu-ur </em>⁸2 anše <em>ṣa-lá-mu </em>⁹<em>mì-ma a-nim </em>lo.e.¹⁰<em>a-ra-dí-a-kum </em>rev.¹¹10 túg <em>wa-at-ru-ma </em>¹²<em>a-na ta-ší-a-tí-im </em>¹³<em>a-dí Ha-hi-im </em>: <em>a-dí-in </em>¹⁴kù-babbar <em>ša šé-bu-lim</em> : <em>a-na </em>¹⁵<em>pá-ni-a</em> : <em>šé-bi</em>₄<em>-lam ṣa-he-er-/tám </em>¹⁶<em>ša </em>5 gín kù-babbar <em>šé-bi</em>₄<em>-lam </em>¹⁷°<em>lá°-ma</em> : <em>i-na Ha-hi-im </em>¹⁸<em>i-na</em> ^dutu^<em>ši</em><em> En-um-A-šùr </em>¹⁹<em>ur-da-ni</em> : <em>ú-nu-tí i-na </em>²⁰é-gal^<em>lim</em> : <em>ú-ṣa-am</em> : 2 <em>u</em>₄<em>-me-/e </em>²¹<em>e-ma-ru-a </em>: <em>i-nu-hu</em>-<em>ma </em>u.e.²²<em>a-na Tí-mì-il</em>₅<em>-ki-a </em>²³<em>a-sá-ri-dam</em> : <em>a-hi a-ta </em>le.e.²⁴<em>té-er-ta-kà</em> : <em>a-pá-ni-a </em>²⁵<em>li-li-kam</em>, supplementary tablet: ¹túg^hi<em>-tù</em> sig₅ diri ²<em>mì-lik </em>: túg^hi<em>-tí-kà</em> ³<em>mì-lik.</em>

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

Say to the creditor and Elālī; say to the creditor: thus (says) Inba-Aššur.

5 minus ¼ <em>kutānum-</em>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.

<strong>Structure and data</strong>

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

Photos of the enveloped tablet from all sides.

94k602a photos.docx

94k602aLe.jpg

94k602aLoe.jpg

94k602aOb.jpg

94k602aRe.jpg

94k602aRev.jpg

94k602aUe.jpg

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

3D tomographic reconstruction volume data.

006_94k602_reconstruction_crop.nxs

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

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

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

Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.

006_94k602_extract.sh

006_94k602_visualise.sh