A Different List of Commercial Goods from Kültepe (Kt n/k 1697)

Abstract

    Uṣur-ša-Ištar, son of Aššur-immittī, was one of the most important individuals in the society of Old Assyrian traders who settled down at Kültepe/Kaniš in the Assyrian Trade Colonies Period. Many texts that help to illustrate the social, cultural, political and economic life of the era from his archive which includes more than two thousand texts have been published up to now. The text introduced here for the first time also belongs to Uṣur-ša-Ištar’s archive. This document is important because it includes many terms and some cuneiform signs which occur for the first time in the Old Assyrian corpus. The aim and the scope of its production are not clear. At first glance, it is thought to be a list of commercial goods kept in a store or a house of a trader. However, too many mistakes on calculations and some unique signs appearing for the first time in the tablet make one think that it could be a school text as well. 

Keywords

• Kültepe tablets,the Archive of Uṣur-ša-Ištar,school text,list of commercial goods

Kültepe’den Değişik Bir Ticari Mal Listesi (Kt n/k 1697)

Abstract

    Aššur-imittī’nin oğlu Uṣur-ša-İštar Eski Asur Ticaret Kolonileri Döneminde Kültepe/Kaniš’e yerleşen Asur tüccar toplumundaki en önemli şahıslardandır. Onun iki binden fazla tablet içeren arşivindeki dönemin sosyal, kültürel, siyasi ve ekonomik hayatının anlaşılmasında önemli katkılar sağlayan birçok belge yayımlanmıştır. Burada tanıtılan tablet de Uṣur-ša-İštar’ın arşivinden çıkmıştır ve Eski Asurca belgelerde ilk kez geçen birçok yeni kelime içermesi nedeniyle önemlidir. Çok sayıda ticari malın listelendiği belgenin düzenlenme amacı açık değildir. Belge ilk bakışta bir tüccarın evinde ya da deposunda tutulan malların listesi gibi görünmektedir. Ancak metinde yapılan birçok hesaplama hataları ve çivi yazısı işaret listelerinde verilmemiş bazı işaretleri içermesi bunun bir okul metni olabileceğini de düşündürmektedir.  

Keywords

• Kültepe tabletleri,Uṣur-ša-İštar arşivi,okul metni,ticari mal listesi

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