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BIN 06, 085 (P286220)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286220 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03971 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [a]-szur-sipa _dumu_ sa3-ba-si2#-a | Assur-sipa, son of Sabasiya |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | li-pa2-a u3 kur-ub-esz18-dar | Lipâ and Kurub-Ištar |
| 2' | du10-a-szur _dumu_ puzur4-esz18-dar u2-bi-il5 | Du-Assur, son of Puzur-Ištar, raised |
| 3' | lu-qu2-tam2 / a-szur-sipa-ma il5-qe2-szi2 | (Sum) Assur-sipāma took the luqutam-gift, |
| 4' | u3 te2-er-tu3-szu / ki-ma / lu-qu2-tam2 | and his extispicy like a luqutam |
| 5' | il5-qe2-u2 / i-li-kam 2(u) 3(disz) _tug2_ szu-ru-tum | he took. 23 high-quality garments |
| 6' | [n _tug2_] ku-ta-nu 1(disz) _tug2_ ka3-ab-tum | n kutanu-garments, 1 kabtum-garment |
| 7' | [n] _gu2#_ 1(u) _ma-na an-na_ ku-nu-ku-a | n talents 10 minas of tin, |
| 8' | [n] _ma-na an-na_ [qa2]-tim | n minas of refined silver |
| 9' | [2(disz)] _ansze_ s,a-la2-ma-an / pi2-la2-ah-a-szur | 2 homers of shalmanu-flour for Pilah-Assur |
| 10' | _dumu#_ ib-ni-_e2_-a / ir-de8-[a-ku-nu-ti2] | son of Ibni-bītî, they brought you. |
| 11' | [n] _gu2_ 1(u) _ma-na an-na_ ku-nu#-[ku-a] | n talents 10 minas of tin, |
| 12' | [n _tug2_] szu-ru-tum sza li-wi#-[tim] | n high-quality garments for the liwītum-festival; |
| 13' | [n] _ma#-na an-na_ qa2-tim | n minas of refined silver |
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