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BIN 06, 144 (P289559)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289559 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03826 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | i-na ad-mu-tim | at the threshing floor |
| 2 | sza dingir-be-lum | belonging to Dingir-belum |
| 3 | szu-ma a-wi-lum2 | If a man |
| 4 | eq-lam i-la2-ak | he will make an inheritance. |
| 5 | 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ku3-babbar_ | 12 1/2 (shekels of) silver |
| 6 | ni-da-szu-ma | we shall give him, and |
| 7 | i-na ni-isz-ri-szu | in his supplication |
| 8 | pa2-nim-ma | before me |
| 9 | sza 1(disz) _tug2_ 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2_ | of 1 garment, 12 shekels |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ni-la2-qe2 | we shall take. |
| 2 | u3 sza sza-ni-im | and of another |
| 3 | 1(disz) _tug2_ i-na ni-isz-ri-szu | 1 garment in his gift |
| 4 | sza-nim 1(u) 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | another 12 shekels of silver |
| 5 | i-sza-qal szu-ma | he shall weigh out, and |
| 6 | a-na a-hi-im | to another |
| 7 | ta-ad-mi3-iq-tam2 ni-da-an | we will give. |
| 8 | 1(disz) _tug2_ ni-la2-qe2 | 1 garment, Nila’qe |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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