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BIN 06, 022 (P289566)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289566 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04039 |
| 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 | um-ma en-na-su2-ma# | Thus (says) Ennasu |
| 2 | a-na e-la2-li2 u3 a-szur3-{d}utu-szi qi2-bi4-ma | To Elali and Assur-šamaš speak! |
| 3 | 4(disz) _ansze hi-a_ sza _uruda_ | 4 homers of copper, |
| 4 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ lu 1(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ | 15 minas of silver |
| 5 | sza na-ru-qi2-ka3 | of your stele |
| 6 | i-qa2-ti2-ka3 li-qe2-a-ma | take from you, and |
| 7 | ti2-ib-a-ma a-tal-kam | Come, and I will come. |
| 8 | a-pi2-isz i-li2-a wa-asz2!-bu | the one who lies down in the lap of my god |
| 9 | i-li2-a ka3-la2 a-wa-ti2-ni | all of the gods, his words |
| 10 | i-de8 / u2-la2 a-ta i-pa2-ni | “He knows, he does not know, |
| 11 | a-ta-al-kam / u2-la2 a-szur3-{d}utu-szi | I have gone. Neither Assur-šamaš, |
| 12 | i-pa2-ni-ka2 li-ta-al-kam | May your eyes be open. |
| 13 | um-ma ma-ru a-hu-a-hi-ma | Thus (says) Maru, the brother-in-law: |
| 14 | 5/6(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 5/6 mina of silver |
| 15 | _ki_ {d}utu-du10 | from Šamaš-ṭab |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-al-qe2 | you took. |
| 2 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma u2-la2 al-qe2 | Thus (says) I: "I have taken." |
| 3 | a-na {d}utu-du10 | To Šamaš-ṭab |
| 4 | ni-isz3-pu-ur-ma | we sent, and |
| 5 | um-ma szu-ut-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Thus he: silver |
| 6 | en-nu-um-i3-li2 _dumu_ dingir-ba-ni | Ennum-ilī, son of Ilum-bani |
| 7 | il5-qe2 _igi_ 3(disz) _dumu dam-gar3_ | he took. Before: 3 sons of merchants |
| 8 | en-nu-um-i3-li2 asz2-al-ma | I asked Ennum-ilī, |
| 9 | um-ma szu-ut#-ma# u2-la2 al-qe2 | Thus (says) he: I took. |
| 10 | um-ma {d}utu-du10-ma | Thus (says) Šamaš-ṭab |
| 11 | en-nu-um-i3-li2 | Ennum-ilī |
| 12 | li-it-ma-ma | may he know, and |
| 13 | a-na-ku / a-sza-qal | I will graze. |
| 14 | szu-ma i-ta-ma / {d}utu-du10# | “He is Šamaš-dūn |
| 15 | s,a-ab2-ta-ma _ku3-babbar#_ | seized, and silver |
| 16 | sza-asz2-qi2-la szu-ma | he is a šašqīla-priest |
| 17 | la it-ma / en-nu-[um-i3-li2] | did not know Ennum-ilī |
| 18 | sza-asz2-qi2-la2 | šašqila |
| 19 | ti-i-ra-[tim] | Tirātum |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na ma-lik-ke-en6 i-nu-mi3-szu-ma | to Malik-kēn, at that time |
| 2 | a-na en-nu-um-i3-li2 a-di2-in | I gave to Ennum-ilī. |
Sources & licences
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