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BIN 06, 007 (P289568)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289568 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03816 |
| 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-na pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma / um-ma | Speak! Thus says |
| 3 | la2-ma-si2-ma / szu-ma a-hi a-ta | “Let me see, and he is my brother! |
| 4 | szu-ma / be-li a-ta / a-na ma-nim | If my lord, why to the land? |
| 5 | ta-na-t,a2-al | you will measure out. |
| 6 | ku-ta-bi-it-ma | he seized, and |
| 7 | ku-ur-si2-ka3 / pa2-re-er | of Kūr-siŋ, ... |
| 8 | 1(disz) _tug2_ ka3-ab2-ta-am | 1 kabtam garment |
| 9 | a-na a-szur-ma-lik | to Aššar-malik |
| 10 | i-na pa2-ni-tim | in the future |
| 11 | ha-ra-ni-szu / a-di2-in-szu-um | his brother, his father, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_-bi-szu / mi3-ma | his silver, whatever |
| 2 | u2-la2 ub-la2-am | he brought. |
| 3 | ku-nu-kam / sza _na4 za-gin3_ | sealed documents of lapis lazuli stone |
| 4 | szi2-a-um / na-asz2-a-kum | The šiām priestess is your servant. |
| 5 | i-nu-mi3 / ki-sa3-am | At that time, on the ground |
| 6 | tu3-sze2-ba-la2-ni | you will give him. |
| 7 | _siki hi-a_ szu?!-uk-nam | ... wool |
| 8 | sza-ap2-tu3-um | Šaptum, |
| 9 | i-na a-lim{ki} | in the city |
| 10 | wa-aq-ra-at | he will be killed |
Sources & licences
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