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BIN 06, 016 (P289569)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289569 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03817 |
| 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 puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | a-szur3-ta-ak-la-ku-ma | Assur-taklāku |
| 4 | _ansze_ sza ku!-s,i2-i-a | a donkey belonging to Kuṣia |
| 5 | sza a-di2-na-ku-ni szu-ma | that I gave to you |
| 6 | a-hi a-ta ma ke-na-tim-ma | the brother of the father, the true land |
| 7 | at-hu-u2-a-ni / _ansze_ | his brother, a donkey |
| 8 | isz-ti2 s,u2-ha-ri-a | from Ṣuharia |
| 9 | pa2-nim-ma u2-la2 isz-ti2# | before me he shall take away. |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ri-ka3 | of Ṣuharika, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza na-ha-dim | of the naḫadim |
| 2 | pi3-qi2-id-ma _ansze_ | take, and the donkey |
| 3 | szal2-ma-am li-ip?-qi2-du-nim | may they entrust to me well-being |
| 4 | szu-ma | he is. |
| 5 | la2 tu3-usz-te2-ri-a-ma | do not abandon me, and |
| 6 | li-bi4 / i-la2-mi3-in-na-kum | “My brother, I will bring it to you!" |
| 7 | i-ba-ti2-qi2-im | he shall take |
| 8 | pa2-nim-ma sze2-ri-a-szu | before his morning meal |
| 9 | u2 [i]-hi-id-ma | and he weighed out, and |
| 10 | a-na te2-er-ti2-a | for extispicy |
| 11 | uz2-ni | a kind of animal |
| left | ||
| 1 | pi3-te2 / ma-ti2-ma | Account of the land. |
| 2 | ma-ma-an uz2-ni la2 ip#-te2# | nobody opened my ears. |
| 3 | x x | |
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