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BIN 06, 018 (P289571)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289571 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03819 |
| 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 a-szur3-tak2-[la2-ku] | Thus Assur-taklāku |
| 2 | a-na a-la2-la2 u3 x [...] | To the alala and ... |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma a-pu-tum | Speak, O Apotrop! |
| 4 | sza 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | of 10 shekels of silver |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am sza a-de8-a | A tablet of a treaty |
| 6 | ka3-s,a-ar puzur2-a-szur | guard of Puzur-Assur, |
| 7 | sza a-ma-kam al-pu-[tu3] | that I have written on my tablet |
| 8 | e-la2-nu-ma | he shall raise, and |
| 9 | e-zi-ib u2 na-asz2-pe2#-[er-tam2] | Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled. |
| 10 | la2 pa2-ti2-tam2 | without a claim |
| 11 | sza puzur2-a-szur3 | of Puzur-Assur, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ a-szur3-tak2-[la2-ku] | son of Assur-taklāku |
| 2 | sza e-zi-ba-ki-[ni] | of Eziba-kini |
| 3 | a-pu-tum i-pa2-ni#-[ki] | I am smitten by you. |
| 4 | tab-li-im lu [x] | ... the tablīm demon |
| 5 | ta-ah-si-is-tam2 | a taḫsistam |
| 6 | e-la2-nu-ma am-szi2 | I raised up, and |
| 7 | u2 ta-ma-la2-ki | and you will wash yourself. |
| 8 | sza ta-ah-si2-sa3-[tim] | of the tahsisātum |
| 9 | tab-li-im | |
| 10 | a-pu-tum | |
| 11 | sza-am-na-am | šamnam |
| 12 | t,a2-ba-am | good |
| 13 | la2 te2-zi-bi-im | do not abandon it! |
| 14 | li-qe2-a-nim | may he take. |
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