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BIN 06, 008 (P289572)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289572 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03820 |
| 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 | um#-[ma ka3-ru]-um# | thus Karum: |
| 2 | ka3-ni-isz{ki}-ma | Kaniš |
| 3 | a-na ka3-ar ka3-ar-ma | to the gate of the gate |
| 4 | a-li i-ku-pa2-sza | where did she eat? |
| 5 | ta-ka3-sza-da-ni | you will hold back. |
| 6 | qi2-bi-ma / bu-za-zu | Speak! Your buzzu prayer |
| 7 | u3 a-szur3-mu-ta-bi4-il5 | and Assur-mutabi-il |
| 8 | im-hu-ru-ni-a-ti2 | received. |
| 9 | um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-ku-pa2-sza | Ikūpaša, |
| 2 | a-hu-ni | Ahuni, |
| 3 | nu-ta-ra-am | does not return. |
| 4 | a-na ta-u2-ri-szu | to its taurišu |
| 5 | ma-s,a-a-ni | guardian |
| 6 | a-szur3-du10 | Assur-ṭab |
| 7 | u3 a-de8-la2-at | and adelāt, |
| 8 | szi2-ip-ru-ni | sent to me |
| 9 | a-tu3-nu e-mu-uq-szu-nu | Atunu, their army |
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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