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BIN 06, 138 (P289573)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289573 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03821 |
| 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 | ur-ka3-num | Ur-kanum |
| 2 | iq-bi-u2-nim | said to me, |
| 3 | a-ma u2-za-ku-nu | they shall clear. |
| 4 | ap-te2 a-ma-kam | I opened the mouth, it was a flood. |
| 5 | szi2-ta-la2-ma | šitalāma |
| 6 | a-li us2-ma-at-ni | Where has he seized me? |
| 7 | u2 um-mi3-a-ni | and the food of his mother |
| 8 | ka3-la2-szu-nu sza | all of them |
| 9 | i-t,up-pi2-im | a tablet |
| 10 | la2-ap-tu3-ni | he has freed. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,up-pi2 sza-asz2-me-a-ma | a tablet of my own, |
| 2 | a-li us2-ma-at-ni | Where has he seized me? |
| 3 | ep-sza-ma u2 4(u) _ma-na_ | did, and 40 minas |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ a-la2-hu-um | the silver of Alahum |
| 5 | a-hu-szu na-szi2 | his brother is responsible. |
| 6 | u2 szu-a-ti2 mi3-il5-ka3-ma | and that plant, he carried, and |
| 7 | a-ma hi-na-a | mother of Hināya |
| 8 | ki-ma i-a-ti2 | like Iati |
| 9 | li-zi-iz | may he stand. |
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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