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BIN 06, 009 (P289575)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289575 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03823 |
| 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 | a-na s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur | to Ṣilli-Adad |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | {d}utu-ba-ni-ma | of Utu-bani, |
| 4 | a-na szu-mi3 me-eh-ra-tim | to my earlier name |
| 5 | sza taq2-bi4-a-ni _ku3-babbar_ | that you said silver |
| 6 | i-na usz-ha-ni-a | in the midst of |
| 7 | la2 im-hu-ra-ni-am | did not receive, |
| 8 | _ki_ hu-zi-ri-im | from Ḫuzirim |
| 9 | la2 u2-sze2-bi4-la2-kum | did not send to you, |
| 10 | a-na qa2-ti2-la2 | into a hand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na e-ra-bi4-a | when entering |
| 2 | isz-ti2 a-li-ki-im | from the city |
| 3 | pa2-nim-ma u2-sze-ba-la2-kum | I will send to you. |
| 4 | a-hi a-ta a-ma-la2 | “My brother, from the water I will bring it to you. |
| 5 | a-wa-tim sza u2-na-hi-du!-ka3-ni | the words that he had spoken to you |
| 6 | a-ma-kam a-na | “Why to |
| 7 | a-szur3-_gal_ at-wu-u2 | Ashur-rabi, counsellor, |
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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