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BIN 06, 003 (P289576)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289576 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03806 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma la2-ma-si2-ma | Speak, thus Lamassi: |
| 3 | li-mu-um szu-da-a | eponymy of Shudâ. |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ e-ri-sza-ni-ma / um-ma szu-ut!?-ma | the silver returned to her, thus she: |
| 5 | sza wa-s,i2-ti2-szu _ku3-babbar_ | of his wages silver |
| 6 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ ha-bu-ul | 1 mina: Habul |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) _gin2_ | 1 mina 10 shekels of silver |
| 8 | sza a-na li-mi3-im | that for the eponymy of |
| 9 | bu-zu-zu / tu3-sze2-bi-la2-ni | Send me your buzuzu! |
| 10 | a-na li-mi3-im | to the eponymy |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-da-a 1(disz) _ma-na_ | Šudâ 1 mina |
| 2 | a-sza-qal 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | I shall weigh out. 5 shekels of silver |
| 3 | sza tu3-sze2-bi-la2-ni | that you sent me, |
| 4 | u2-ra-ni / u2-la2 i-di2-nam | His city, he does not know. |
| 5 | um-ma szu-ut-ma 5(disz) _gin2_ | Thus he: 5 shekels |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ i-di2-nam a-na | silver he shall give to |
| 7 | pa2-szu-ri-im | of the cultic rites |
| 8 | pa2-szu-ra-am u2-la2 i-di2-nam | (Sum) He gave me a scepter (Akk) I gave you a shovel |
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
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