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BIN 06, 005 (P289582)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289582 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03813 |
| 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-szur-la2-ma-si2-ma | Thus Assur-lamassi: |
| 2 | u3 a-szur-gal | and Assurgal |
| 3 | a-na ab2-sza-lim | to Abšalim |
| 4 | u3 szi2-ik-ri-il5-ka3 | and your šikrī-ilku-service |
| 5 | qi2-bi-ma szal2-ma-ni | speak, and be well! |
| 6 | mi3-ma la2 ta-ra-szi2 | “Whatever you do not love, |
| 7 | a-pu-tum a-szar | “Possessor of the place, |
| 8 | _e2#_[{be-tim}] | a house |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-s,i2-ra | šaṣira |
| 2 | szu-ma _dingir_-tak2-la2-ku | he is Ili-taklāku |
| 3 | isz-tu3 ti2-mi3-<il5>-ki-a | from Timilkia |
| 4 | i-tal-kam u2-ul | he came, but he did not |
| 5 | ma-ma-an i-s,u2-ha-ri | nobody will dig it. |
| 6 | i-li-kam | he went. |
| 7 | la2 ta-ka3-la2-a | do not hold back! |
| 8 | t,ur4-da-nim | Ṭurdanum |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-szi2-ik-ri-il5-ka3 | Ašikri-ilka, |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma a-pu-tum | Speak, O Apotrop! |
| 3 | ma-ma-an | nobody |
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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