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BIN 06, 117 (P289586)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289586 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03950 |
| 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 | speak! Thus |
| 3 | ta-ri-isz-ma-tum | Tarišmatum |
| 4 | u3 be-la2-tum-ma | and Belatum |
| 5 | a-bu-ni a-ta be-el-ni | Father, why our lord? |
| 6 | a-ta _ku3-babbar_ sza ik-ri-bi4 | from the silver of the rites |
| 7 | lu sza a-ma-kam | or of the word |
| 8 | lu sza _an-na_ | or of tin |
| 9 | sza i-szar-be-li2 | of Išar-bēlī |
| 10 | [ha-bu]-la2-ku-ni | your robbery |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | pa2-he-er-ma | is open, and |
| 2 | ku-nu-uk-ma sze2-bi4-lam | Seal it and send it! |
| 3 | szu-ma a-di2 sze2-pi3-ka3 | he, until your feet |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ ta-ka3-la | silver you shall weigh out. |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ i-nu-mi3 _an-na_ | the silver at that time |
| 6 | ni-isz-u2-mu | the nišumu |
| 7 | 4(disz) _ma-na_ a-na s,i2-ib-tim | 4 minas for ṣibtum |
| 8 | ni-il5-qe2 _ku3-babbar_ a-s,i2-ib-tim | we took the silver aṣibtum |
| 9 | la2 i-ma-[i-dam] | he shall not raise a claim |
| 10 | [ku-nu-uk-ma] sze2#-bi4-lam | Seal it and send it here! |
| 11 | a-na ma-ma-an | to anyone |
| left | ||
| 1 | [la2] ni-da#-gu5#-lu | we will not eat |
| 2 | ni-da-ga-la2-kum | we shall serve you. |
Sources & licences
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