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BIN 06, 118 (P289590)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289590 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03954 |
| 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 ...] qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to ... |
| 2 | [um-ma ...]-ma | Thus ...: |
| 3 | 2(disz) [...] x | 2 ... |
| 4 | a-ha#-[ha? ...] _dam-gar3_ | Ahaha ..., the merchant |
| 5 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ u2 | 1 mina of silver, grass |
| 6 | 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-ki_ mi3-ma | 6 shekels of silver, whatever |
| 7 | a-nim sza ta-ap2-qi2-da-ni | “As for the one you appointed, |
| 8 | a-na-kam a-ha-ha | “Anā-kam, ahāḫḫu-disease, |
| 9 | ta-as,-ba-at-ma | you will seize, and |
| 10 | um-ma szi2-it-ma | Thus Šītum: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-kam sza-tum | that one |
| 2 | sza-na-at u2-t,a2-tam2 | secondly, uṭatam-disease |
| 3 | a-sza-pa2-ak | I will send. |
| 4 | a-di2 ma-la2 u2 sze2-ni-szu / <_igi_> 4(disz) | as much as his hair <is>, 4 |
| 5 | um-mi3-a-ni as,-ba-si2-ma | his mother I seized, and |
| 6 | u2-szu-ra-am la2 ta-mu-a | “The one who has no fear, |
| 7 | pi3-la2-ha-a-a u2 du10-a-szur | Pilaḫāya, the plant of Du-Assur, |
| 8 | i-ma-li-ku-szi2-im | shall be with her. |
| 9 | um-ma szu-nu-ma s,a-ab2-ti2 | Thus (says) Ṣabti. |
| 10 | a-bi4 a-ta be-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why |
| 11 | [a-ta a-ma]-kam | from the water |
| left | ||
| 1 | ma-la2-ka3 | he shall pay. |
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