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BIN 06, 134 (P289594)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289594 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03969 |
| 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 szu-li-ma# | Thus Šulima |
| 2 | [a]-na bu-za-zu [qi2-bi-ma] | Speak to Buzzu: |
| 3 | a-di2 _tug2 hi_-ti2-ka3# | as long as your good garment |
| 4 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-[ni] | which you wrote to me |
| 5 | hu-sa3-ra-am ni-is,#-[ba-at-ma] | we seized the hu’saram, and |
| 6 | um#-ma szu-ut-ma [...] | Thus he: |
| 7 | [x] x ti2 [...] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x] x er-szu-um [...] | ... Eršum |
| 2' | x e a ni is x [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | um-ma ne2-nu-ma [(x x x)] | Thus we: ... |
| 4' | szi2-im | the price |
| 5' | _tug2 hi_-ti2 di2-in [um-ma] | a good garment, thus says |
| 6' | szu-ut-ma _tug2#_ [...] | he is, and the garment ... |
| 7' | szi2-im x [...] | The price ... |
| 8' | la2 al [...] | deficit of ... |
| 9' | _tug2 hi_-ti2 szu a [...] | a good garment ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [x x] ki a [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ [...] | the silver ... |
| 3 | u2 [...] | ... plants |
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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