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BIN 06, 261 (P289595)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289595 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03970 |
| 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' | [...]-ma | ... and |
| 2' | [... szi]-im _tug2 hi_-ti2-ka3 | ... the price of your good garments |
| 3' | [sza ta-asz]-pu#-ra-ni | As to what you wrote me: |
| 4' | [szi2]-im _tug2 hi_-ti2-ka3 a-di2-ni | the price of your good garments I have given. |
| 5' | [isz]-tu3 sza-la-tu3-ar | from Šalatuar |
| 6' | [...] la2-ta-am u4-ma-am | ... days of old |
| 7' | [...] ra-am a-na ha-ra-nim | ... love to the caravan |
| 8' | [... a]-da-gal _ku3-babbar_ i-ma-qu2-tam2-ma | ... he will weigh out the capital of the silver and |
| 9' | [...] szi2-im _uruda_-i-ka3 | ... of your copper |
| 10' | [...] i-na ba-ab2-ti2-ka3 | ... at your disposal |
| 11' | [...]-hu-ru _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | ...-huru, the silver, 10 minas |
| 12' | [...] ta-s,a-ba-at-ma | ... you will seize and |
| 13' | [... usz]-te2-bi4-la2-nim | ... brought to me. |
| 14' | [... u2]-sze2#-ba-la2-ku-um | ... I will bring to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x ku lu? sza ak ba-ku | ... I am the one who did |
| 2' | [...] x-hi-id-ma _ku3-babbar_-ap-ka3 | ... ... and your silver |
| 3' | [...] x-ba-la2-ku-um a-di2 | ... ... until |
| 4' | [...] x-a / sza 2(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ | ... of 25 minas |
| 5' | [...] x mi3-szu sza ma-ti2-ma | ... everything that is in the land |
| 6' | [... te2]-er-ta-ka3 | In the ... of Terta |
| 7' | [...]-li-ka3-ni | ... his ... |
| 8' | [...] x isz-qu2-ul | ... he cut off |
| 9' | [...] te2#-er-ta-ka3 | ... of the terrace |
Sources & licences
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