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BIN 06, 269 (P289599)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 269 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289599 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03980 |
| 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' | [du10]-s,i2#-la2-a-szur# si2#-ka3#-am | Duṣilli-Assur is your servant. |
| 2' | [...]-sza u2-ka3-il5-ma | ... he will hold, and |
| 3' | [...]-ma isz-ti2 puzur4-a-szur | ... and with Puzur-Assur |
| 4' | [isz-ti2 i-ku]-pa-sza na-s,a-bu-ut | she eats, she is seized. |
| 5' | [...]-ma _tug2_-ba-ti2-a / tal-qe2-a | ... and my garments you took. |
| 6' | [...]-nim um-ma ne2-nu-ma | ..., thus we: |
| 7' | [...] a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | ... to her husband |
| 8' | [um]-ma# szu-ut-ma / szu-ma | Thus he is. |
| 9' | [...] x isz!-tu3 | ... from |
| 10' | [...] al-qe2-u2 | ... I took |
| 11' | [s,i2]-ib!-tam2 lu-s,i2-ib | (and) prosperity I shall cultivate. |
| 12' | [...]-um | ...um |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x la2-asz2 x [...] | ... is missing ... |
| 2' | [...] x a-na s,i2-ti2-szu | ... for his life |
| 3' | [_ma]-na# ku3-babbar_ sza {d}iszkur-gal | minas of silver belonging to Adad-rabi |
| 4' | [...]-na pe3-ru-a sza da-da-ni-a | ... of his father |
| 5' | [a]-ni#-tam2 la2 a-ni-tam2 | “Anu, not anu |
| 6' | [...] _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza li-bi4-szu | ... shekels of silver of its interest |
| 7' | [...] um-ma szu-ut-ma | ... thus he: |
| 8' | [...] la2 ma-qi2-it | ... he has been seized |
| 9' | [...] / li-li-kam | ... may he go. |
| 10' | [...]-x-a / ba-ab2-ti2-ka3 | ... in the ... of Baʾbti |
| 11' | [...] x am / [...] | ... wild bull |
Sources & licences
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