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BIN 06, 133 (P289648)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 133 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289648 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03982 |
| 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 a-mur-esz18-dar im#-[x x] | to Amur-Ishtar ... |
| 2 | u2-s,u2-ur-sza-a-szur3 [u3] | Uṣur-ša-Assur and |
| 3 | u2-s,u2-ur-sza-esz18-dar qi2#-bi#-[ma] | Uṣur-ša-Ishtar, speak! |
| 4 | um-ma im-di2-dingir-[ma] | thus Imdi-ilum: |
| 5 | i-na t,up#-pi2-ku-nu [ta]-asz2-pu-ra#-nim | You wrote me on your tablet. |
| 6 | um-[ma] a-tu3-nu-ma 3(disz) [_gu2 uruda_] | Thus Atunu: 3 talents of copper |
| 7 | _sag10#_ u3 [x x] 4(u) [n? ...] | good and ... 40? ... |
| 8 | _ma#-na_ x [...] | mina ... ... |
| 9 | x x [...] | |
| 10 | [x] a-[...] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x]-a u3 la2-[...] | ... and ... |
| 2' | [i]-na# _uruda_ qa2-su2-nu [sza-ak-na-at!] | with copper their hands are bound. |
| 3' | u3 ne2-nu ki-ma ku-a-ti# [qa2-ti2-ni] | And the nēnu-priestess, like a kûtu-gift, our hands |
| 4' | ni-isz-ku-un _uruda_ a-na | copper for |
| 5' | i-ku-pi2-a-ma ni-ip-qi2-id# | he cut off, and we appointed. |
| 6' | a-hu-u2-a a-tu3-nu mi3-ma _uruda#_ | my brothers, whatever copper |
| 7' | sza ta-ap-qi2-da-ni a-di3# | that you entrusted to me, up to |
| 8' | a-szur3-na-da i-la2-ka3-ni a-na# | Assur-nada will come to |
| 9' | ma-ma-an la2 tu3-sza-ra u3 i-na | No one will take it away, and in |
| 10' | sza#-am-szi2 i3-li2-asz2-ra-ni | the heart of Ilī-ašranni |
| 11' | [e]-ra-ba-ni a-na ku-nu-na-mi3#-[it] | entered, to Kununamit |
| 12' | [a]-s,e2#-er a-szur3-na-da# | aššer of Assur-nada |
| 13' | [t,u3]-ur-[da]-szu# u3 [...] | his ṭurdāšu and |
| 14' | [x x]-ti [x x]-szi2 [...] | ... ... her ... |
| 15' | [x x] a-na#! [x x]-in [...] | ... to ... |
| 16' | la2-am-lik-szu a-na da#? [x x] | I shall go with him to ... |
| 17' | [ni]-sze2-e-szu a-ma t,up-pa2-am# | his people, writing a tablet |
| 18' | [a]-na {d}iszkur-re-s,i2 ni-[di-in] | to Adad-rēṣi we gave |
| 19' | [x x]-szi2-im a-ma a-s,e2-[ri-a] | ... mother of the Assyrians |
| 20' | sze2-bi4-la2 | send! |
Sources & licences
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