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BIN 04, 064 (P290299)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290299 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01661 |
| 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-szur3-na-da [qi2]-bi4-ma | Speak to Assur-nada: |
| 2 | um-ma i-di2-esz18-dar-ma | thus Iddin-Ištar: |
| 3 | isz-tu3 a-na tur4-hu-mi3-it | from the cattlepen |
| 4 | e-ru-bu 1(u) _gu2 uruda_ i-na | 10 talents of copper in |
| 5 | ba-ab2-ti2-ka3 am-hu-ur | I received from Bābti. |
| 6 | szi2-ti2 ba-ab2-ti2-ka3 a-na 2(u)? u4-me | Your life is extended for 20 days. |
| 7 | u2-za-ka3-ma a-na _sag10_ | he shall clear and for a profit |
| 8 | u2-ta-ar _ansze hi-a_ | he shall return. The donkeys |
| 9 | u3 i-li-a-ma | and Iliama |
| 10 | _uruda sag10_ pa2-ni-a-ma sza u2-ka3-nu | red copper, the front of the ukanu |
| 11 | a-szar ma-la2-ki-im mi3-li-ik | where he goes, he walks. |
| 12 | a-sza-me-ma _uruda_ i-na | I ask, and copper in |
| 13 | bu-ru-us-ha-tim t,a2-ab2 | sweet burusḫātum-plant |
| 14 | [x] _gu2_ 2(u) _ma-na an-na_ | x talents 20 minas of lead |
| 15 | [sza i-li]-bi4-a i-ba-szi2 | of Ilībia there is |
| 16 | um-ma i3-li-a-lum2-ma | Ilī-alum speaks thus: |
| 17 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | to Burušḫatum |
| 18 | lu-sze2-ri-ib um-ma | let me enter, thus |
| 19 | a-na-ku-ma ba-lu-um | I, the mayor, |
| 20 | te2-er-ti2 a-wi-li-im | the extispicy of a man |
| 21 | la <tu3>-sze2-ra-ab2 um-ma szu-ut-ma | <Do not abandon> him, thus says he: |
| 22 | szu-ma _an-na_ sza a-bi4-ka3 | the name of the tin of your father |
| 23 | la ta-da2-nam sza a-la-hi-im | you will not give. Of the millers |
| 24 | di2-na-ma a-la-ha-am | judge, and alaham |
| 25 | la-ag-mi3-il5 um-ma | Lagmil says thus: |
| 26 | a-na-ku-ma te2-er-tum | I, the tertu priestess |
| 27 | li-ba-al-ki-tam2 | may he be reconciled |
| 28 | 1(u) _gu2 uruda_ i-szi2-im | 10 talents of copper is the price |
| 29 | _an-na_ al-qe2-ma i-ba-szi2# | I took tin and there was |
| 30 | _szunigin uruda_-i-ka3 2(u) _gu2_ na-di2? | total, of your copper: 20 talents |
| 31 | 2(disz) t,up-pe3 s,u2-ha-ru-um | 2 tablets of Ṣuharum, |
| 32 | sza a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 | of Assur-imittī |
| 33 | ub#-la2-ku-um | he brought. |
| left | ||
| 1 | szi2-a-ma-ti2-ka3 u2-za-ka3-ma | he will clear your dreams, and |
| 2 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim [e?]-ra-[ab] | to Burušḫatum he will enter. |
| 3 | a-x a-ma-kam a-te2-er-ti2-ka3# | “Alas, the word of your rejoicing |
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