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BIN 04, 074 (P290314)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290314 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01712 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 10 minas of silver |
| 2 | a-la2-bu-um _dumu_ ma-nu-a | Alabum, son of Manua |
| 3 | ha-bu-ul-szu-um i-na | his debts in |
| 4 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim wa-sza-ab2 | he sat on the throne |
| 5 | szu-pu-ur-ma i-li-bi4 | send, and he will come. |
| 6 | a-la2-bi4-im / li-<is,>-bu-tu3 | may alabām-plants flourish. |
| 7 | me-ra-szu / sa3-li-ma | his feet are clean, |
| 8 | ki!-ma / sza a-szu-mi3 | like that of my father |
| 9 | a-bi4-szu-ma / nu-ka3-nu-ku | (Sum) His father, he does not sleep (Akk) He did not sleep his father |
| 10 | la? i-de8 / a-di2 | he did not know, until |
| 11 | a-wa-tim la2 na-asz2-mu-im | the word is not to be heard |
| 12 | a-di2 as2-qu2-dum i-la2-ka3-ni | as long as he lives he shall serve. |
| 13 | ni-isz-ta-pu | we smote. |
| 14 | i-na u4-mi3-im | On the day |
| 15 | as2-qu2-dum i-la2-ka3-ni | he will pay back in full. |
| 16 | a-pa2-ni-szu / nu-s,i2-ma | his mouth weeps, and |
| 17 | lu-qu2-su2 u2 _ansze-hi_-szu | his clothing and his donkeys |
| 18 | a-na _e2_ ub-ri-a | to the house of Ubria |
| 19 | u2-sze2-ra-ab2-ma | he shall bring, and |
| 20 | i-nu-mi3-szu | at that time |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-wa-tum i-sza-me | a word will hear |
| 2 | a-di2 a-wi-lum2 i-la2-ka3-ni | as long as the man resides |
| 3 | a-wa-tum la2 i-sza-me | he will not listen to a word |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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