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BIN 04, 067 (P290318)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290318 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01718 |
| 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 | a-na {d}a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku | to Assur-taklāku |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma um-ma szi2-ma-su2-en6-ma | Speak, thus Šimasuen: |
| 3 | sze-am / a-wi-lu-u2 | barley of a man |
| 4 | la2 i-du-nu / a-szu-mi3 | they did not give, my name |
| 5 | t,up-pa2!-am sza ta-asz2-pu-ru-szu-nu-ti2-ni | The tablet that you sent to them |
| 6 | um-ma a-ta-ma mi3-szu-um | Thus (says) ...: |
| 7 | ha-ri-<a>-ti2 / ta-ap2-ta-na-te2-e | <(If)> you open the harītu-vessel, |
| 8 | u2 _sze_-um ta-da-na-szu-nu-ti2 | and barley is given to them. |
| 9 | i-na e-ni-a | in my presence |
| 10 | tu3-x-x-ku-ma / um-ma a-ta-ma | You ..., thus (says) ... |
| 11 | hu-bu-la2-am lu ta#-[x]-x-ki#-ni# | May the robbery ... me. |
| 12 | s,u2#-uh3-ri | ṣuḫru |
| 13 | lu tu3-sza-ki-il5 la2 sze2-bu-ul-tam2 | You should not carry the šebūltam-flour. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la2 ta-ak-szi2-tum | non-returning |
| 2 | i-na a-lim{ki} / a-ta a-ni-a-tum | in the city, from above |
| 3 | ta-sza-pa2-ra-am | you will send. |
| 4 | s,i2-pa2-ru u2 _geme2-hi_-ka3 | ṣiparu and your female slaves |
| 5 | li-mu-um / ik-ta-ma | the eponymy he sealed, and |
| 6 | a-ni / li-mu-um u2-s,i2-ma | “Anu, the eponymy of Uṣum, |
| 7 | a-szi2-im u2-ka2-lu-u2 | they will hold. |
| 8 | ka3-si2-lu-ta-am / e-ri-isz-ma | (Sum) The kasilûtu priestess, the one who ... (Akk) I ... the kassiluta priestesses, and |
| 9 | _e2#_{[be2-tam2} / ip-te2-u2-ma] | he opened the house |
| 10 | i-di2-nu-nim / u2 ri-iq-e | he gave to me ... |
| 11 | a-mu-ur-ma / sza bu-lu-su2 | I saw, and that his corpse |
| 12 | zu-ku-um i-na s,e2-re-e | Zukû in the flock |
| 13 | i-za-az szu-ma | he will stand, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | li-bi-ka3 / sze2-bi-la2-ma _i3-gesz#_ | send to your heart, and oil |
| 2 | li-isz-pu-ku la2 i-ka3-li-ma-ni | they should send, but they will not eat me. |
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