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BIN 04, 071 (P290325)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290325 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01734 |
| 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)
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 a-szur3-na-da | to Aššra-nada |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku-ma | Thus Assur-taklāku: |
| 3 | a-na sze2-ni-szu | to his brother |
| 4 | sze2-ne2-en6 pa2-ti2-te2-en6 | šēne-en (is) pati-ti-en |
| 5 | s,i2-pa2-ra-tim sza 5(disz) _gin2_ | the ṣiparatum of 5 shekels |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ u3 t,up-pa2-am# | silver and a tablet |
| 7 | sza a-szur3-la2-ma#-[si2] | of Assur-lamassi |
| 8 | _dumu_ a-la2-hi-im a-na | son of Alahim to |
| 9 | a-szur3-du10 ip-qi2-da-ni | Assur-ṭaba appointed me. |
| 10 | a-ma-kam <i>-bi?-szi2 | <I> am the mother(?) |
| 11 | mi3-ma u2-nu-tim | whatever dowry |
| 12 | i-a-tim u3 sza | I and that |
| 13 | s,u2-ha-ri u2-na-di2-id-ma | he will measure out the ṣuḫaru and |
| 14 | la2-szu s,u2-ha-ri a-ma-kam | The deficit of the ṣuḫaru-tax is mine. |
| 15 | sza-il5 / s,i2-pa2-ra-<tim> | Ša-il (means) ṣiparatum. |
| 16 | u3 t,up-pa2-am a-na | and a tablet to |
| 17 | a-szur3-du2 ta-er-ma | Assurdu is reversed. |
| 18 | te2-er-ta-ka3 li-li-kam | May your extispicy come to me! |
| 19 | me x zi-il5-ka3 | the divine powers of ..., |
| 20 | sza-al x | ... ; |
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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