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BIN 04, 073 (P290326)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290326 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01736 |
| 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)
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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 s,i2-la2-{d}iszkur qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Ṣillī-Adad: |
| 2 | um-ma {d}utu-ba-ni-ma | Thus Šamaš-bani: |
| 3 | 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ ku-nu-ki-a | 2 1/2 shekels of silver from Kunukia |
| 4 | e-na-a-szur3 na-asz2-a-<<ku>>-kum | Enašur, your shepherd |
| 5 | a-hi a-ta ku-si2-a-tim | “A side to the side of the sandals |
| 6 | sza ta-di2-na-ni a-na-kam | that you gave me, here. |
| 7 | a-di2-ni / i-ba-szi2 | there is ... |
| 8 | ma-ke-er-szi-<na> la2-szu-u2 | Kēršina is missing. |
| 9 | a-na-kam um-ma | Why, thus |
| 10 | a-na-ku-ma / ma-[ti2]-ma | I and the land |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-s,e2-ri-szu gi5-mi3-lam | his flock, a requital |
| 2 | la2 asz2-ku-un 3(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-ki_ | I did not place. 3 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 3 | i-na ra-mi3-ni-a ku#-[nu]-uk#-ma | sealed documents |
| 4 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-ku-[um] | I sent to you. |
| 5 | a-na a-wa-[tim] | to a matter |
| 6 | uz2-ni / pi3-[te2 ...] | ... her ears ... |
| 7 | u2 szu-da-gan2# [...] | ... šudagan plant |
| 8 | um-ma szu-da-gan2#-[ma ...] | Šudagan speaks thus: |
| 9 | um-ma a-ta-a-a-[ma] | Thus says “Why |
| 10 | i-na ba-ab2 x-[...] | In the ... |
| 11 | a-da-na-ku-um | I will give. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-asz2-qal-szu-ma | he shall weigh out the silver and |
| 2 | i-na pa2-ni-a u2-ba-la2-kum | he shall carry before you. |
| 3 | a-di2 5(disz) u4-me-e ha-ra-ni | as long as the days of his reign |
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