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BIN 04, 075 (P290332)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290332 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01754 |
| 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 sza-at-a-szur3 | to Šat-Ašszur |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma a-szur-ma-lik-ma | Thus Assur-malik: |
| 3 | szal2-ma-ku / li-bi-ki | I am well; may your heart be glad. |
| 4 | la2 i-pa2-ri-id | he shall not release. |
| 5 | a-pu-tum i-na | “It is a reed-bed, in |
| 6 | {d}utu-szi na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2 | Utu, messenger |
| 7 | ta-sza-me-i-ni | you heard me, |
| 8 | szu-lu-um-ki | Šulumki |
| 9 | u3 szu-lu-um | and Šulum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _e2#_[{be2-tim}] | a house |
| 2 | sze-bi4-lam-ma | send me! |
| 3 | u3 li-bi-i | and Lipî |
| 4 | la2 pa2-ri-id | not to be recited |
| 5 | szi2-it-ra-am ku-nu-ki-a | sealed documents of Kunukia, |
| 6 | i-di2-su2-en6 na-asz2-a-ki-im | Idi-Suen, the naškum priest |
| 7 | 2(disz) pa2-na-re-e | 2 pa-narê, |
| 8 | sza _gu4_ / | of an ox |
| 9 | i3-a-ma-lik | he marched. |
| left | ||
| 1 | s,u2-ha-ru-um sza i-ku-pi3-a | the ṣuharûm that Ikupīya |
| 2 | na-asz2-a-ki-im | the naškīm |
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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