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BIN 04, 083 (P290337)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290337 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01888 |
| 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 a-szur3-[an-dul3 en]-um-a-szur | to Aššīr-andul, Enum-As&xvsvur |
| 2 | u2 i3-li2-a a-na a-szur3-an-dul3 | and Ilia to Assur-andul |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma e-na-a-szur3-ma | Speak, thus Ena-Assur: |
| 4 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 sza _kiszib3_ a-na-ah-i3-li2 | seal of Anah-ilī, |
| 5 | sza 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-sig17_ | of 2/3 mina 3 shekels of gold |
| 6 | a-na en-um-a-szur3 ha-bu-lu-u2-ma | to Enum-Assur, the robber, |
| 7 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 szi-a-ti2 a-na | that message to |
| 8 | szu-isz-ha-ra di2-nam-ma um-ma | Šūšara (speaks) thus: |
| 9 | a-ta-ma _ku3-sig17_ a-na-ah-i3-li2 | Why the gold of Anah-ilī |
| 10 | sza-asz2-qi2-il5-ma 1(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | he shall weigh out, and 1 2/3 minas of silver |
| 11 | sza en-um-a-szur3 ha-bu-la2-ni | of Enum-Assur, his brother. |
| 12 | li-qe2-ma szi2-ti2 _ku3-babbar_ a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 | may he take, and that silver Assur-imitti |
| 13 | li-il5-qe2 ki-ma a-na a-lim{ki} | may he take. Like to the city |
| 14 | ta-ta-s,a-ni 2(u) u4-mu-u2 la2 i-li-ku | 20 days they did not go, |
| 15 | a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 isz-ti2 szu-isz-ha-ra | Assur-imitti from Šūšra, |
| 16 | a-wa-tim u2-pi3-isz-ma na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 | He performed the wording of the extispicy and |
| 17 | szu-isz-ha-ra u2-ta#-ra#-szu-um i-{d}utu-szi | Šū-išrāra (means) “to smite him,' (saying) i.e., Utu. |
| 18 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 u2-ta-ru-szu-[ma] | the našpertam-offering they returned to him and |
| 19 | szi2-be2-e a-na _e2_ szu-ha-szu-ha-x | the night to the house of Shuhašuha |
| 20 | u2-sze-ri-bu u2 ta-ma-la2-ki | they brought in, and you will carry. |
| 21 | sza a-szur3-an-dul3 ip!-te2-u2-ma! | of Assur-andul opened and |
| 22 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 sza _kiszib3_ a-na-ah-i3-li2 | seal of Anah-ilī, |
| 23 | u2-sze2-li-u2-ma uz2-ni | he raised up, and a goat |
| 24 | i-pe3-te3-ma 5(disz) e-ba2!-ru-ti2 | he opened, and 5 ebarūti |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | as,-ba-at-ma a-na _e2_ szu-isz-ha-ra | I took, and to the house of Šū-ishhara |
| 2 | a-di2 re-szi2-szu-mu e-ru-ub-ma | as long as he lives he shall enter and |
| 3 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma ma-nu-um a-tu3-nu | Thus (says) I: "Who are you?" |
| 4 | sza t,up-pe3-e sza a-szur-an-dul3 | From the tablet of Aššar-andul. |
| 5 | ta-ap2-te2-a-ni-[ma] na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2# | you opened for me, and a message |
| 6 | sza _kiszib3_ a-[na-ah]-i3-li2 | under seal of Anah-ilī |
| 7 | tu3-sze2-li-a-ni-ma a-na | you will bring to me, and to |
| 8 | [a-szur3]-i-mi3-ti2 ta-da-na-ni | Assur-imittī is his gift. |
| 9 | [mi3]-nam# _e2_ a-bi4-a a-na | the wife of the father-in-law to |
| 10 | [a-szur3]-i-mi3-ti2 ha-bu-lu-u2 ki-ma | Assur-imitti was destroyed like |
| 11 | up#-pe3#-e# a#-na# szu#-isz#-ha#-ra | Incantation for a šū-ishhara prayer |
| 12 | na-asz2-pe3-er-tam2 ik!-ta-la2 i-nu-mi3-szu-ma | a message he sent. At that time, |
| 13 | a-na-ku u2 a-szur3-mi3-ti2 ne2-li-<<wa>>-ma | I and the Assyrians, we shall go and |
| 14 | a-na ka3-ri-im _dumu gal_ ni-lik-ma <<di2>> | to Karum the great son we went and did |
| 15 | ka3-ru-um _dumu gal_ di2-nam | Karum, the great son of Inam, |
| 16 | i-di2-in-ma na-asz2-pe3-er-tum | he gave, and the našpertum |
| 17 | sza _kiszib3_ a-na-ah-i3-li2 | under seal of Anah-ilī |
| 18 | szu-isz-ha-ra u2-ka3-al-szi2-ma | he will hold her back in prayer, and |
| 19 | ba-lum2 ka3-ri-im a-na ma-ma-an | The life of the kalû-demon to anyone |
| 20 | la2 u2-szar-szi2 a-na 2(u) u4-me-e | I did not make it available to her for 20 days. |
| 21 | e-na-a-szur3 dingir-na-ti2-szu | Enāšur, his (personal) god |
| 22 | u2-ba-lam-ma isz-ti2 a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 | he will restore, and from Aššra-imitti |
| 23 | e-ta-u2 szi2-ip-ra-am a-na | The etāʾu-worker to |
| 24 | ha-ar-zi-wu-<na> ni-sza-par2-ma | Ḫarziwu<na> we sent, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na-ah-i3-li2 _ku3-sig17_ u2-sza-asz2-qu2-lu-nim-ma x x x | Anaḫ-ilī the gold he had set upon me, and ... |
| 2 | i-ba-szi2 a-di2 e-na-a-szur3 [u2] a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 | there is until Ena-Assur and Assur-imitti |
| 3 | e-ta-u2-ni 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ [ig]-ri szi2-ip-ri-im | 5 shekels of silver, the wages of the workmen |
| 4 | e-na-a-szur3 [n] _ma-[na n] gin2 ku3-babbar_ ig-ri-a | Ena-Assur ... minas ... shekels of silver, wages |
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