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BIN 04, 104 (P290340)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290340 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01898 |
| 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 | puzur4-esz18-dar sza ki-ma | Puzur-Ištar, who like |
| 2 | puzur4-a-szur a-na sa2-ba-si2-a | Puzur-Assur to Sabasiya |
| 3 | is,-ba-at-ni-a-ti2-ma | seized me, and |
| 4 | um-ma puzur4-esz18-dar-ma | Puzur-ištar speaks thus: |
| 5 | ki-ma puzur4-a-szur a-sza-al-ka3 | Like Puzur-Assur, I ask you. |
| 6 | i-na lu-qu2-tim / sza a-szu-mi3 | in the storeroom of Ašumi |
| 7 | {d}iszkur / qa2-tum / i-szi2-ik-nu-ni-ma | Iškur seized my hand, and |
| 8 | szu-esz18-dar u2 / il5-we-da-ku / a-na | Šuʾiṭār and Ilwedaku to |
| 9 | s,e2-ri-ka3 u3 puzur4-{d}utu | and Puzur-šamaš |
| 10 | ub-lu-ni-ku-nu-ti2-ni 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2_ | brought to you, 2 1/2 minas 6 shekels |
| 11 | _ku3-ki_ a-na hu!-bu-li-ka3 | Kuta for your journey |
| 12 | sza {d}iszkur la2 i-szi2-qi2-il5 | of Adad he shall not raise up. |
| 13 | mi3-ma / i-na ra-mi3-ni-ka3 | whatever in your own power |
| 14 | ta-asz2-qul2 la2 i-na lu-qu2-tim | you will sprinkle. In the libation |
| 15 | a-mi3-tim sza ni-isz a-lim{ki} | the people of the life of the city |
| 16 | ka3-i-la2 um-ma sa2-ba-si2-a-ma | Ka-ila, thus Sabasia: |
| 17 | ke-na i-na lu-qu2-tim | True in the reedbed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza / qa2-ti2 {d}iszkur | of the hand of Adad |
| 2 | i-szi2-ik-nu-ma lu-qu2-tam2 | he imposed upon you a luqūtam-offering |
| 3 | puzur4-a-szur a-na szu-esz18-dar | Puzur-Assur to Shu-Ištar |
| 4 | u3 il5-we-da-ku ip-qi2-du-ma | and Ilwedaku appointed, and |
| 5 | a-na s,e2-ri-a u3 puzur4-{d}utu | to the steppe and Puzur-šamaš |
| 6 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-ni lu-qu2-tum a-na | he sent to me, the deficit to |
| 7 | _ku3-ki_ i-tur4!-ma 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 6(disz) _gin2_ | he returned to Kutha and 2 1/2 minas 6 shekels |
| 8 | _ku3-ki_ a-na hu-bu-li-a / sza {d}iszkur | Kuta for the robbery of Adad |
| 9 | i-szi2-qi2-il5 mi3-ma i-na ra-mi3-ni-a | he shall pay. Whatever in her own name |
| 10 | u2-la2 asz2-qul2 i-na lu-qu2-tim | (and) ašqūl-disease in the luqû-demon |
| 11 | a-mi3-tim-ma asz2-qul2 | (Sum) I am a widow, I am an ašqul-priestess (Akk) The widow is a wife, I have been a šēqu-priest |
| 12 | a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim | to these words |
| 13 | ka3-ru-um wa-ah-szu-sza-na | the karûm of Waḫšušana |
| 14 | s,a-he-er _gal_ i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma | the great ṣaḫer gave me, and |
| 15 | _igi gir2_ sza a-szur szi2-bu-ti2-ni | before the sword of Assur, our witnesses |
| 16 | ni-di2-in _igi_ a-szur-gal | gift before Assurgal |
| 17 | _igi_ dan-a-szur3 | before Dan-Assur |
| 18 | _igi_ ma-ma-he-er | before Ama-Hēr |
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