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BIN 04, 085 (P290344)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290344 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03680 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | szu-pu-ul-tum-ma | šupultum, and |
| 4 | 3(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-ni | 3 kutani-garments |
| 5 | _kiszib3_{ku-nu-ki}-a | under seal of Kunukia |
| 6 | dan-a-szur3 | Dan-Assur, |
| 7 | na-asz2-a-kum | is yours. |
| 8 | da-tam2 | |
| 9 | u3 ni-is-ha-tim | and nishtum |
| 10 | u2-la2 i-la2-mu-<du> | “If he does not go,<then> |
| 11 | szu-ma a-bi a-ta | If the father from the father |
| 12 | isz-ti2 pa2-ni-u2-tim | from previous years |
| 13 | s,u2-ha-ra-am | ṣuḫaram |
| 14 | t,u3-ur-da-szu | his ṭurdašu |
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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