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BIN 04, 090 (P290350)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290350 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03758 |
| 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)
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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 mu-za u2 pu-szu-ke-en6 | For your life, the supplication |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma la2-ma-sza-ma | Speak, thus Lamaša: |
| 3 | 3(disz) ku-si2-a-tum szi2-ta su2-a-tum | 3 kusī-a-tum-vessels, šita-su-atum, |
| 4 | 2(disz) me-at ba-bi 2(u) na-ru-uq | 200 (mana wool for) Bābi, 20 (persons for) Naruqu, |
| 5 | u2-t,a2-tum / 3(disz) ar-ha-lu | Uṭātum / 3 Arhalu |
| 6 | _sza3-ba_ 2(disz) pa2-tu3-tum / 1(disz) pa2-ap2-ru-um | therefrom: 2 patūtum-garments, 1 pāru-garment, |
| 7 | 1(u) 5(disz) e-s,u2 sza-ap2-la2-nu | 15 eṣu-measures of šaplānu-flour |
| 8 | i-ba-szi2-u2 / 1(u) 7(disz) e-s,i2 i-di2-ku-<bu>-um il5-qe2 | there is 17 harvesters, he took. |
| 9 | a-sza-be-szu qa2-ab2-li-a-tum | his supplications, |
| 10 | sza _ku3-babbar_ szi2-ta | of that silver |
| 11 | qa2-ab2-li-a-tum sza _uruda_ | the quadrupeds of copper |
| 12 | 1(u) 1(disz) sa3-ma!-la2-tum u2 isz-te2-en6 | 11 (pieces of) sa-malatum-plant and ište’en-plant |
| 13 | ta-az-ka3-ri-num | Tazkarnum |
| 14 | a-sza-la2-szi2-szu | I will give him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-ma-la2-ku sza t,up-pe3 | You will carry the tablet. |
| 2 | i-na s,i2-li-a-ni ka3-an-ku | It is sealed in the ṣillianu. |
| 3 | ku-nu-ki-a / it-gu5-ru-um | In Kūkunum, itgurum |
| 4 | a-na ki-szi2-ni a-na sza-par2-tim | to the kišinnu, to the exchange |
| 5 | i-ni-di2-ma szi2-im ki-szi2-ne2-e | he gave, and the omens of the kišinnu-festival |
| 6 | e-zi-ba-ki-ma it-gu5-ru a-na | Eziba-kīma has sinned, to |
| 7 | qa2-ti2-ki e-zi-ib-szu a-ha-ti2 | [Disregard that] he who touches your hand [is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments]. |
| 8 | a-ti2 / a-ma-kam i-sza-ha-at | “Ati, the word of my mother, he will be angry. |
| 9 | pu-szu-ke-en6 i-zi-<zi>-ma | <(If)> he rises, and |
| 10 | a-na _e2#_{[be-tim} er!-bi4-ma] | to the house of Erbima |
| 11 | mi3-ma a-nim u2-nu-tim | whatever precious stones |
| 12 | pa2-qi2-su2-um szu-ma | he is his prefect. |
| 13 | t,up-pi2# sza li-bi4 | Tablet of the eunuch |
| 14 | s,i2-li-a-nim | Ṣillī-Anum, |
| 15 | sza-ak!-nu!-ni a-na _e2_-ti2 | were placed for the house |
| 16 | 3(u) 9(disz) tu3-usz-te2-s,i2 t,up-pi3-ki | 39 tuštēṣi tablets |
| 17 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 di2-ni# | To Pušuken my case |
Sources & licences
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