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BIN 04, 095 (P290354)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290354 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04002 |
| 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 | um-ma i-li-a-ma | Thus Ilia: |
| 2 | u3 la-qe2-ep a-na s,e2-er | and I will take it for harvesting. |
| 3 | i-di2-esz18-dar _uruda_ | Iddin-Ištar, copper |
| 4 | sza te2-zi-bu i-na | which you sat down in |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_-pi2-ka3 sza a-na-kam-ma | your silver that is here |
| 6 | ni-il5-qe2 1(disz) me-at 6(u) asz2 | we took; 100, 60, |
| 7 | sze-am ni-isz3-am | barley, rations |
| 8 | du-du _an-na_ | Dudu of An |
| 9 | 1(asz) _gu2_ isz-ku-na-ma | 1 talent he set up, and |
| 10 | a-na s,a-ba-tim | to capture |
| 11 | ni-li-ik-ma | we went, and |
| 12 | um-mi3-a-nu-ka3 | of Ummi-anu |
| 13 | a-na s,a-ba-tim | to capture |
| 14 | i-li-ku-ma | went, and |
| 15 | a-s,e2-er a-wi-lim-ma | a man’s flock |
| 16 | nu-ta-er du-du | he did not abandon. Dudu, |
| 17 | a-na ka3-ra-tim | to the granary |
| 18 | a-la2-kam qa2-bi | “Alaš, speak! |
| 19 | szu-ma a-ta ta-sza-ka3-nam-ma | “He, from the water you will place, and |
| 20 | i-s,a-bu-tu3 | they will seize |
| 21 | ti-ib-a-ma a-tal-kam | Come, and I will come. |
| 22 | ra-ma-ka3 / za-ki | “I am freed, I am cleared. |
| 23 | szu-ma a-na a-lim{ki} | he to the city |
| 24 | la2 pa2-nu-ka3 | Without you |
| left | ||
| 1 | ta-ad-mi3-iq-ti2-ni | you have presented to me, |
| 2 | sze2-bi4-lam | send! |
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