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BIN 04, 096 (P290357)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290357 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04020 |
| 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 bu-za-zu | to Buzzu |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | wa-qur-tum-ma 4(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ ku-nu-ki-a | a waqurtum and 4 kunukkû-garments |
| 4 | a-na a-sa3-nim / | to Asanum |
| 5 | a-di2-in / a-na a-wi-lim | I gave to a man |
| 6 | u2-sze2-bi-il5-ma | he had brought, and |
| 7 | a-hi a-ta / be-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why? |
| 8 | e-ni-ka3 / la2 ta-na-szi2-ma | Do not abandon your servant, and |
| 9 | la2 tu3-ha-la2-qa2-ni | do not take it away! |
| 10 | ki ma-s,i2 | with Maṣi |
| 11 | lu ki-isz-da-tu3-ka3 | may it be your supplication. |
| 12 | ti2-de8-e / a-ta-ma | Tide’e, why? |
| 13 | ki-ma i-na _e2_-tim | like in a house |
| 14 | e-ri-im / e-zi-bi4-ni | Erīm, his exorcism |
| 15 | a-hi a-ta / _tug2 hi-a_ | a side of a garment |
| 16 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ / ta-er-ma | to silver return, and |
| 17 | sze2#-bi4-lam ki-ma | send me! Like |
| 18 | _dingir_ u3 e-t,e2-me | god and ghost |
| left | ||
| 1 | ta-ga-mi3-lu-ma | Tagamiluma |
| 2 | la2 a-ha-li-qu2 | shall not be stolen. |
| 3 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
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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