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BIN 04, 098 (P290359)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290359 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04042 |
| 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-na-a-ma a-na | Thus says “Now to |
| 2 | bur-a-szur3 u2 dingir-ba-ni qi2-bi-ma | Bur-Assur and Ilī-bani speak! |
| 3 | t,up-pi2-a / pi2-te2-a-ma a-li 1(disz) _gin2_ | my tablet opened, and thus 1 shekel |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ i-na ba-ab2-ti2-a i-ba-szi2-<u2> | he shall weigh out the silver in my account. |
| 5 | sza-asz2-qi2-la2-ma dingir-ba-ni | Ilum-bāni, |
| 6 | li-it-be2-a-ma li-tal-kam | May he be present, and may he come. |
| 7 | u2 ma-ma-an i!-na s,u2-ha-ri | and nobody in the ṣuḫaru |
| 8 | sza a-ma-kam wa-asz2-bu-ni t,ur4-dam | That which I said is correct. |
| 9 | ka3-s,a-ri / a-na-kam la2 nu-ga-ar | The kaṣaru-vessel - what is it? It will not be returned. |
| 10 | a-pu-tum / a-ma-kam / lu za-ku-a-ti2 | (Sum) I am the one who screams, may they be cleared away (Akk) The one who shouts, let them be cleared |
| 11 | ki-ma lu-qu2-tum e-li-a-ni | like a luqūtu-demon above me |
| 12 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-a / a-na | “Alāʾa of the extispicy to |
| 13 | bu!-ru-usz-ha-tim te2-ra-ab2 | You will enter the burušḫatum (temple) |
| 14 | ba-ab2-tam2 sza a-ma-kam e-zi-bu | (Sum) The one who escaped from the flood, the one who was left behind (Akk) He who left behind the flood left behind |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu szi2-im _tug2 hi-a_ lu szi2-im | either a šīmu-garment or a cloth |
| 2 | e-ma-ri-im u2 _an-na_ sza | an emārīm and tin of |
| 3 | e-zi-ba-ku-ni lu-za-ki!-ma | I will leave you, let me clear it, and |
| 4 | a-s,e2-er lu-qu2-tim sza <<x>> | the luqutu-fields of |
| 5 | e-li-a-ku-ni / la2 tu3-s,a-ha-<ar> | Do not approach me! |
| 6 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ qa2-<<ti2>>-ta-tim | 1 1/2 minas of refined silver |
| 7 | sza szu-be-lim al-ta-pa2-at | of Šubelim I have sworn. |
| 8 | u2 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ s,i2-ib-tam2 | and 1/3 mina of refined silver |
| 9 | asz2-qul2 s,a-ba-su2-ma _ku3-babbar_ | he took, and the silver |
| 10 | u2 s,i2-ba-su2 sza a-di2 u4-mi3-im | and ṣibāsu-plant, which until the day |
| 11 | a-nim sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu a-szu-mi3 | Anum, his šašqīla prayer (is) my name |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ sza szi2-im _e2#_[{be2-ti2}] | the silver according to the price of the house |
| 13 | sza a-ma-kam sza _e2_ ku-ra | of the word of the house of Kūru |
| 14 | te2-er-ta-ka3-ma u2-la2 | return, and he will pay back. |
| 15 | i-tal-kam | came. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-pu-tum a-na te2-er-ti2-a | “It is enough, for my return, |
| 2 | i-hi-id lu-qu2-tum sza i-na | he weighed out the deficit which in |
| 3 | _e2_ tam2-ka3-ri-im | the house of Tamkarum |
| 4 | e-li-a-am a-na i-na-a! qi2-bi4 | above, to say |
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