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BIN 04, 045 (P290537)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290537 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01664 |
| 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 puzur4-a-szur qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Puzur-Assur: |
| 2 | um-ma su2-e-a-ma szu-ma a-mu-tum | Thus Su'ea: he is Amatum. |
| 3 | sza isz-ti2 _dumu_ i-na-a tal-qe2-u2 | that with a son he took |
| 4 | ta-ba-szi2 / a-ma#-kam# i-li-bi-ka3 | You are the mother of your divinity. |
| 5 | a-ta-la2-ak-ma / a-mu-tam2 | I have gone, and I have learned. |
| 6 | a-ni-sza-am / sze2-bi-lam#-ma | Send me, so that |
| 7 | ka3-ru-um / la2 i-de8-e a-na-kam | The granary does not know, what is it? |
| 8 | _gal_ si2-ki-tim u3-sza-i-um | chief of the wool-workers, the weaver, |
| 9 | u3 _gal_ si2-ki-tim hu-du-ru-ti2-im | and the chief of the ḫudurūtum wool |
| 10 | ig-da-na-ri-u2-ni um-ma szu-nu-ma | they will keep asking me, thus they: |
| 11 | szu-ma a-szi2-um / a-a-kam-ma | “He is Aššīm, the father, |
| 12 | i-ba-szi2 / szu-pu-ur-ma i-[x x] | there is, send and ... |
| 13 | u3 szu-na-war! / il5-ta-na-qe2-u2 | and Šunawar took. |
| 14 | szu-qu2-lam-ma / u3 2(disz) ku!-nu-ti2-ni | are entrusted to me, and two are our pledges. |
| 15 | a-na a-szi2-im mi3-ma / pu-i | to the ašīm-official, whatever ... |
| 16 | u3-la2 a-di2-in szu-ma | “Oh, my father, he is mine! |
| 17 | a-mu-tam2 / sze2-bu-lam | “Alas, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-li-bi-ka3 / i-ba-szi2 | there is of your divinity. |
| 2 | a-na-kam / ka3-ru-um / la2 i-de8-e | Why does he not know the quay? |
| 3 | ta-ni-isz-tu3-um il5-te2-mi3-in | Taništum has spoken, |
| 4 | i-re-esz15 / a-szi2-im _ku3-babbar_ | the price of the silver |
| 5 | u3 _ku3-sig17_ / i-na-szi2-u2 a-ma-la2 | and gold he brought, I shall weigh out. |
| 6 | ta-szi2-im-ti2-ka3 / _ku3-babbar_ 5(disz) _ma-na_ | Tašimmatu, 5 minas of silver |
| 7 | e-li-a-kum / a-na a-mu-tim | I went up to you for the flood |
| 8 | sza il5-we-da-ku sza a-na a-la2-hi-nim | of Ilwedaku who to Alahinum |
| 9 | i-di2-nu-ni / a-ma-la2 i-mi-ig-ru-ni | he gave me, he defeated me. |
| 10 | la2 i-de8 asz2-ta-na-me i-pa2?-ti2 / | (Sum) He does not know (what) he has to say(?) (Akk) I do not know, I am confused |
| 11 | wa-ah-szu-sza-na _sze?_ i-da-szu-nu-ti2 | he gave to them barley |
| 12 | a-ni / um-ma su2-sa3-a-ma i-ta-ba-at! | “Anu, thus (says) Susa: he has seized. |
| 13 | isz-ti2 su2-sa3-a / a-za-az-ma | I stand with the grass, and |
| 14 | ma-la2 _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 a-sza-lu-hu | as much as silver he shall weigh out. |
| 15 | e-pa2-asz2 1(disz) me-at# 3(u) _tug2_ sza | 1 hundred 30 garments |
| 16 | isz-tu3 wa-ah-szu-sza-na su2-sa3-a | from Waḫšušana Susa |
| 17 | u2-sze2-li-a-ni / a-la2-hi!-num! | alaḫi-num |
| 18 | la2 im-tu3-a-szu-nu | the deficit of their inheritance |
| left | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-ut-ma e-mu-a-tum8? la2 e-te2-pa2-sza | Thus (says) Emutum, who did not do it. |
| 2 | _tug2 hi_-ti2 sza mi3-li-ik i-lu a!-bi-ni | a good garment of a lament of our father |
| 3 | li-t,u3-la? ki-ma / i-a-ti2-ma ma-la2 x na ma x x | May he live! Like ... |
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