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BIN 04, 037 (P290543)

Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	BIN 04, 037
ID	P290543
Museum no.	NBC 01710
Collection	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
Genre	Administrative
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 il5-we-da-ku-ma	thus Ilwedaku:
3	ki-ma a-na-kam / isz-ti2 / _dumu_ lu-zi-na	like this with the son of Luzina
4	la2 a-ta-wu-u2 / u3 a-szar	I do not know where and where
5	i-ta-na-pu-szu / e-ba-ru-ti2	(Sum) The ebāru priestess, the šangû priest, (Akk) They constantly pray to him in the ebarūtu priesthood
6	uz2-ni / ip-ta-te2-u2	he opened his ears.
7	um-ma szu-ut-ma / a-di2 / _gir2_ sza a-szur3	Thus he, together with the sword of Assur
8	u2-sza-as,-bu-tu3-szu	they shall seize him.
9	a-na ga!-me-er-tim	to all
10	la2 ka3-asz2-du u3 i-sa3-hu-ru-ma	they are not bound and they shall return, and
11	szi2-bu / e-li-u2-szu-ni-ma	the šibu-offering to him, and
12	i-sza-ri-qu2-szu-ni / la2 a-sza-me-u2-szu	I will not listen to him.
13	a-szi2-a-ti2 / ap2-la2-ah-ma	(Sum) I am the one who looks at my face (Akk) I look at my faces, and
14	a-na ga-me-er-tim	to all
15	usz-ta-zi-su2 / a-bi a-ta	“My father, from the water,
16	be-li2 a-ta / a-ma-kam ki-ma	My lord, from where ...?
reverse
1	sza u2-za-ka3 / la2 pa2-ti2-a-at-ni	that he cleared, without interruption,
2	ka3-ra-am / pa2-he-er-ma	“It is a flood, it is an enemy,
3	um-ma a-ta-ma / il5-we-da-ku	Thus (says) ...
4	a-na ga-me-er-tim / i-za-az	He stands for the whole world.
5	ki-ma / a-li-ki / pa2-ni-szu	Like a mountain before him,
6	_ku3-babbar_ u3 _tug2 hi_-ti2 / qa2-tam2	silver and a good quality garment
7	sza-ak-lu-ul-tam2 / li-di2-i	May he know the šaklultam prayer.
8	a-szi2-a-ti2 / la2-qe2-pa2-am / at,-ru-dam	I have taken (it) as a loan, I have received (it).
9	a-bi a-ta / la2-ma / a-da-da	Its father, from the water ...
10	i-li-ka3-ni / a-wa-tam2	his god a word
11	za-ku-tam2 / li-qe2-a-szi2-ma	may he take her a scepter, and
12	la2-qe2-pu-um / la2 i-bi-a-at	It is taken, it is not available.
13	li-tal-kam / a-su2-ri	May he go to Asur.
14	a-da-da a-na re-esz15	to the head
15	a-wa-tim / e ik-szu-da-ma	(Sum) The word(s) of the king, my lord, have been uttered(?) (Akk) The words of the gods have been spoken to me
16	a-na _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pi3-im	for the silver of Ṣarupim
17	e i-di2-nu-ni-ma li-bi4	he gave to me, and my heart
18	<<li-bi4>>
left
1	e im-ra-as, isz-tu	he smote the house. From
2	bu-ru-usz-ha-tim / s,u2-ha-ru wa-s,a-am	Burušḫātum (means) ṣūḫaru-disease.
3	qa2-bi4-u2 / _ku3-babbar_ lu ku-a-am lu i-a-am	speak! Silver be it mine or mine!
4	sza u2-sze2-s,u2-ni-ni / u2-sze2-ba-la2-kum	that he brought out, he will bring to you.

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