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BIN 04, 038 (P290544)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290544 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01715 |
| 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-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma bu-za-zu-ma | Speak! Thus (says) Buzazu: |
| 3 | a-na-kam i-na te2-er-ti2-ka3 | Herewith, in your letter |
| 4 | _ku3-sig17_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ u3 2(disz) _ma-na_ | gold, 1 mina and 2 minas |
| 5 | il5-we-da-ku ba-ab ma-hi-ri-im | Ilwedaku received. |
| 6 | u2-ha-bi-il5 a-di2 1(u) u4-me | he shall carry out. For 10 days |
| 7 | i-sza-qal u2 sza _dumu_ am-ri-a | and of the son of Amriya |
| 8 | nu-sza-asz2-qal-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | we shall weigh out, and the silver 10 minas |
| 9 | nu-usz-ta-s,a-ba-at-ma | we shall seize, and |
| 10 | u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur3 a-di2 | Uṣur-ša-Assur, up to |
| 11 | 1(u) u4-me-e u2-s,i2-a-ma | 10 days he will go out, and |
| 12 | a-na-ku a-ta-la2-kam | I have sworn it. |
| 13 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | for silver, 10 minas |
| 14 | masz-ka3-ti2-a i-na a-la2-ki-a | my maškātu-offering on the road |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | du-ug-lam | |
| 2 | a-na-kam a-na ku-a-tim | “Why, in the future, |
| 3 | u2 i-a-tim ra-qa2-ku-ma | and I am frightened, and |
| 4 | ki-a-ma wa-asz2-ba-ku u2 szal2-ma-am | Just as I am living and well, |
| 5 | a-kal2 u3 a-te2-er-ti2-a | food offerings and extispicies |
| 6 | sza a-ma-kam ki-ma a-bi-a | of my father |
| 7 | ku-a-ti2 tak2-la2-ku be2-[li] a-ta | My lord, what have you done? |
| 8 | i-na _GAN2_-lim x bi x e | in the field ... ... |
| 9 | lu-mu-un li-bi4-im | the lord of the mountains, |
| 10 | ta-ar-ta-szi2-a-am i-na a-la2-ki-a | you will return to her. When I go |
| 11 | ma-ma-an i-ta-ba-al | nobody will raise a claim. |
| 12 | a-bi4 a-ta# be#-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why |
| 13 | a-wa-tam2 sza _dam gal_ si2-se2-e | the word of the great wife Sisê |
| 14 | i-s,e2-ri-a ma-la2 | in the woods, as much as |
| 15 | ta-le-e-u2? t,a2-bi4-ma | “It is good that you are praised(?), |
| 16 | szi2-ma-sa3 mi3-szu-um | her šimaŋ composition mušum |
| 17 | _la2 ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ ni-a-ti2 u2 a-na | less silver, 10 minas of nītu, and to |
| 18 | ba-ab2-ti2-a lu szi2-im u2-t,i2-tim | “It is mine, may it be a fate of good fortune! |
| 19 | 2(disz) me-at na-ru-uq sza i-be-tim | 200 (pieces of) carnelian, |
Sources & licences
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