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BIN 04, 039 (P290545)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290545 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01719 |
| 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)
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 puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | il5-we-da-ku-ma | I am ilweda, and |
| 4 | a-di2 / _an-na_ sza | as far as the tin |
| 5 | i-di2-na-bi-im | he gave to him |
| 6 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | that you wrote to me |
| 7 | ki-ma e-bu-ur-szu-nu-ni | like their ebūru |
| 8 | u3 szi2-mu-um / qa2-su2 | and šīmû-disease, his hand |
| 9 | _an-na_ pa2-t,a2-ra-am | the heavens are cleared away |
| 10 | la2 a-mu-a / a-di2 5(disz) u4-mi3 | Without my father, for 5 days |
| 11 | e-bu-ur-szu-nu | their brickwork |
| 12 | u2-sze2-ru-bu-ma | they shall bring in, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _an-na_ a-la2-qe2-ma | tin I took, and |
| 2 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-ki_ | for silver and silver |
| 3 | u2-ta-ar-ma | shall return, and |
| 4 | szi2-im _an-na_-szu | the price of his tin |
| 5 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-szu-um | he shall bring him. |
| 6 | mi3-ma li-bu-szu | whatever his limbs |
| 7 | e / il5-mi3-in / ki-ma | ... like |
| 8 | ku-wa-tam2 / i-pu-szu | he built the Kuwatam. |
| 9 | a-na-hi-id-ma | I shall add, and |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ u2-sze2-la2-szu-um | he shall pay 1 shekel of silver. |
| 11 | i-na a-wa-ti2-a | by my word |
| 12 | ba-ta-qi2-im | he took away. |
| 13 | a-wa-tam2 isz-te2-<en6?> | a word |
| 14 | lu-qa2-ri-ib-ma | I shall entrust, and |
| 15 | lu a-bu-um i-a-ti2 | or my father, |
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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