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BIN 04, 041 (P290549)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290549 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01904 |
| 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 u3 i-ku-pi2-a-szur | To Puzur-Ašṣur and Ikūpî-[Assur]. |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma sa3-ba-si2-a-ma | Speak, thus Sabasiya: |
| 3 | a-na puzur4-a-szur qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Puzur-Assur: |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 _ku3-sig17_ sza _e2_ a-szur-ma-lik | the gold inscription of the house of Assur-malik |
| 5 | u3 _ku3-sig17_ sza {d}iszkur | and the gold of Adad |
| 6 | sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni na-asz2-pe2-er-ta-ka3 | As to what you wrote me, your letter |
| 7 | ni-isz-me-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma | Let us hear, thus I: |
| 8 | a-na _puzur4_-esz18-dar-ma _igi_ i-ku-pi2-a-szur | to Puzur-Ishtar before Ikūpi-Assur |
| 9 | lu ni-iz-ku-ma szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | may we stand, and that silver |
| 10 | a-ni-um i-li-bi4-a i-na-di2 | “Anum, my god, he gave to him. |
| 11 | lu i-de8-[e] / szu-ma i-li-bi4-ka3 | may he know, that is the name of your god |
| 12 | [i]-na-di2 lu#! i-de8-e a-di3 3(disz)-szi2-szu | he shall pay. He shall know, up to three times |
| 13 | i-ku-pi2-a-szur u2-t,a2-hi szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Ikū-pî-Assur the debtor he is, and the silver |
| 14 | _la2#_-qa2-am la2 i-mu-a ki-ma | the deficit, he did not see, like |
| 15 | ma-dam i-li-bi4-szu i-szu-u2 | (Sum) Its lord, his god, is the one who is responsible for it (Akk) The temple of his god is responsible |
| 16 | a-na 2(u) 3(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | for 23 minas 15 shekels of silver |
| 17 | sza _e2_ [i]-di2#-su2-en6 1(u) 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | of the house of Idissuen, 11 minas of silver |
| 18 | sza _e2 dumu_ lu-zi-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ | of the house of the son of Luzina, 3 1/2 minas |
| 19 | _ku3-babbar_ sza s,i2-ti2-szu 3(disz) _ma-na_ | the silver of its interest at 3 minas |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ szu-qu2-ul-ti2-szu ma?-da#?-tim | the silver as his payment of the land(s) |
| 2 | _szunigin_ 4(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-la2-[an] | total: 40 minas of silver I shall weigh out. |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ a-nim mi3-ma i-li-bi4-a | the silver ..., whatever it is worth |
| 4 | la2 i-szu-u2 szu-ut 3(u) la2 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | they do not have, of which 30 less 2 minas of silver |
| 5 | szi2-im 6(disz) me-at _gig_ il5-qe2 | the price of 600 (shekels of) wheat he took |
| 6 | 1(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ szi2-im _uruda_ | 11 1/3 minas of silver, the price of copper |
| 7 | sza _e2_ ka3-ri-im il5-qe2 | of the storehouse he took |
| 8 | 9(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-na _ku3-babbar_ | 9 1/2 minas of silver from the silver |
| 9 | sza _e2_ i-di2-su2-en6 i-s,a-he-er | of the house of Idissu he shall remove |
| 10 | 7(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza ka3-ri-im i-li-bi4-szu | 7 minas of silver for the kārīm-offering, his guarantor, |
| 11 | 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza ik-ri-bi4-szu! | 5 minas of silver for his rites |
| 12 | a-szu-mi3-szu i-szi2-qi2-il5-ma t,up-pu-um | his name he will ask and a tablet |
| 13 | sza a-szur-ma-lik la2-pi2-it | belonging to Aššīr-malik, lost. |
| 14 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ isz-ti2 qa2-ta-tim | 1 mina of silver from the handiwork |
| 15 | il5-qe2 5/6(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | took. 5/6 mina 5 shekels of silver |
| 16 | i-li-bi-szu a-di2-i 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ | to his god 1/3 mina |
| 17 | _ku3-babbar_ szi2-im _ansze hi-a igi_ qar-wi-a | the silver, the price of the donkeys before Qarwî |
| 18 | il5-qe2 _szunigin_ 1(asz) _gu2_ 3(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_ | total: 1 talent 3 2/3 minas 5 shekels |
| 19 | _ku3-babbar_ sza il5-ta-qe2-u2 | the silver that he took |
| 20 | ki-ma _ku3-babbar_ ma-dam i-li-bi4-szu | like silver, the wife of his god |
| 21 | a-na-di2-u2 ki-sa2-a-am [...] | (Sum) I want to go to the place where ... lies down (Akk) I am going to the location of ... |
| 22 | t,up-pa2-am sza di2-in ka3-ri-im li!-qe2-a-am | May he take a tablet of the judges. |
| 23 | sza i-mi3-ma i-szu-u2 a-na _ku3-sig17_ sza {d}iszkur | that he had, for the gold of Adad |
| 24 | i-su2-hu-pi3-im a-ta ta-la2-qe2-u2 | he will replace it, you will take it. |
| envelope | ||
| 25 | [a-na] puzur4#-a-szur u3 i-ku-pi2-a+szur | to Puzur-Assur and Ikūpi-A[ssur] |
| 26 | [_kiszib3_ sa2-ba]-si2#-a | seal of Sabassiya |
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