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BIN 06, 247 (P290899)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290899 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06514 |
| 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 | [x x bu]-za#-zu | ... buzzu-vessels |
| 2 | [...]-ni-a-ti2-ma | ... ... and |
| 3 | [...] am-ri-a | ... of Amria |
| 4 | [...]-am-ma 1(asz) _gu2_ 2(u) _ma-na_ | ... and 1 talent 20 minas |
| 5 | [a-na] szu-be-lim | to Šubelum |
| 6 | _dumu#_ bu-[za]-zu#? i-di2-in | son of Buzuzu gave |
| 7 | [...] sza#-la2-tu3-ar | ... šalātar |
| 8 | [...] x x ti2 | ... ... |
| 9 | [...] bu#-za-zu | ... your buzazu |
| 10 | x ra [x a]-na _ku3-babbar_ | ... for silver |
| 11 | i-tu3-ar-ma _an-na_ | returned, and the tin |
| 12 | a-na-nu-um u3 _ku3-babbar_ | Annum and silver |
| 13 | a-la2-nu-um a-szu-mi3 | Alanum, my name |
| 14 | szu-be-lim eq-lam | šubēlim (is) eqlam. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e-ti2-iq szu-ma _an-na_ | he passed, that is the tin |
| 2 | a-na 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | for 10 minas of silver |
| 3 | ba-ti2-iq#? szu#-be-lim | “Bātiq-Šubelim |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] _ma#-na ku3-babbar_ | ... minas of silver |
| 7 | [...]-la2-qe2 | ...-laqe |
| 8 | [...]-szu-nu | ... their |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [... li]-mi3-im | ... eponymy of |
| 11 | [sza x x-a]-szur3 | of ...-Assur |
| 12 | [...]-zu | ... your |
| 13 | [... u2]-s,ur-sza-a-szur | ... Uṣur-ša-Assur |
| 14 | [a-na a-wa-tim] a-ni-a-tim | to these words |
| 15 | [ka3-ru-um ka3]-ni-isz3 | karum kaniš |
| left | ||
| 1 | [i-di2-ni-a-ti2-ma] _igi gir2_ | he gave to me, and the face of the sword |
| 2 | [sza a-szur szi2-bu-ti2-ni ni-di2]-in | of Assur, our witnesses, we gave |
| 3 | [_igi_ ...]-a-nim | Witness: ...anu |
Sources & licences
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