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BIN 04, 032 (P292108)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292108 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01665 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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 um-mi3-a-nu szu-hu-bur | to Ummi-anu Šuḫubur |
| 2 | u3 sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 | and that like me |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma pu-szu-ke-en6-ma | Thus Pušu-kēn: |
| 4 | 3(disz) sza-na-at u4-me isz-ti2 | 3 šanatu-days from |
| 5 | _dingir_ e-ri-isz um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “The god was angry, thus I: |
| 6 | la-lik# bu-la-ti | who goes at my side |
| 7 | lu-za-ki-ma e-s,a-am | Let me be free, and let me go out. |
| 8 | u3 ma-dam2# ma-ah-ri-szu-nu | and the wife before them |
| 9 | la2-asz2-ku-un szu-hu-bur | I did not place. Šuḫubur |
| 10 | 5(disz) sza-na-at u4-me iq-bi-a-am | 5 days he said to me: |
| 11 | u3 a-tu3-nu ma-ag-ra-tu3-nu | and the ātunu-demons, the mages |
| 12 | a-na-ku la2 am-hu-ur-szu | I have not received it. |
| 13 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma 5(disz) sza-na-at | Thus (says) I: 5 šanatu |
| 14 | u3-la2 u2-qa2-a a-di3 ma-la2 | “Alas, the uqā’a-demon, as much as there is, |
| 15 | u4-me sza isz-ti2 _dingir_ e-ri-szu | the day that with the god his father |
| 16 | la-lik bu-la-ti | who goes at my side, |
| 17 | lu-za-ki-a-am a-na _dam-gar3_{ri}-a | let me remove, to the merchant |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza a-te2-be2-lu 2(disz){sze2-na} | of Ate-belu, 2 (mana wool for) |
| 2 | u3 sza-la2-sza-at u3-la2 ta-szi2-im-tum | and šalāṣat u₂ means “weapon. |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-dum ir-tu3-qa2-ni | the silver of the land he has acquired |
| 4 | u3-la2 na-t,u3-ma szu-mi3-szu-nu | “It is too small, their name is not good. |
| 5 | u3-la2 u2-da-a-ku-nu-ti2 | they shall give to you. |
| 6 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma ma-ti2 i-lu-ku-ma | Thus (says) I: “The land will go and |
| 7 | _dam-gar3 ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ u2-szar-szu-nu-ti2-ma | the merchant 1 shekel of silver he made them pay, and |
| 8 | u4 i-a-ti2 sza qa2-ru-bi4-im | On the day of the eponymy |
| 9 | [u2]-qa2-ru-bu-nim a-szur3 u3 i-lu-ku-nu | Assur and your goddesses |
| 10 | li#-t,u3-<la2> _ku3-babbar_ 2(asz) _gu2_ ru-qu2 | May he pay. The silver is 2 talents, excess. |
| 11 | lu-ma-si2 be-lu-a a-tu3-nu szu-ma | (Sum) My lord, you are the one who makes heaven tremble (Akk) May I be a thorny mountain for you |
| 12 | li-bi4-ku-nu ma-la2 ni-is-ha-tum | “Let them bring me as much as we need!’ |
| 13 | _e2_ um-mi3-a-ni-a i-na-sa3-ha-ni | the house of her father-in-law shall remove |
| 14 | mi3-il5-ka3-ma sza 3(disz) sza-na-at | “It is yours, that of 3 šanatu-vessels. |
| 15 | ma-szu-ka3-ti2 i-lu-ku-ma | the mašukatu-priestess went, and |
| 16 | _ku3-babbar la2_ i-s,a-bu-tu3 | the silver deficit they shall take. |
| 17 | ta!-ah-si2-is-tam2 | the taḫsistam |
| 18 | hi-ir-ma-ma | Hirmama |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-wa-at-ku-[nu] da-mi3-iq-tam2 isz-ti2 | Your words are good. |
| 2 | s,u2-ha-ri-a la2-pi2-ta-nim-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | ṣuḫarī’a was broken, and 1 shekel of silver |
| 3 | bu-la2-ti2-a a-na ha-ar-pe3 lu-pa-he-er-ma | May my limbs be separated from the ḫarpe. |
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