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BIN 04, 019 (P292109)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292109 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01666 |
| 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 | um-ma hi-na-a-ma a-na | Thus (says) Hināya: |
| 2 | pu-szu-ke-en / qi2-bi-ma / a-na-kam-ma | Say to Pušukēn: “Why |
| 3 | a-ta-wa-ku-um i-na ni-ka3-si2 | Ata-wākum in the ni-kasi |
| 4 | szu-hu-ut / isz-tu2 / te2-er-ti2 / isz-ti2 | “Removed from the remission of debts, |
| 5 | sza ki-ma / i-a-ti2 / i-ba-szi2-u2 | who are like me, |
| 6 | a-na sza-ni-u2-tum / ni-ka3-si2 | to another we shall seal. |
| 7 | a-sza-qal / u2 te2-er-ti2 / za-ku-tam2 | I will eat, and the extispicy is cleared. |
| 8 | la2 a-sza-me / szu-ma / sza-du-e-ti2 | “I do not ask, he is the one of the highlands. |
| 9 | i-ha-i-t,u3 ki-ma / te2-er-ti2 | they shall cut off like a reed bundle. |
| 10 | pa2-ni-at-ni / a-wa-tim | the words of our mouth |
| 11 | ta-e-er / 4(asz) _gu2 an-na_ | 4 talents of tin |
| 12 | u3 it-ra-su2 / sza _illat_-at | and itrāsu of the flood |
| 13 | a-szur-ta-ak-la2-ku / e-la2-ma | Ašur-taklāku ... |
| 14 | a-szur-na-da / u2 qar-wi-a | Ašur-nada and the warriors |
| 15 | il5-qe2-u2 6(disz) _gin2-ta_ a-na _an-na_-ki-a | they took. 6 shekels to Anankia |
| 16 | u2-sze2-bu-lu-nim u2 t,up-<pa2>-asz2-nu | they will bring to me, and their tablets |
| 17 | sza te2-er-ti2-szu-nu / u2-ka3-al / sza 6(disz) _gin2_ | of their pledge he shall hold. of 6 shekels |
| 18 | a-na _an-na_-ki-a / la2 i-ba-tu3-qu2 | to heaven they shall not fall. |
| 19 | a-hi a-ta <ki-ma> u2-mu im-ti2-du-ni-ni | <If> a brother from afar comes to me, my name will be established. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-hi-id-ma _ku3-babbar_ s,a-ru-pa2-am / sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu-ma | he weighed out, and silver, a ṣarupam-gift he gave him, and |
| 2 | sze2-bi4-lam u2 a-sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 | send me, and the field like me. |
| 3 | a-na tur4-hu-mi3-it / ta-hi-tam2 | for the turḫumītu-container, the remainder |
| 4 | szu-pu-ur-ma / te2-er-ti2 lu-za-ki-u2-nim-ma | Send me a message, so that I may stand by you. |
| 5 | lu-sze2-bi4-lu-nim a-na _ku3-babbar_ | let me send. For silver |
| 6 | 8(disz) _ma-na_ sza u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur | 8 minas of Uṣur-ša-Assur, |
| 7 | a-na szu-nu-nu i-di2-nu / szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | to them they gave, and he the silver |
| 8 | i-di2-in / i-ki-isz-da2-ti2-szu | he gave, his omens |
| 9 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ / lu-sza-ki-la2-ni | 2 minas of gold I shall set aside. |
| 10 | a-na _dumu_ i-su2-ri-ik qi2-bi4-ma | speak to the son of Isurik, and |
| 11 | 8(disz) 2/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ u2 s,i2-ba-su2 | 8 2/3 minas of silver, grass-fed, |
| 12 | sza isz-tu3 _mu 5(disz)-sze3_ lu-sze-bi4-lam | that from the 5th year I shall send. |
| 13 | 1(u) 6(disz) _gin2_ sza sza-du-e-tem | 16 shekels for the šadu-etem |
| 14 | i-li-bi4 / a-mur-a-szur / um-ma szu-ut-ma | Ilībi Amur-Assur, thus says |
| 15 | a-na a-szur-dan / a-di2-in a-ma-kam | To Ašur-dan I have given (it) to you. |
| 16 | a-szur-dan lu-sza-zi-za-ku-um | I will give (them) back to you. Let me stand by you. |
| 17 | 1(disz) lu-bu-szu-um / ma-si2-u2-um a-mur-a-szur | 1 Lubušum, Masium, Amur-Assur, |
| 18 | na-asz2-a-kum 5(disz) <_tug2_> _dumu_ dan-na-i-il5 | 5 <garments> of Danna-il |
| 19 | 2(disz) _tug2 sag10_ a-la2-hu-um a-hu-u2 | 2 red garments, Alaḫum, Aḫû |
| 20 | qar-wi-a na-asz2-a-kum [x]-szu-nu-ma | my hero is brought to you, their ... |
| 21 | _ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu-nu a-na dan-a-szur | their silver to Dan-Assur |
| left | ||
| 1 | di2-in a2 a-ta i-ra-mi3-ni-ka3 sza ra-du-e-em | Judge, who loves you by the side of the water, |
| 2 | ra-di2-ma i-ma-qa2-at / te2-er-ti2-a _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 | “Radīma, he will weigh out the silver of my extispicy. |
| 3 | li-qe2 a-sza u2-s,ur-sza-a-szur i-hi-id | He shall take the field of Uṣur-ša-Assur. |
| 4 | 1(asz) _gu2 ku3-babbar_ i-ta-ap2-la2-ni | 1 talent of silver he has paid |
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