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BIN 04, 034 (P292110)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292110 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01668 |
| 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 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Puzur-Assur: |
| 2 | um-ma il5-we-da-ak-ma | thus Ilwedak: |
| 3 | a-na 1(u) [x x]-e _ku3-sig17_ | for 10 ... gold |
| 4 | 1(u) _gin2_ sza e-pu-szu s,u2-ha-ra-am | 10 shekels, which they made a ṣuharam-container |
| 5 | isz-te2-en6 a-t,a2-ra-da-kum | I have sent you a message. |
| 6 | a-bi a-ta szu-ma dam-qa2-kum | (Sum) My father, your father is good, your mother is good. (Akk) Your father is a good man. |
| 7 | _uruda_ 1(u) _gu2?_ sza e-pu-szu / a-na-kam | copper, 10 talents of which I made, |
| 8 | asz2-ta-na-me-ma / ma-tum | I constantly seek out the land |
| 9 | sa2-ha-a-at / a-ma-ti2 ma-tim | the saḫātu of the words of the land, |
| 10 | a-na asz2-ri-sza li-tu3-ur | return it to its place. |
| 11 | _uruda_ sze2-ni-szu ip-t,i2-ri | his own copper he sealed. |
| 12 | szu-ma li-bi-ka3 | name of your libīb priest |
| 13 | te2-er-ta-ka3 li-li-kam | May your extispicy come to me! |
| 14 | lu a-na _ku3-babbar_ lu a-na | either for silver or for |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-sig17_ a-na-kam-ma | the gold, thus |
| 2 | lu-ta-er-szu a-na _ku3-babbar_ | shall return to him for silver |
| 3 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ u3 2(disz) _ma-na diri_ | 1 mina and 2 minas excl. |
| 4 | e-ni-ka3 / la2 ta-na-szi2 | Do not abandon your servant! |
| 5 | ma-la2 / _uruda_-ka3 / a-na _ku3-babbar_ | as much as your copper for silver |
| 6 | tu3-a-ri-im / u3 i-a-ti2 | “Turium and Iāti |
| 7 | _iti-kam_ u3 2(disz) _iti-kam_ za-ki-i-a-ma | the month and the 2nd month are cleared, and |
| 8 | <sza> ha-ra-nim / ka3-szu-dim | of Haranum, the Kašudim |
| 9 | e-pu-usz isz-ti2 _ku3-sig17_ 1(u) _gin2_ | with gold 10 shekels |
| 10 | sza s,u2-ha-ra-am a-t,a2-ra-da-ni | of the ṣuḫarām-vessel, I will measure out. |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ sza t,up-pi3-szu sza a-szur-tak2-la2#-[ku] | the silver of his tablet belonging to Assur-taklāku |
| 12 | u2-sza-asz2-qal-ma u2-sze2-ba-la2-kum | he shall raise up and bring you up. |
| 13 | i-hi-id-ma ku-ta-ni | he weighed out, and kutānu |
| 14 | sza _ku3-babbar_-pi3 i-di2-a-szur | of silver Iddin-Assur |
| 15 | [x x] szu _tug2 hi-a_ sza ha-qa2-ma | ... ... garments of haqāmu-flour |
| 16 | a-sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 li-im-nu | May the field be named like a kūtu. |
| left | ||
| 1 | ku-s,a-am t,ur4-dam we-da-ku | (Sum) I am a bearded lion, I am the one who is smitten (Akk) The lion is a suckling lion |
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
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