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BIN 04, 022 (P292116)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292116 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01681 |
| 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 | um-ma sza-at-a-szur-ma | Thus (says) Šat-Aš[ur]. |
| 2 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma a-szu-mi3 | Say to Ašumi: |
| 4 | me-eh-s,i2-im ku-lu _e2_-tim | “Fear of the house, robbery of a house, |
| 5 | ma-su2-uh szu-ma pa2-nu-ka3 | “He is the one who smites your face, |
| 6 | a-na a-wi!-lim sza-ak-nu | are placed for a man. |
| 7 | a-na i-li sza-qi2-i | to the gods of heaven |
| 8 | u2? a-bu-u2 la2 e-ta-asz2-ru-ni | and the father did not send. |
| 9 | u2 a-ta / a-ma-nu-hi | “Atta, I want to pacify the heart |
| 10 | la2 ta-sza-ra-ni | do not send me! |
| 11 | u2-la2 ku-a-ti2 ma-ma-an | “It is enough! There is nobody! |
| 12 | sza-ni-a-am la2 i-szu | another one has none. |
| 13 | a-szu-mi3 isz-tu3 be-el!-te3-e-<gal-lim> | Ašumi from Bēlet-egallim |
| 14 | a-di kan2-bar-ta | as far as the gate |
| 15 | ku-ta-a da | Kutâ beside |
| 16 | [x]-ma / tu3-ni | ... gave birth |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ni ur-ta-i-bu | “Ani, he has sinned. |
| 2 | 2(u) _sila3_ ma-da-dam | 20 qû is to be measured out. |
| 3 | isz-ti2 a-ma-ti2-ka3-ma | with your word |
| 4 | u2-usz-ta-am-hi-ru-ni | they have sent to me, |
| 5 | _geme2_ 2(u) _sila3_ e-ka3-la2 | a female slave of 20 qû is to be counted. |
| 6 | u2 a-na-ku 2(u) _sila3_ a-kal2 | and I eat 20 qû of bread |
| 7 | a-ni szu-mi3 s,u2-ha!-ri-im | whose name is ṣuharum |
| 8 | la2 i-za-ku-ru a-na-nu-um | they will not clear it. Annum |
| 9 | a-ta / la2 ta-za-kar2-szu-nu | You will not speak to them |
| 10 | a-li-ku i-li-ku-nim-ma | came, came to me, and |
| 11 | szu-mi3 la2 ta-az-ku-ur | do not change my name! |
| 12 | ma-nu-ba / szu-mi3-i | Manuba, my name. |
| 13 | li-iz-ku-ur | may he place. |
| 14 | a-la2 ku-a-ti2 ma-ma-an | There is no alû-vessel. |
| 15 | sza-ni-a-am | another |
| 16 | la2 i-szu | has none |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2?-la2 isz-tu3 i-na-ar ma x a x | After he has ...ed, |
| 2 | ni-qi2-a-am i-di2-nu-nim | gave me a gift. |
| 3 | ni?-ki-is-tu3-um x x | Nikishtum |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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