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BIN 04, 011 (P292120)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292120 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01704 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušu |
| 2 | um-ma a-bu-sza-lim-ma | Abum-šallim speaks thus: |
| 3 | a-sza-me-ma a-ma-at a-bi-ni | I ask, and the word of our father |
| 4 | ma-ha-i ip-t,ur4 | he opened the temple. |
| 5 | a-na _e2_ a-bi-ni | to the house of our father |
| 6 | e u2-sze2-ri-ib-szi2-ma | he made her enter, and |
| 7 | s,a-al-tam2 _e2_ a-bi-ni | the black-headed people of the house of our father |
| 8 | e isz-ku-un a-bi a-ta | “Has he set my father aside? |
| 9 | a-na _e2_ a-bi-ni | to the house of our father |
| 10 | u2-la2 u2-sze2-ra-ab-szi2 | he shall bring her. |
| 11 | a-szar li-bi-szu | where his heart |
| 12 | lu-sze2-szi2-ib-szi2 | let me settle. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _ka2_ ha-ra-ni-a | at the gate of the granary |
| 2 | u2-ra-ni as,-ba-at-ma | I seized his city, and |
| 3 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma a-na | thus I: to |
| 4 | a-lim{ki} a-la2-ak mi3-ma | Bison, what is the ala-service? |
| 5 | sza ta-da-nim / di2-nam | that you gave to me, a verdict |
| 6 | um-ma szu-ut-ma / s,u2-hu-ur-ka3 | Thus (says) Ṣuhurka. |
| 7 | u2-sza-kal2 a-bi a-ta | “My father, from the water |
| 8 | a-na _geme2 ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _gin2_ | for a female slave silver of 10 shekels |
| 9 | u2 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ li-di2-in | and 1/3 mina may he give. |
| 10 | u2 a-na-kam a-na-ku a-ma-la2 | “Oh, I will bring it to you, |
| 11 | te2-er-ti2-ka3 sza | Your rejoicing which |
| 12 | a-na sza-lim-a-hi-im ub-la2-ni | to Šalim-aḫum brought, |
| 13 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
Sources & licences
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