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BIN 04, 016 (P292127)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292127 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01749 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma kur-ub-esz18-dar-ma | Thus (says) Kur-ub-ištar: |
| 3 | 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | 2 minas of gold |
| 4 | a-bu-ni a-na sza-lim-a-szur3 | his father to Šalim-Aš[ur] |
| 5 | _dumu_ i-su2-ri-ik | son of Isurik |
| 6 | a-di2-im 6(disz) ku-ta-ni | as far as 6 kutani |
| 7 | _sag10 diri_ | excess (in interest) |
| 8 | a-ku-ku-um | Akūnum, |
| 9 | ka3-s,a-ar | |
| 10 | qa2-ar-wi-a | of Qarwiya |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-bi4-il5-szum | he raised up for him. |
| 2 | a-bi4 a-ta / szu-ma | Father from the sea, name it! |
| 3 | sza a-wi-lim / ha-ra-szu | of a man, his brother |
| 4 | li-li-kam / szu-ma | Let him come! |
| 5 | sa3-he-er / ma-la2 | the saŋir-priestess, the mayor |
| 6 | ta-le-e-u2 | to carry, carry |
| 7 | isz-ti2 a-wi-lim | with a man |
| 8 | na-am-ge5-er | he should not be negligent. |
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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