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BIN 04, 008 (P292515)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292515 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01644 |
| 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 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 2 | um-ma ku-lu-ma-a u3 | thus Kulumā and |
| 3 | kur-ub-esz18-dar-ma um-ma ku-lu-ma-a-ma | Kurub-ištar speaks thus: |
| 4 | i-nu-mi3 / a-di2-i [lu]-qu2#-tim | At that time, until the luqūtum |
| 5 | sza dan-a-szur x-ka3 | belonging to Dān-Assur, the ... |
| 6 | ni-ka3-si2 / a x u2 | Nikasi ... |
| 7 | aq-bi4-a-kum u2-ma a-na-ku-ma | I said to you: "I myself |
| 8 | a-ma 6(disz) ku-ta-nu | and 6 kutanu |
| 9 | sza sza-at-a-szur _tug2#_-[ba-tu3] | of Šāt-Assur, the hem |
| 10 | u2-la2 sza _dumu-munus_ sza-lim-a-hi-im u3? | or that of the daughter of Šalim-aḫum and |
| 11 | _tug2#_-[ba-tu3 sza kur-ub-esz18-dar] | garments of Kurub-Ishtar |
| 12 | i-na si2-si2-ka3-at | in the šisikat |
| 13 | _tug2#_-[ba-ti2 / szu-mi3-i] | embroidered garments |
| 14 | i-la2-ap2-ra-at-ba-ni | Ilapratbani, |
| 15 | u2-la2 wa-du-u2 | he will pay back. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na dan-a-szur _dub dam-gar3_ | to Dan-Assur, the scribe, merchant |
| 2 | la2-ap2-tu2 _tug2#_-[ba-su2] | deficit of his garment |
| 3 | szu-na sza kur-ub-esz18-dar | Hand of Kur-ub-Ištar |
| 4 | a-na pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 5 | um-ma kur-ub-esz18-dar-ma a-bi a-ta | Kurub-Ištar, son of Abi, says: |
| 6 | be-li2 a-ta i-hi-id-ma | My lord, from where did he learn? |
| 7 | _tug2#_-[ba-ti2 a-na szal2-ma-a-szur] | garments for Šalma-Assur |
| 8 | di2-in szu-ma / ma-ha-ra-am | “He is the judge, in front of me! |
| 9 | la2 i-mu-wa | he did not agree |
| 10 | _igi_ 2(disz){sze2-na} / qi2-bi-szu-ma | before 2 men, say to him: |
| 11 | u3 te2-er-ta-ka3 | and your return |
| 12 | li-li-kam u3 _tug2#_-[ba-tu3] | may he come, and the garments |
| 13 | a-na dan-a-szur-ma | to Dān-Ašur |
| 14 | li-bi4-szi2-u2 | they shall divide. |
| 15 | a-szu-mi3 _tug2#_-[ba-ti2] | my name, garments |
| 16 | sza ka3-s,a-ar | of Kaṣar, |
| left | ||
| 1 | ka3-ru-wa-a u3 _an-na_ sza | Karuwâ and Anu of |
| 2 | a-mur-a-szur _dumu_ su2-ka3-li2-a | Amur-Assur, son of Sukaliya |
| 3 | szu-up-ra-am | send! |
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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