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BIN 04, 010 (P292517)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292517 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01678 |
| 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-bi4-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 2 | um-ma la2-ma-si2-ma / i-nu-mi3 | Thus Lamassi: At that time |
| 3 | a-na-kam wa-asz2-ba-ti2-ni / a-na | Why are you sitting here? |
| 4 | a-szur-ma-lik 1(disz) _tug2_ ka3-ab2-tam2 | Assur-malik, 1 kabtam garment |
| 5 | a-di2-szum / u3 i-na tu3-wa-ri-szu | as long as he lives |
| 6 | 1(disz) _tug2_ kam-tam 3(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-ni | 1 kamtam-garment, 3 kutani-garments, |
| 7 | a-di2-szum / mi3-szum / _tug2 hi-a_ | as far as Išum, half of the garments |
| 8 | sza usz-te2-ne2-ba-la2-ku-ni | that he had brought to you, |
| 9 | ub-lu-ni-ku-<um> la2 ub-lu-ni-ku-um | I brought to you, I did not bring to you. |
| 10 | te2-er-ta-ka3 / li-li-kam-ma | May your extispicy come to me! |
| 11 | li-bi4 / lu i-de8 | May he know my heart! |
| 12 | u3 a-na szu-mi3 / _tug2 hi-a_ | and for the name of the garment |
| 13 | sa ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | you wrote me. |
| 14 | um-ma a-ta-ma / s,a-hu-ru | Thus (says) “Why are you frightened? |
| 15 | la2 dam-qu2 / la2 i-pi3-ka3-ma | “The good deeds, the bad ones, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-s,a!-he-er-szu / u3 u4-ma-am | he will bring him, and the day |
| 2 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-am / um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 3 | 1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ / a-na s,u2-ba-ti2-ka3 | 1/2 mina for your garments |
| 4 | ra-di2-i / ur-ta-di2 | “I want to ride the rādî-boat, I want to sail the urtadi boat. |
| 5 | u3 u2-ra-ni / a-na sza ki-ma | and ūrānu-vessels for that which like |
| 6 | ku-a-ti2 / a-szu-mi3 / gu5-szu-ri | kuʾāti (means) ašumi (is a synonym of) guʾûri. |
| 7 | u2-ka3-i-nu / gam2-ra-am | who establishes justice, |
| 8 | ma-di2-isz isz-ta-ka3-an | he has made it abundantly abundant. |
| 9 | u2-la2 ag-ra-am e-gu5-ur | “It is enough, I want to eat it!’ |
| 10 | a-ba-asz2-ti2-ka3 ne2-ta-ri-isz la2-at-kam | Your word is a resounding supplication. |
| 11 | isz-am / la2 eb-ra-am | “Išum, not to be forgotten— |
| 12 | sza 1(u) _gin2 uruda_ / il5-qe2 | of 10 shekels of copper he took |
| 13 | u3 gu5-szu-ri sza a-hi-ka3 / il5-qe2 | and the gušuri of your brother took. |
| 14 | _uruda_ sza a-na gu5!-<szu>-ri ta-di2-nu-szu-ni | the copper that was given to Gušuri |
| 15 | mi3-ma la2 i-di2-nam | whatever he does not give, |
| 16 | 1(disz) _tug2_ na-ma-szu-ha-am | 1 namašuham garment |
| 17 | sza a-ha-ha | of Aḫaḫa. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im i3-li2-ba-ni | to Ilī-bani |
| 2 | na-szi2-szum / i-na wa-ar-ki-u2-tim | in the future |
| 3 | 1(disz) _tug2_ ni-ib-ra-ra-am | 1 nibru-garment |
| 4 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-szum | he shall pay him. |
Sources & licences
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