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BIN 04, 035 (P293379)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293379 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01677 |
| 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 puzur4-a-szur3 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Puzur-Assur: |
| 2 | um-ma bu-za-zu-ma / i-nu-mi3 | “Buzazu, when |
| 3 | a-na ka3-ni-isz / sa-hu-ha-ku-ma | I am saḫūḫāma. |
| 4 | a-li-ka3-ni / _an-na_ lu i-a-am | when he comes, may he be mine! |
| 5 | lu ku-a-am a-na il5-we-da-ku | “I am indeed yours, I will go with you. |
| 6 | e-zi-ib um-ma a-na-ku-ma a-di2 | Disregard that I, until |
| 7 | a-tu3-ra-ni / _uruda sag10_ / e-pu-usz-ma | he turned to me, a beautiful copper he made, and |
| 8 | li-im-hu-ra-ni / isz-tu3 | may they receive from me. |
| 9 | ka3-ni-isz a-tu3-ra-ni / la2 li-bi | (Sum) She is clad in splendor, she is filled with radiance (Akk) He is covered in splendour, he is covered with splendor |
| 10 | _dingir_-ma e-er-szu-um i-s,a-ab2-ta-ni | the god and his enemy shall seize me |
| 11 | isz-tu3 / at-be2-u2 / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | After I swore, thus I: |
| 12 | _uruda_ lu i-a-am lu sza puzur4-a-szur3 | a copper either of me or of Puzur-Assur |
| 13 | di2-nam-ma a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | a verdict to Burušhatum |
| 14 | la2-li-ik-ma / _ku3-babbar_ 1(u) _ma-na_ | let him go, and 10 minas of silver |
| 15 | lu a-na puzur2-a-szur3 lu i-a-ti2 le-pu-usz | or to Puzur-Assur or to me, may he do. |
| 16 | i-ta-ba-la2-ni-ma / su2-ku-ur-tum | he carried away, and the šukurtu-demon |
| 17 | i-ta-asz2-kan2-ma _iti 5(disz)-kam_ u3 _iti 6(disz)-kam_ | he shall place, and the 5th and the 6th month |
| 18 | a-su2-hu-ur / u3 i-nu-mi3 | I will return, and when |
| 19 | isz-tu3 / ka3-ni-isz / a-na _uruda_ | from ... to copper |
| 20 | ta-asz2-ta-na-pa2-ra-szu-ni | you keep sending to him, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di2 5(disz)-szi2-szu u3 sze2-szi2-szu | up to five times and seven times |
| 2 | aq-bi-szu-um / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I said to him, thus I: |
| 3 | _uruda_ lu nu-sze2-bi-il5-szu-um u3 i-a-ti2 | may copper not be brought to him, and I |
| 4 | _uruda_-i / ta-da-nam / la2 i-mu-a | copper you give, he does not know. |
| 5 | u3 ku-a-ti2 / sze2-bu-lam / la2 i-mu-a | “And the slaves, the slave-girls, did not have a father, |
| 6 | i-s,e2-er / _uruda_ / ir-ta-na-bi4-is, | he shall dig a hole for copper. |
| 7 | u3 mi3-li-ik / _uruda_ i-ma-li-ik | and a copper kettledrum he will recite. |
| 8 | la2 na-t,u3-ma / ri-ig-ma-am | “Naṭu-disease (is a synonym of) riŋam. |
| 9 | u2-la2 a-na-di2-i um-ma a-na-ku-ma | “I will not go,’ (saying) thus: I: |
| 10 | pa2-ni-sza-am / bu-la2-ti2 / qa2-ti2 | “Her face, my hands, my hand, |
| 11 | puzur2-a-szur3 / sza s,a-ba-tim / li-is,-ba-at | May Puzur-Assur, who is seized, seize. |
| 12 | a-hi-di2-ir-ma / a-na szi2-ip-ri-im | I have entrusted to the work |
| 13 | ra-mi3-ni asz2-ku-un-ma | I imposed upon him, and |
| 14 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / _uruda_ lu i-a-am | Thus I: "May the copper be mine!" |
| 15 | lu sza puzur2-a-szur3 sza a-ba-ki-im | or of Puzur-Assur, of Abakim, |
| 16 | i-pa2-ni-a / la2-bu-uk / _uruda_ / a-na | he opened for me, I did not carry. The copper to |
| 17 | sza-la2-tu3-a-ar i-pa2-ni-a | the šalātuŋar of Ipaniya |
| 18 | a-bu-ka3-ma / i-ba-ab2 / ha-ra-ni-a | “My father, he has been taken away, his wife, |
| 19 | _dam-gar3_ / u2-ta-di2-a-am / a-di2 / qa2-ti2 | the merchant he has given to me, until my hand |
| 20 | _uruda_ li-is,-ba-at / um-ma a-na-ku-ma | the copper may he seize. Thus I: |
| 21 | e-zi-ib / _dam-gar3!_ / sza li-bi4-szu | Disregard that the merchant of his brother |
| 22 | lu-wa-di-a-am / ki-ma a-sza-la2-tu3-a-ar | May I be sated like a stag. |
| 23 | e-ru-bu / ur-ki-a-ma | they entered, and |
| 24 | 2(disz) sza-zu-uz2-tam2 / usz-ta-zi-za-am / lu ku-a-ti2 u3 i-a-ti2 | 2 šazūztam-vessels I set up. |
| 25 | a-na ra-pu-di2-ni / i-ti2-zi-iz-ma _uruda_ a-na sza _dam-gar3_ | to the rāpudinnu he stood, and the copper to that of the merchant |
| 26 | a-hi-e-em / isz-ta-kan2 / u3 u4-ma-am a-na di2-nim / i-sze2-e-a-ni | “My brother, he has placed, and when he goes to the judge, |
| 27 | u2 a-na tar2-ki-is-tim isz-pu-ra-am um-ma szu-ut-ma 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | and to the extispicy he wrote: "That is 1/2 mina of silver." |
| 28 | u3 1(disz) _gin2-ta_ ra-ki-sa3-ni-szu / a-wi-lam / t,e2-em-szu | and 1 shekel each his rakisānu, the man his report |
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