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BIN 04, 005 (P293381)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293381 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01698 |
| 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 im-di2-dingir qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Imdi-ilum |
| 2 | um-ma im-di2-{d}iszkur | Thus Imdi-Adad |
| 3 | a-na-li2 u3 puzur4-esz18-dar-<ma> | Anali and Puzur-Ištar |
| 4 | a-di2 ha-ra-an su2-qi2-nim sza tasz-pu-ra-ni-ma | as far as the outskirts of the city, about which you wrote me, |
| 5 | um-ma a-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 6 | ki-ma sza-la2-am / _ku3-babbar_-pi3-a | according to the price of my silver |
| 7 | 1(disz) _gin2_ u3 qa2-qa2-da-ti2-ma | 1 shekel and a quarter |
| 8 | sza-la2-mi3-im ep-sza | performed a šalāmu. |
| 9 | ha-ra-an / su2-qi2-num | “Ḫaran, suqīnum, |
| 10 | i-pa2-te2-ma / a-ma-la2 | he opened, and he sat down. |
| 11 | te2-er-ti2-ka3 ne2-pa2-asz2 | we shall perform your extispicy. |
| 12 | t,up-pa2-am / sza puzur2-_sa-tu_ | Tablet of the assembly of the gods. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 i-tur4-dingir sza | and Itur-ilum, who |
| 2 | szi2-bu-tim sza a-di2 | the šibūtum-offering which until |
| 3 | e-nu-be-lim sza tasz-pu-ra-nim | Enu-belīm, about whom you wrote to me: |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ma | Thus (says) Ata: |
| 5 | t,up-pa2-am <sza> be-la2-nim | Tablet of Bēlānum. |
| 6 | lu t,up-pu-um sza puzur2-_sa-tu_ | or a tablet of puzur-satu, |
| 7 | u3 i-tur4-dingir lu t,up-pu-um | or Itur-ilum, be it a tablet |
| 8 | sza a-szur-ma-lik | of Aššīr-malik. |
| 9 | _dumu_ qa2-ti2-im lu t,up-pu-um | son of Handum or a tablet |
| 10 | sza e-bu-ut, i-ku-pi3-a | that he had killed, |
| 11 | ma-s,ar!-tum / i-na | a guard in |
| 12 | ku-nu-ke-e / sza ki-ma | The knuckle, which is like |
| 13 | ku-a-ti2 / ka3-an-ka3-at | “It is mine, it is yours! |
| 14 | a-szar t,up-pu-u2 | wherever a tablet |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-ba-szi2-u2-ni te2-er-ta-ka3 | there is a return. |
| 2 | a-s,e2-er sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 li-li-kam-ma | May the aṣer that is like a kūtu come to me and |
| 3 | t,up-pe2-e li-di2-nu | they should give tablets. |
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