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BIN 04, 006 (P293382)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293382 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01699 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Pušukēn. |
| 2 | um-ma szu-esz18-dar-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Šū-Ishtar speaks thus: silver |
| 3 | i-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | in her womb |
| 4 | wa-qa2-ar szu-ku-ba-am | the šukub priestess |
| 5 | as,-ba-at-ma a-na | I seized and to |
| 6 | sza-la2-tu3-a-ar usz-te2-bi-il5 | he raised up the šalātu-priestess. |
| 7 | um-ma szu-ut-ma s,u2-ha-ru-a | Thus (says) Ṣuharua. |
| 8 | li-li-ku-nim-ma | may they come to me, and |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ a-sza-qa2-la2-kum | silver I shall weigh out for you |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ru-szu i-lu-ku-nim-ma | his enemies came to me, and |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-asz2-qa2-al-szu-ma | he shall weigh out the silver and |
| 12 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-kum | I will send to you. |
| 13 | i-a-szar _ku3-babbar_ sza-qa2-lam | where the silver is high |
| 14 | la2 i-mu-a um-ma szu-ut-ma | he did not hear, thus he: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di2 1(u) u4-me ra-mi3-ni | until the 10th day of his love |
| 2 | u2-za-ka3-ma a-na-ku-ma | he will clear it, and I |
| 3 | a-la2-ak a-ma-kam aq-bi-a-kum | I will go, I will speak to you. |
| 4 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma wa-ar-ki-szu | Thus (says) I: after him |
| 5 | lu-sza-zi-iz um-ma a-ta-ma | “Let me stand and say, {f} |
| 6 | wa-ar-ki-szu la2 tu3-sza-za-az | After that you shall not stand. |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-qa2-la2-am la2 i-mu-a | the silver of the ša-qalam he did not have, |
| 8 | a-bi4 a-ta be-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why |
| 9 | szu-pur-ma sza-pa2-tim | send and the ša-pātim |
| 10 | i-na lu-hu-sa3-ti2-a | in my luḫusātia |
| 11 | li-di2-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | may they give, and the silver |
| 12 | pa2-ni-a-ma lu-sze2-bi4-lu-ni-kum | let me send you before me. |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ ma-la2 u2-sze2-bu-lu-ni-kum! | the silver as much as he gave to you |
| 14 | te2-er-ta-ka3 | of the tērta |
| 15 | li-li-kam | may he go! |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na _dumu_ a-mur-esz18-dar _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2!_ | to the son of Amur-Ištar 1 shekel of silver |
| 2 | la2 ta-da-an hu-sa3-ru-a | You will not give the ḫušarû-vessel. |
| 3 | ta-ad-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ il5-ta-qe2-u2 | given, and the silver he took |
Sources & licences
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