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BIN 04, 003 (P293386)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293386 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01742 |
| 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)
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 puzur4-a-szur3 | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | ku-lu-ma-a / a-mur-esz18-dar | Kuluma, Amur-Ištar |
| 3 | u3 a-mur-dingir qi2-bi-ma | and Amur-ilī speak! |
| 4 | um-ma dingir-na-da-ma | Thus (says) Dingir-nada: |
| 5 | asz2-ta-na-me-ma _ku3-babbar_ | I constantly inquired, and silver |
| 6 | isz-ti2 da-da-a-a | with Dadāya |
| 7 | ta-am-hu-ra isz-tu3 | you will receive. From |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ ta-am-hu-ra-ni | the silver that you received |
| 9 | a-li-ku a-di2 ma-la2 | I went as far as the sea. |
| 10 | u3 sze2-ni-szu i-li-ku-u2!-nim-ma | and his brother came to me, and |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-la2 tu3-usz-te2-bi4-la2-nim | the silver he shall pay, you shall return it. |
| 12 | a-hu-u2-a | Ahua, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-tu3-nu ih-da!-ma | the Atunu received, and |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ isz-ti2 pa2-<<ni>>-nim-<ma> sze2-bi4-la2-nim | the silver from our account send me! |
| 3 | lu ta-asz2-bi-tam2 | you have sworn. |
| 4 | ta-am-hu-ra lu s,i2-ba-tim | may it be favourable. |
| 5 | ir-szi2 te2-er-ta-ku-nu za-ku-tum | You are exempt, you are free. |
| 6 | a-na pa2-ni-a li-li-kam | Let him come before me. |
| 7 | szu-ma s,i2-ba-tim tu3-sza-ar-szi2-a | If it is ṣibatum, you will make her submit. |
| 8 | a-di2 _ku3-babbar_ tu3-usz-ta-ba-a-ni | together with the silver you shall have weighed out |
| 9 | lu-qu2-tam2 sza ar-szi2-ah | the luxuriant one of Aršīḫu, |
| 10 | i-ra-de8-a-ku-nu-ti2-ni | they will bring you. |
| 11 | la2 tu3-wa-sza-ra | do not turn back! |
| 12 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza ik-ri-bi4-a | 1 mina of silver belonging to Ikribiya |
| 13 | i-li-bi4-szu | Ili-bišu, |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza asz2!-qi2-la2-szu _ku3-babbar_ sza _i3-gesz#?_ | of his ašqila, silver of oil(?) |
| 2 | u3 szi2-im t,a2-ab2-tim | and a favorable fate |
| 3 | a-pa2-ni-<a> sze2-bi4-la2-nim | send me his (own) name! |
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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