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BIN 04, 221 (P293713)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293713 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03682 |
| 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 pu-szu-ke-en6 qi2-bi4#-ma | Speak to Pušukēn |
| 2 | um-ma puzur4-a-szur-ma | Puzur-Assur speaks thus: |
| 3 | i-na _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3-sig17_ | from silver and gold |
| 4 | sza dingir-ma-lik ub-la2-ni | that Ilum-malik brought, |
| 5 | 2(asz)? _gu2_ 2(u) _ma-na an-na_ | 2 talents 20 minas of lead |
| 6 | ku#-nu-ki 1(disz) me-at 1(u) ku-ta-ni | 100 kunukku, 10 kutani |
| 7 | qa2-dam 8(disz) ku-ta-ni | 8 kutānu, |
| 8 | _sag10_-tim 2(disz) _tug2_ ka-am-su2 | good quality, 2 kammu-garments |
| 9 | 4(u) _ma-na an-na_ qa2-tim | 40 minas of tin |
| 10 | 6(disz) _ansze_ s,a-la2-me | 6 homers of chick-peas, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | dingir-ma-lik i-ra-de8-a-kum# | Ilī-malik will bring you |
| 2 | i-nu-mi3 us,-a-ni hu-sza-hu-ma | when he came out, he was exhausted, and |
| 3 | t,up-pa2-am la2 nu-la2-pi3-tam2 | The tablet is untranslatable. |
| 4 | szi2-ti2 lu-qu2-ti2-ka3 i-pa2-ni-e-ma | (Sum) He looked at the life of your limbs (Akk) Look at your life, look at your body |
| 5 | wa-s,i2-im ne2-ba-ka3-kum | “You are the one who goes out, you are the nebakakkû-priestess, |
| 6 | u3 te2-er-ti2-ni za-ku-tum# | and our exempted letter |
| 7 | i-la2-ka3-kum / szi2-ta [x]-x-at | he will come to you. |
| 8 | _e2_ a-hu-qar sza ha-hi-[im] | the house of Aḫuqar of Ḫaḫum |
| 9 | sza a-pa2-at su2-ki-nim | of the apsû-disease of the body |
| 10 | sza _e2_ zi-zi-x | of the house Zizi-x |
| 11 | a-na 6(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | for 6 1/3 minas of silver |
| 12 | ni-isz-a-ma-ku-ma | we will go, and |
| 13 | [x] x [a-wi-il5-tim x] x | ... men ... |
| 14 | [um]-ma# ne2-nu-ma ni-sza-x-ma | Thus Nenuma ... and |
| 15 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-ki-im | I will send to you. |
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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