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BIN 04, 220 (P293748)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293748 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04043 |
| 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 i-tur4-dingir i-na-a | to Itur-ilī |
| 2 | u3 a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku | and Assur-taklakku |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma hu-s,a-ru-um-ma | Speak, thus Huṣarum: |
| 4 | asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-ti2 um-ma | I wrote to you, thus: |
| 5 | a-na-ku-ma / a-wa-tum | I (am) the word |
| 6 | sza um-mi3-a-an kur-ub-esz18-dar | belonging to the master of Kur-ub-ištar, |
| 7 | u3 a-hi-a / szu-ma im-ta-ag-ru | and his brother he shall return. |
| 8 | a-wa-tim ki-ma | the words like |
| 9 | ta-le-a-ni gu5-um-ra | his strength is a wolf |
| 10 | mi3-ma / a-wa-tim | whatever words |
| 11 | sza i-ma-qu2-ta-ni | that he shall fall, |
| 12 | lu ma-ma-an | or anyone |
| 13 | i-sza-pu-ru-nim | they shall send to me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | te2-er-ta-ak-nu | you will return. |
| 2 | li-li-kam-ma uz2-ni <pi2-te2-a> | May he come, and my limbs |
| 3 | a-la2-nu-ma / a-wa-su2 | Alānum, his word |
| 4 | la2 ta-ga!-ma-<ra> um-ma | Do not be negligent, thus (says) |
| 5 | a-tu3-nu-ma / te2-er-ti2-ni | “Atunuma, our rejoicing, |
| 6 | a-s,e2-ri-szu / li-li-ik | May his aṣeru go! |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ sza _e2_ a-lim{ki} | the silver of the house of Bison |
| 8 | sza kur-ub-esz18-dar la2 sza | of Kur-ub-Ištar, deficit of |
| 9 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-ni | sent to me, |
| 10 | a-tu3-nu la2 ti2-de8-a | Atunu, do not bring (them). |
| 11 | ki-ma _ku3-babbar_-pu | like silver |
| left | ||
| 1 | wa-aq-ru-ni isz-tu3 | they have entrusted. From |
| 2 | bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | Burušḫatum |
| 3 | u2-sze2-ba-lam | he shall pay. |
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