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BIN 04, 219 (P293750)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 219 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293750 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04047 |
| 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-na-a qi2-[bi-ma] | Speak to me thus: |
| 2 | um-ma a-la2-hu-um-ma | Alahum says thus: |
| 3 | u3 puzur4-esz18-dar-ma a-na-kam | and Puzur-Ištar, why |
| 4 | di2-isz-pu-um la2-szu a-na | (If) there is a claim against Išpuum, it shall increase by |
| 5 | ur-szu-u2 ni-sza-pa2-ar-ma | We will write to him later, and |
| 6 | di2-isz-pa2-am u2-sze2-lu-nim | Išpām brought down. |
| 7 | i-na u2-ni-ip-gi-im | in Unip-gim |
| 8 | a-szu-mi3 s,u2-uh3-ri-im | my name is ṣuḫrum |
| 9 | u4-ma-kal2 ni-is-hu-ur-ma | “The day of the moon’s disappearance, let us return, and |
| 10 | _dumu_ ha-am-ha-am-tim# | son of Hamḫamtim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-pa2-ni-ni a-na | he commissioned me to |
| 2 | ma-a-ma i-ti2-li-ma | “Who has come and |
| 3 | la2 ni-ik-szu-su2 a-na-kam | It is not his nikšūsu. |
| 4 | ri-ik-sa3-am sza szu-uq#-[lim] | a pledge of abundance |
| 5 | a-na _dumu_ um-mi3-a-ni | to the son of Ummani |
| 6 | ni-pa2-qi2-id-ma u2-bu-lu-szu | we entrusted to him, and his livestock |
| 7 | e-na-nu-um as,-ba-at | Now, I have seized |
| 8 | um-ma szu-ut-ma a-lu-a-ra-bi | Thus (says) Alu-arabi. |
| 9 | ki-ra-nam s,u2-ha-ru-u2 | the ṣuḫarû-festival |
| 10 | na-asz2-u2-szu-um a-ma-kam# | The našūmu of the word |
| 11 | li-di2-nu-ni-ku-um | may they give to you. |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2 ne2-nu i-pa2-ni a-la2-ki-ni | “The nēnu-plant that I planted, I will go! |
| 2 | mi3-ma ne2-t,i2-ra-ku-szu | whatever nēṭirakušu |
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