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BIN 04, 227 (P293751)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 227 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293751 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04048 |
| 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 a-mur-a-szur-ma | Thus Amur-Assur: |
| 3 | 1(u) _gu2_ 5(u) _ma-na an-na_ | 10 talents 50 minas of lead |
| 4 | u2 li-wi-su2 | and his limbs |
| 5 | 3(u) 7(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-ni | 37 kutani-garments |
| 6 | 4(disz) _tug2_ sza s,u2-ha-ri | 4 ṣuharu-garments |
| 7 | [x] _tug2_ sza ta-ad-mi3-iq-tim | x garments of the tadmiqtu type |
| 8 | [x _ansze hi-a_ s,a-la2]-mu | x homers of chick-peas, |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [1/3(disz)] _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sze2-bi4-lam | send 1/3 mina of silver! |
| 2' | i-na 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | for 1/3 mina of silver |
| 3' | sza tu3-sze2-bi4-la2-ni | that you sent me, |
| 4' | sza 1(disz) _gin2_ s,i2-pa2-ra-tim | of 1 shekel of ṣiparatum |
| 5' | sze2-bi-lam a-ni-tam2 | Send me a reply! |
| 6' | la2 a-ni-tam2 | not a claim |
| 7' | te2-er-ta-ka3 | of the tērta |
| 8' | li-li-kam | may he go! |
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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