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BIN 04, 144 (P293874)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293874 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03676 |
| 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 | i-na 4(disz) _ansze hi-a_ | from 4 hectares of land |
| 2 | sza-lim-a-hi-im | Šalim-aḫum |
| 3 | e-la2-at a-ta-ta | above Atata |
| 4 | sza e-li-u2-ni-ni | who above us |
| 5 | 1(disz) _ansze e2-gal_-lum2 | 1 imāru: the palace |
| 6 | is,-ba-at-ma szi2-im-szu | seized, and his fate |
| 7 | a-gu-a il5-qe2 | Agua took. |
| 8 | 1(disz) _ansze_ sza _dumu_ | 1 homer of the son |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ir-ra-a sza a-mur-esz18-dar | of Amur-Ištar |
| 2 | a-na bu-ru-usz-ha-tim | to Burušḫatum |
| 3 | ir-de8-u2 i-a-ti2 | he smote me |
| 4 | i-zi-za-am 1(disz) _ansze_ | he stood. 1 donkey |
| 5 | a-na lu-lu a-di2-in | I gave to someone else. |
| 6 | 1(disz) _ansze_ i-na na-ab2-ri-tim | 1 homer in the nabrūtum, |
| 7 | me-et 1(disz) _ansze_ | Dead: 1 donkey. |
| 8 | sza sze2-ep dan-a-szur | of the brickwork of Dan-Assur, |
| 9 | a-s,e2-er i-la2-ap2-ra-at-ba-ni | he will go out to the field. |
| 10 | ir-de8-u2 3(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 3 shekels of silver |
| 11 | na-ab-ri-<it> 3(disz) _ansze hi-a_ | 3 homers of wheat, |
| 12 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2_ a-na-kam x x | 1 1/2 shekels for ... |
| 13 | e-ku!-lu? | they ate. |
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