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BIN 06, 211 (P297226)

Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	BIN 06, 211
ID	P297226
Museum no.	NBC 01655
Collection	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
Genre	Legal
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	[szu-a-num ra-bi-s,u2]-um#	Šū-Anum, the chief of troops
2	[sza a-szur-i-mi3-ti2] _dumu_ szu-nu-nu	of Assur-imitti, their son
3	[is,-ba-at-ni-a]-ti2-ma um-ma	seized me, thus
4	[ra-bi-s,u2-um-ma] a-na bu-za-zu-ma	a large one, to buzzuma
5	up#-pa2#-am# sza# a#-lim#{ki#} a#-szur3#-i#-mi3#-ti2	Uppam of the city of Assur-imitti
6	[i-na t,u-pi2]-im sza a-lim{ki}	in the ṭūpu of the city
7	[ta-na-sa3-ah]-ma# i-na a-lim{ki}	you will remove, and in the city
8	[a-ta u3] a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2	from and Assur-imitti
9	[ta-ta]-wu#-a isz-al-ka3-ma	he asked you, and
10	up#-pu#-szu# ha#-mu#-ru#-u2	“Its machinations are ḫammuru-disease.
11	[ba-a-am] u2-ma-ma a-ma-la2	“Ba’ama, I will fill
12	[a-ma-la2 t,up-pi]-im sza a-lim{ki}	a copy of the tablet of the city
13	[a-na a]-lim#{ki} s,i2-a-ma	to the city he went out, and
14	[a-na be]-el a-wa-ti2-ka3	to your lord of words
15	[a-wa]-tam2# di2-in	a matter of judgment
16	[la2 tu3]-na-ha-ni _ku3-babbar_	the deficit of the silver
17	[ma-dam] la2#! tu3-sza-ag-me-ra-ni	You will not raise a claim against the wife
18	[bu-za-zu] szu-a-nim	a new bathing place
19	[ra-bi-s,a]-am# e-pu-ul	I built a great wall.
20	[um-ma bu-za]-zu-ma usz-ka3-i-il5!	Thus (says) Buzzu: I raised
21	[a-na t,up-pi2]-im# sza a-lim{ki} u2 _pa-du_	for the tablet of the city and the shepherd
22	[sza be-li]-a ti2-ma-li-ma	of my lord you know, and
23	[ta-asz2-e-li]-ma# u2 a-pu-ul-ka3	you have lifted up, and your limbs
24	[a-szur3-i-mi3]-ti2 be-el a-wa-ti2-a / a-na-kam	Assur-imitti, lord of words, what is it?
25	[wa-sza-ab2 1(u)] _ma#-na ku3-babbar_ a-na szu-esz18-dar	10 minas of silver for Shu-Ishtar
26	[qa2-ta-ti2-szu] na-al-pu-ta-ku	his hands weep,
27	[u2 _ku3-babbar_ szal2]-tam2# ha-bu-lam u2 a-na	and silver, the complete price of the robbery and to
28	[sza-su2-hi]-a? i-s,a-ab2-ta-ka3	he will seize the ša-suhīya
29	[{d}nu-tam2] u2 e-mu-qi2 la2 a-pu-ul-ka3	Nutam and the strength of your army
30	[a-szur3-i-mi3-ti2 be]-el# a-wa-ti-a i-na	Assur-imitti, lord of words, in
31	[3(disz) a-wa-tim] li#-iz-ku-ra-ma	3 words may he send to me, and
32	[li-bi na-di2]-ti2-szu ka3-ru-um	whose life is a prize
33	[s,a-he-er _gal_] lu#-pa2-ti2-ma	Great hero, let me open, and
34	[ka3-ru-um s,a-he]-er _gal_	a great stag
35	[t,up-pi2-ni lu]-la2#-pi2-it-ma	Let me break our tablet, and
36	[la2-li-ik]-ma# a-lu-um	he goes, and the city
37	[u2 ba-li2 di2]-ni li-di2-in	May he give me food to eat.
38	[la2 tu3-na-ha]-ni# u2 _ku3-babbar_	without remission, and silver
39	[ma-dam la2 tu3-sza-ag]-ma-[ra]-ni#	Do not abandon a marriage!

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