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BIN 06, 091 (P297276)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297276 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03706 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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] pu#-szu-ke-en6 u3 i-na-a | to Pušukēn and now |
| 2 | [<qi2-bi-ma> um-ma] szu!-ku-bu-ma a-szu-mi3 | Speak thus Šukubu: my name |
| 3 | [sza] ni#-ka3-si2 i-sza-tim | of the ni-kasi of the harvest |
| 4 | [sza a]-bu-ni i-mu-tu3 | of his father died |
| 5 | [a-na] ni#-ka3-si2 a-na-ku | for the ni-kasi-service I |
| 6 | [a-pu]-uh3# a-bi4-ni a-zi-iz | he smote his father, he stood |
| 7 | [um]-ma# a-na-ku-ma szu-mi3 a-bi4-a | Thus I, my father's name |
| 8 | [la2] u2-qa2-la2-al szi2-hi-tu3-szu | he will cut off his wages. |
| 9 | [i]-a-ti2-me-en6 i-la2-ak | I am, he will go |
| 10 | a-sza-me-ma szi2-hi-ti2 a-bi4-ni | I ask, and my father |
| 11 | [sza x] il5?-ta-qe2-u2 u3 da-tum | who ... took, and Atum |
| 12 | ma#-ri-isz3-tam2 a-di2 | Marištam as far as |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ar#-be-e-szu asz2-ta-qal ma-ti2-ma | I have weighed out his descendants, every single one |
| 2 | [i-nu]-ma a-ta-pa2-e-a | when I have written to you |
| 3 | [sza] ki-ma szu-nu-ti2 e-ri-szu-ma | who like those he had conquered and |
| 4 | [i-di2]-nu-ni a-tu3-nu | gave to me, Atunu |
| 5 | [a-na i-a]-ti2 e-na-na-tim la2 te2-ri-sza-nim | Do not turn back to me now! |
| 6 | [a-hu]-a a-tu3-nu ih-da-ma | a brother, a sister, married, and |
| 7 | [e-na]-na#-tim _ki_ ka3-ri-im | years with Karum |
| 8 | [...] u3 be-li2-a | ... and my lord |
| 9 | [er-sza]-ni-ma ki!-ma | Eršanni, like |
| 10 | [...] isz#-te2-en6 u3 sze2-na | ... in the morning and in the evening |
| 11 | [... a]-bi-ni | ... our father |
| 12 | [...] u3 i-a-ti2 | ... and me |
Sources & licences
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