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BIN 06, 093 (P297288)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297288 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03720 |
| 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)
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 ha-ti2-tim | to Ḫatti |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | zi-ik-ri-il5-ka3-ma | Zikirilama |
| 4 | li-lu-ti2-i | my gloamy |
| 5 | ta-asz2-me-i-ma | you heard, and |
| 6 | a-wa-tim | the words |
| 7 | ha-am-t,a2-tim | |
| 8 | tu3-la2-pi2-tim | Tula-pītum, |
| 9 | ma#?-a um-ma a-ti2-ma | Thus says Ati: |
| 10 | [...]-isz#-tum | ...-ištum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | u3 a-hi isz-tu3 | and a brother from |
| 3 | _mu 5(disz)-sze3_ la2-szu | for 5 years he has not worked |
| 4 | a-ni-a-tim | these |
| 5 | <tu3>-la2-pi3-ti2-im | the <female slave” |
| 6 | isz-tu3 a-na wa-ah-szu-sza-na | from their fathers |
| 7 | a-li-ka3-ni li-bi4 | his city, the city |
| 8 | [a]-di ha-am-szi2-szu | as far as Hamšišu |
| 9 | im-ra-as, | he shall cut off. |
| 10 | a-ma-kam sza-il5-tam2 | The word is a šailtam |
| 11 | sza-li-ma | complete, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | te2-er-ti2-[ki] | your supplication |
| 2 | 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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