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BIN 06, 097 (P297298)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 097 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297298 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03731 |
| 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 i-na#-[a qi2-bi-ma um-ma] | Speak thus: |
| 2 | bu-ur-a-szur-[ma ...] | Bur-Assur ... |
| 3 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ sza ba-ab# [ha-ra-nim] | for silver of Bāb-Haram |
| 4 | a-di2-na-ku-ni / ki-[ma ...] | I gave to you, like ... |
| 5 | la2 ak-ta-asz2-du-ni [...] | I have not sworn by (my) name |
| 6 | ma-ah-ri-ka3 / la2 asz2-[ku-un] | I did not place before you. |
| 7 | u2 tam2-ka3-ru / sza a-[szar lu-qu2-ti2] | and the tamkaru plant, which is in the place of luxuriance |
| 8 | a-di2-nu-ni / mi3-ma la2 i-[szu ...] | I did not have anything ... |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma / ke-e [a-na] | thus I: “How to |
| 10 | bu-usz-tim / la2-li-ik# [...] | (Sum) I am a young man, I want to go to sleep(?) (Akk) The young man is a lamenting woman |
| 11 | e-ne2-szu / la2-mu-ur [...] | (Sum) His word, I want to utter a lament to him(?) (Akk) The word of the lord is to be uttered to me |
| 12 | a-di2-i _iti-kam_-im isz-te2-en6 [u2 sze2-na] | as far as the month of Addaru, he shall pay in full. |
| 13 | 1(u) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ bu-la2-ti2-a [lu-za-ki]-ma | 10 minas of silver, my wages I shall remove, and |
| 14 | a-la2-ka3-ma / e-ne2-ka3 | I will go, I will speak to him. |
| 15 | a-ma-ar-ma / u2 a-ta [ti2-de8-e] | I saw, and from where did you get the water? |
| 16 | a-szar _ku3-babbar_-ap2-ka3 / la2 i-ha-[li-qu2] | where the silver shall not be stolen |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2! a-na-ku i-na re-szi2-ka3 | and I at your head |
| 2 | a-za-zu-ma / la2 a-ru-qu2-ni | I stand, but I do not bow down. |
| 3 | a-ta-ma / ep-sza-ni | Why is he doing it? |
| 4 | a-szur u2 {d}mar-tu il5-ka3 | Assur and Martu, the porter |
| 5 | u2 pi3-ri-qu2-um sza <<sza>> a-szur | and pīriqû-plant of Assur |
| 6 | sza at-ma-a-[ku]-ni / li-di2-a-ni | that I saw, may he give me. |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar_ mi3-ma isz-ti2 tam2-ka3-ri-im# | silver, whatever from the trading post |
| 8 | la2 al-qe2-u2-ma / a-na ma#-[ma-an] | I did not take, and to no one |
| 9 | la2 a-di2-nu-ni / mi3-ma [_ku3-babbar_] | I did not give. Whatever silver |
| 10 | la2 i-ba-szi2-u2 ma-la2 [_ku3-babbar_] | they do not have, as much as silver |
| 11 | la2 ab2-e-la2-ku-ni [...] | If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 12 | sza _e2_ szu-{d}[en-lil2 ...] | of the house of Šū-Enlil |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ [...] | 1 shekel of silver ... |
| 14 | la2 a-di2# [...] | Without ... |
| 15 | _ku3-babbar_ [...] | the silver ... |
| 16 | ga-am-[ra-am] | I want to say |
| 17 | ma-ah-ri [...] | Before ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [_ku3]-babbar_ qa2-at-ka3-ma lu i-sza-qu2-lu#+szu-ni | The silver shall be placed in your hands, and they shall pay it to him. |
| 2 | [a]-na-ku a-na-kam | I am indeed |
| 3 | mi3-ma / la2 a-du-nu-szu-nu-ti2-ni | whatever I did not give them, |
Sources & licences
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