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BIN 06, 098 (P297300)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297300 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03733 |
| 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 [qi2-bi4-ma] | Speak to Pušu-kēn |
| 2 | um-ma i-di2-ku-bu-ma [ta-asz2-pu-ram] | Thus Iddin-Kūbu: you wrote |
| 3 | um-ma a-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ x [...] | Thus (says) Yata: Silver ... |
| 4 | u2 me-hi-ra-am / sza na-asz2-pe#-[er-ti2-ka3] | and the meḫiram plant of your letter |
| 5 | la2-pi3-ta-ma / la2-asz2-ta-me | (Sum) It is a lapis lazuli ... (Akk) I am a deaf person / I am an adolescent |
| 6 | ki-ma a-szar 1(disz) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ | where 1 mina of silver |
| 7 | isz-ku-lu-ni-ni / a-di2 / u2-mi3-im [a]-nim#? | until the time of Anum |
| 8 | i-im-s,u2-ru-ni-ni um-ma a-[na-ku-ma] | they have entrusted me, thus I: |
| 9 | [mi3?]-nam lu-sze2-bi4-il5 szu ma [...] | “Let me raise my hands to you(?) |
| 10 | [x x]-ib-ri i-na a-la2-ki#-[x] | ... in Alaki... |
| 11 | [x]-x _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 / u2 a-[na-ku] | ... of your silver, and I |
| 12 | [x ma]-na _ku3-babbar_ u2-sze2-ba-al x [x] | shall pay x minas of silver ... |
| 13 | [x] _gin2#? ku3-babbar_ u2-sze2-ba-al x [x] | shall pay x shekels of silver ... |
| 14 | [x x sza] a-s,e2-er / a-bi4-x [x x] | ... of the steppe ... |
| 15 | [...] li-li-x [...] | ... lili- |
Sources & licences
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