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BIN 06, 014 (P297313)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297313 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03751 |
| 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 mu-za qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to your husband! |
| 2 | um-ma la2-ma-sza-ma | Thus Lamaša: |
| 3 | szu-ma a-ha-ti2 / a-ti2 | he is my brother |
| 4 | szu-ma be-el-ti2 / a-ti2 | “That my lady |
| 5 | a-na-ku / u3 a-ti2 | I and Ati |
| 6 | ni-ir-te2-ha-am mi3-ma | “Nirteḫam, what |
| 7 | u2-nu-tim / sza a-na | the equipment that for |
| 8 | pu-szu-ke-en6 | Pušuken |
| 9 | ta-pa2-qi2-di2-ni | you have appointed me, |
| 10 | te2-er-ti2-ki / li-li-kam-ma | May your counsel come to me, and |
| 11 | uz2-ni / pi3-te2-i | uzni-disease of the mouth |
| 12 | t,up-pa2-am sza um-mi3 | Tablet of the mother |
| 13 | ta-di2-na-ni <<ni>> u2 a-na | <(what have you given?)> to me? |
| 14 | x-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] / _dam_ / i3-li2-x-[x] | ... wife of Ilī-... |
| 2 | a-di2 a-na um-mi3-a-nim | as far as Ummi-Anum |
| 3 | ke-nim pi3-iq-di2 a-mi3#-se-ma2# | The true one, the one who is entrusted to me |
| 4 | lu-ub-la2-am / u2 a-szar | I will bring. Where |
| 5 | ta-pa2-qi2-di2-ni / i-na | you have entrusted to me |
| 6 | na-asz2-pe3-er-ti2-ki lu-ub-la2-am | let me bring your message. |
| 7 | ki-ma / t,up-pa2-am / a-mi3-a-am | Like a tablet, my mother |
| 8 | tu3-sze2-bi4-la2-ni | you sent to me. |
| 9 | a-te2-be-a-ma / a-ta-la2-kam | I will come back, and I will go. |
| 10 | a-s,e2-ri-ki / a-ta-la2-kam | I will go with you. |
| 11 | ta-ma-la2-ke-en6 sza i-na | you will measure out. |
| 12 | ma-as,-ar-tim | guardian |
| 13 | i-ba-szi2-u2-ni / a-na | there is for |
| 14 | i3-li2-isz-<ta>-ki-il5 la2 ta-di2-ni | Iliš-takīl did not give it. |
| 15 | szu-ma pu-szu-ke-en6 | He is Pušu. |
| 16 | e-ri-isz-ki | Eriški |
| left | ||
| 1 | di2-ni / szu-ma / la2 ki-a-am / a-di2 / e-ne2-a | “Our case is not thus, until he speaks! |
| 2 | ta-mi3-ri-ni / a-ma-ma-an la2 ta-di2-ni | You did not give me a word. |
Sources & licences
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