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BIN 06, 052 (P297323)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297323 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03764 |
| 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 [ha-...] x | to ... |
| 2 | ma-da-wa-asz2-hi / na-na-pi2 | Madawašhi ... |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma / um-ma da-la2-asz2-ma _ku3#-babbar#?_ | speak! Thus Alaš: silver |
| 4 | x da szu-ul-ha-an / 1(disz) _udu_ ut-hu-ru-um | ... next to Šulhan, 1 sheep next to Uthurum |
| 5 | [i]-nu-mi3 / s,u2-ha-ru / a-na-kam | At that time, this ṣuḫaru |
| 6 | wa#-asz2-bu-ni / ra?-di2-a-im | who resides(?) in Rādim |
| 7 | ta#?-asz2-pu-ri-ma / s,u2-ha-ri | you sent, and the ṣuharu |
| 8 | [a]-s,e2#-ri-ki / la2 ir-de8-u2-ni-ki-im | Your wandering does not approach you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] a-na | ... to |
| 2' | [x x] x x / me-er-a-ki | ... of Meraki |
| 3' | [a]-na#-kam / ta-ta-al-pa2-at! | Why have you sinned? |
| 4' | [i]-nu-mi3 / a-tal-ka3-ni | when he came |
| 5' | a-ti2 / u3 2(disz) a-ma-tu3-ki | Ati and your two words |
| 6' | tu3#?-ka3-szi2-da-ni-ma | you will tie, and |
| 7' | um-ma a-ti2-ma / qa2-ti2 | Thus says Atīma, my hand: |
| 8' | a-szi2-ti2-ka3 / s,a-ab2-ta2-ku | I am seized by your inseminacies. |
| 9' | a-tal-kam / _udu_ ut-hu-ru-um | I went. The sheep is returned. |
| 10' | i-na ki?-di2-im | in the territory |
| 11' | ni-di2-ni-ku-ni | we gave to you. |
| 12' | [... um-ma a]-na-ku-ma | ... thus I: |
| 13' | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | _udu_ ut-hu-[ru-um ...] | sheep of Uthurum ... |
| 2 | x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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