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BIN 06, 204 (P297335)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 204 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297335 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03776 |
| 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' | [um-ma x x]-in#-ma a-di2-i [sza] | Thus ... until |
| 2' | [pu-szu-ke]-en6 sza ta-asz2-pu#-[ra-ni] | Pušuken, about which you wrote to me, |
| 3' | [um]-ma a-ta-ma a-na s,e2-er#? | Thus (says) “Why to the flock(?)? |
| 4' | [x]-ba-tim isz-pu-ra-am a-ta#? | ... wrote to me: "Why? |
| 5' | [x] x ta-sze2-e szu-ut i-la2 i-dim# | ... ... that of a torch |
| 6' | [szu]-mi3 a-bi-ni / i-za-ka3-ar | his father's name he shall proclaim |
| 7' | [u3] ku-a-ti2 / a-zi-ki-ka3 s,a?-ba-[at] | and your property I will take away. |
| 8' | isz#-pu-ra-am / isz-ti x x | he wrote to me with |
| 9' | lu sze2-s,u2-ti2 a-bi a-ta be-li2# [a-ta] | May my father be reconciled with me, my lord. |
| 10' | i-na {d}utu-szi sza t,up-pi2 | by Šamaš of the tablet |
| 11' | ta-sza-me-u2 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-[babbar]_ | you heard, 2 minas of silver |
| 12' | [x] x ma al [...] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x] x ki i ta [...] | ... when ... |
| 2' | um-mi3-a-nam sza a-na a-wa-tim-ma# | my mother, who to the words |
| 3' | i-za!-zu lu-sza-zi-zu-ni-kum | May they stand before you. |
| 4' | u3! te2-er-ta-ka3 li-li-kam | and your extispicy may come to me. |
| 5' | [a]-di2 ha-ra-ni sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | as far as Haranu, about whom you wrote me, |
| 6' | _uruda#_ 2(asz) _gu2_ ma-si2-a-am | copper, 2 talents of musiam-wood |
| 7' | sza# e-pu-szu-u2 / i-ba-szi2 a-na# | that they did, there is to |
| 8' | da#-asz2-e-szu / a-sza-la2-tu3-wa-ar# | Aša-latu-wār |
| 9' | [e]-ra-ab2-ma / ba-ti-iq u2-tu3#-[ur] | he shall enter, and he will die. |
| 10' | [a]-na _ku3-babbar_ u3-ta-ar-szu-[ma] | for silver he shall return to him and |
| 11' | [a]-s,e2#-ri-ka3 / a-ta-la2-kam-[ma?] | I went out to you, and |
| 12' | [a]-na# a-lim{ki} ha-ra-ni [...] | to the city Ḫarani |
| 13' | [x x] x a / a-na x [...] | ... to ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | x x x | |
| 2 | x x x | |
Sources & licences
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