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BIN 06, 238 (P297346)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297346 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03792 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| 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 | 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 1 1/3 minas of silver |
| 2 | s,a-ru-[pa2]-am# a-s,e2-er | ṣarupam means "to go out." |
| 3 | _ma-na#_-im [sza] ka3-ri-im | minas of kārīm |
| 4 | x x-um / ta-ur-ma | ... you return, and |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-du na-szi2 | silver and sheep he took. |
| 6 | i-s,e2-er ku-da-dum | the road to Kudadum |
| 7 | u3 i-di2-a-szur3# | and Iddin-Assur |
| 8 | _dam-gar3_ i-[szu] | the merchant with him |
| 9 | isz tu3 ha-[musz-tim] | from Hamuštum |
| 10 | sza ma-num-ki-[a-szur3] | of Mannu-kī-Assur |
| 11 | _iti-kam_ ma-hu-ur-dingir | month: “Maḫur-ilī, |
| 12 | li#-mu-um sa2-ma-[a] | eponymy of Samâ. |
| 13 | 1(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2-ta_ s,i2-ib-tam2# | 1 1/4 shekels each, ṣibtam |
| 14 | i-na _iti-kam_ a-na | in the month for |
| 15 | _ma-na_-im u2-s,u2-bu | minas they shall carry. |
| 16 | _ku3-babbar_ i-qa2-qa2-ad | silver he shall weigh out. |
| 17 | szal2#-mi3-szu-nu ra-ki-us2 | their totality he bound. |
| 18 | [_ku3]-babbar_ i-di2-a-szur3 il5-qe2-ma | Iddin-Assur took the silver and |
| 19 | [ku-da]-dum qa2-ta-tum | kudādum qatatum |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ [du10]-s,i2-la2-a-szur | before Duṣilli-Assur |
| 2 | _igi_ hu-ni-a | before Huniya |
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