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BIN 06, 045 & BIN 06, pl. 082 045 (P297349)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 045 & BIN 06, pl. 082 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297349 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03725 & NBC 03796 |
| 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 | [...] ri x [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | [...] a-na x x [...] | ... to ... |
| 3 | [...] szu x [...] | ... ... |
| 4 | [...]-la2 | ...-la |
| 5 | la2#-x [x] li-ri-[x] | ... may he |
| 6 | [...] a [...] im x | ... ... |
| 7 | [...] u2-la2 x x [x] | ... ... |
| 8 | [...] x-szi2-szu / a-[...] | ... his ... |
| 1 | szu-ma la2 a-szur-tak2-la2-ku [...] | If I do not obey Assur, |
| 2 | [x] am-ri-a / a-na _ku3-babbar_ [...] | ... for silver ... |
| 3 | [x] x ma-ma-an / la2 t,a2-hu [...] | ... no one is pleasant ... |
| 4 | [a-bi] a-ta be-li2 a-ta / a-ma-kam [...] | My father, why, my lord, why ...? |
| 5 | [x]-ka3 / di2-in-ma / a-ni-sza-am | ... judge ... |
| 6 | [x x]-tam2 / la2 i-na-di2-u2-nim | ... did not give to me |
| 7 | [...] a-wi-li a-ne2-eh-ma | (Sum) ... a man, he is frightened |
| 8 | u2 te2-er-ta-ka3 | and the tērta plant |
| 9 | li-li-kam | may he go! |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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