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BIN 06, 178 (P297359)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297359 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03833 |
| 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 puzur4# [...] | To Puzur |
| 2 | um#-[ma ...] | Thus ... |
| 3' | x [...] | |
| 4' | ta-asz2-pu-ra#-[am um-ma a-ta-ma] | you wrote me, thus: "Why did you write me?" |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | na-asz2-pe3-er-ta-ka3# [...] | In the našpērta ritual |
| 2' | sza-ma-am / la2 i-mu-a [...] | (Sum) The šama demon, without name(?) |
| 3' | a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 / u2 a-ma-ma# [...] | Assur-imitti |
| 4' | u2 a-na-ku / i-na qa2-ti2 | and I in the hand |
| 5' | a-szur-ma-lik / _dumu_ a-la2-hi-im | Assur-malik, son of Alaḫum |
| 6' | u2 i-na-a / _dumu_ a-mu-ra-a | and in the son of Amurrâ |
| 7' | i-na qa2-ti2 / ka3-tu3-im | from the hand of the captive |
| 8' | usz10-ta-am-t,i2-u2-ni / u2 a-na-ku | he has caused me to die, and I |
| 9' | a-ba-ki-szu-nu-ti2-ma / ba-s,a-ma | I cut off their limbs and |
| 10' | sza-zu-za-tu3-ka3 / la2 i-du-nu-nim | they did not give your ša-zu-za-tu. |
| 11' | _ku3-babbar_ pa2-ni-a-am | the pre-eminent silver |
| 12' | sza tu3-sze2-bi4-la2-szu-nu-ti2-ni | that you sent to them, |
| 13' | a-na s,i2-ti2-szu / sza bu-za-zu | For his life, of būzazu, |
| 14' | a-na _e2_ / na-gi-ri-im | to the house of the herald |
| 15' | isz-ta-aq-lu-szu / 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-[babbar]_ | they have weighed out: 1 shekel of silver |
| 16' | la2 i-ba-szi2 / u2 ku-a-ti2 / sza i-[...] | There is none. The pure plants that |
| 17' | a-na s,i2-ib-tim [...] | to the ṣibtu-priestess |
| 18' | i-la2-ka3-kum [...] | he will come to you |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ / li-mu-um a-hu-ur | and 2 minas of silver, the eponymy of Ahūr, |
| 2 | la2 isz-qu2-lu / be-li2 a-ta / mi3-szu-um | (Sum) My lord, what is it that you want to say? (Akk) What does your servant want? |
| 3 | ta-ad-mi3-qa2-ti2-a / a-na sze2-bu-la2-tim | Give me a firm positive answer! |
| 4 | tu3-usz10-te2-ne2-ba-lam | Tu’uš-tene-balam |
Sources & licences
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