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BIN 06, 209 (P297366)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297366 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03840 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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-szur3-ma]-lik# a-na | Assur-malik to |
| 2 | [puzur4]-esz18-dar _dumu_ en-[na-nim?] | Puzur-Ishtar, son of Ennanim |
| 3 | is,-ba-[at]-ni-[a]-ti2-ma | seized me, and |
| 4 | um-[ma a-szur3-ma-lik-ma] | Thus Assur-malik: |
| 5 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza a-na | 1 mina of silver that to |
| 6 | [x] na x [...] | sunrise to moonset: ... ... |
| 7 | ha#-bu#-la2-ti2 [...] | My “seizing-of-the-mouth"(?) prayer(?) |
| 8 | [x] x szu a ti2 x x en-na-[nim] | ... now |
| 9 | a-bi#-ka3 _igi_ ku-ku-la2-nim | before your father Kukulanum |
| 10 | _dumu_ i-di2-su2-en6 | son of Idissu-en, |
| 11 | _igi_ ma-nu-ki-e-ni-a | before Mannu-kīnīa, |
| 12 | _dumu#_ i-szar-ha-ri-im | son of Išar-harim |
| 13 | a-na a-bi4-ka3 asz2-qu2-ul | I have sworn to your father. |
| 14 | sza# _ku3-babbar_ a-na a-bi4-a | of silver to Abiya |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [la2] ta-asz2-qu2-lu | you shall not cut off |
| 2 | um#-ma a-ta-ma _ku3-babbar_ | Thus (says) he: Why the silver |
| 3 | [szu-qu2]-ul e-la2-an | he shall be exalted. |
| 4 | ku-ku-la2-nim _dumu_ i-di2-su2-en6# | Kukulanum, son of Idissu-en |
| 5 | u3 ma-nu-ki-e-ni-a | and Manukienia |
| 6 | _dumu_ i-szar-ha-ri-im | son of Išar-ḫarim |
| 7 | mi3-ma sza-al-t,u3-tim | whatever šalṭūtum |
| 8 | szi2?-be a-na a-bi4-a di2-szu-um# | To the father, Išum |
| 9 | um-ma puzur2-esz18-dar-ma mi3-ma | Puzur-Ištar speaks thus: |
| 10 | szal2-t,u3-tim u2-la2 i-szu | he shall have no legal claim. |
| 11 | _igi_ a-szur3-gal _dumu_ la2-x [x?] | before Assur-rabi, son of ... |
| 12 | _igi_ a-bi-a [_dumu_ ...] | before Abiya, son of ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [_dumu_] kur#-ub-esz18-dar | son of Kurub-Ishtar |
Sources & licences
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