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BIN 06, 107 (P297372)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 107 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297372 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03848 |
| 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# i-na-a / x-[... u3] | to ... and |
| 2 | u2-s,u2-pi3-isz3-ki-im | U’ṣupiškum |
| 3 | qi2-bi4-ma a-na i-na-[a] | Speak to Inaya |
| 4 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma ah-sza-[lim] | Speak, thus Ahšalim |
| 5 | i-na u4-mi3-im [sza t,up-pi2] | On the day of the tablet |
| 6 | ta-sza-me-[u2] | you heard |
| 7 | s,u2-ha-ar-ka3 [...] | In the ṣuharka canal |
| 8 | _uruda_ lu-sa3-ni-iq-[ma] | a copper vessel I shall remove, and |
| 9 | lu-ub-la2-kum / i-[...] | Let me bring you ... |
| 10 | sze2-bi4-lam / mi3-szu-u2 | Send me a report! |
| 11 | sza a-na _ku3-babbar_ | that for silver |
| 12 | ta-asz2-ta-na-[pa2-ra-am] | you keep sending to me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | s,u2-ha-ru-um [...] | Ṣuḫarum |
| 2' | qi2-bi4-ma [...] | Speak ... |
| 3' | [u2]-sza-as-he-[er ...] | he made resplendent ... |
| 4' | a-ma-kam [s,u2-ha-ra-am] | the word of a ṣuharam |
| 5' | ki-ma t,up-[pi2] | like a tablet |
| left | ||
| 1 | ta-asz2-me-u2 | you heard, |
| 2 | [...] a-hi-a la2 a-tal-kam | ... my brother, I did not come. |
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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