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BIN 06, 172 (P297377)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297377 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03853 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x]-x-id-ma# [...] | ... and ... |
| 2' | sza#-asz2-qi2-il5-szu# [...] | Its šašqī-qilû priestess |
| 3' | u2-sza-zi-za-ku-[um ...] | he made stand for me ... |
| 4' | a-ta / i-hi-id#-[ma ...] | From where did he gather and ...? |
| 5' | sza-asz2-qi2-il5-szu# [...] | Its šašqī-qilû priestess |
| 6' | _ku3-sig17_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ [...] | Gold, 1 mina ... |
| 7' | ma-li-a-szu-ma [...] | “It is him who . . |
| 8' | 2(u) 6(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nu u3 [1(disz) _ansze_] | 26 kutānu-garments and 1 donkey |
| 9' | s,a-la2-mu-um sza sze2-[ep x] | a ṣalamû-vessel of ... |
| 10' | [n 4(disz)] / _tug2 hi-a_ sza x [...] | ... 4 / garments of ... |
| 11' | [x] x / s,u2-ba-tu3-a [...] | ... my garment ... |
| 12' | [te2-er]-ta-ka3 li-[li-kam] | May your extispicy come to me! |
| 13' | [x x] x / sza ah [...] | ... of ... |
| 14' | [...] x ma [...] | ... ... |
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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