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BIN 06, 185 (P297379)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297379 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03855 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| 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 | 1(disz) na-ru-qam2 1(disz) _tug2_ sza esz18-dar-pi3-la2-ah | 1 naruqam-garment, 1 garment belonging to Ešdar-pilah, |
| 2 | x-ba-ni / i-di2-nam | ... he gives. |
| 3 | 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na# uruda_ a-na _ku3-babbar_ | 12 1/2 minas of copper for silver |
| 4 | a-di2-szu 7(disz) 1/6(disz) _gin2_ asz2-a-[am] | together with 7 1/6 shekels |
| 5 | 1/6(disz) _gin2# ku3-babbar_-ra-na-ku al-8(disz) qe2# | 1/6 shekel of silver I am worth, 8 qe2 |
| 6 | 4(disz) _gin2# [ku3-babbar] szi2-im ansze_ asz2-qul2 | 4 shekels of silver, the price of the donkey dung |
| 7 | 1(disz) 1/3(disz) [_gin2_] ig#-ri sa3-ri-din | 1 1/3 shekels of wool for Saridin |
| 8 | 1/3(disz) _gin2#_ [u2-nu]-ut# _ansze_ | 1/3 shekel of the equipment for donkeys |
| 9 | szi2-ti2 [_ku3-babbar_] 1(u) 1/6(disz)# _gin2_ ku-nu#-[ki] | the price of 1 1/6 shekels of silver is yours. |
| 10 | i-li-bi4-a | Ilībia, |
| 11 | a-na 1(u) 2(disz) _ma-na [uruda?_] | for 12 minas of copper |
| 12 | a-wi-ti2-szu 2/3(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2_ | his man 2/3 mina 5 shekels |
| 13 | _an#-na_ asz2-qu2-ul | I piled up tin. |
| 14 | [x _gin2 an]-na#_ u2-ku-ul | x shekels of tin he weighed out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_ansze_] ik-[szu]-su2 | a donkey has seized it |
| 2 | [x] _gin2#_ u2-ku-ul sa3-ri-dim | x shekels, the slaughterer of the saridû-priests |
| 3 | [x] _gin2#_ ta-szi2-a-at _ansze_ | x shekels is the price of the donkey. |
| 4 | [x] _gin2_ bi4-it-qa2#-at _an-na_ | x shekels, the price of tin |
| 5 | 7(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 7 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 6 | ni-is-ha-at _tug2_-ti2-szu | the replacement of his garment |
| 7 | asz2-qu2-ul 6(disz) _gin2_ a-na | 6 shekels for |
| 8 | [ka3]-ri-im asz2-qu2-ul | I have piled up heaps of grain |
| 9 | 1/2(disz) [_gin2_] 1(u) _sze_ hu-lu-qa2-u2! | 1/2 shekel and 10 grains are lost. |
| 10 | ik-szu-du-szu | he defeated him. |
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