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BIN 06, 256 (P297380)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 256 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297380 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03856 |
| 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 | [...]-x | |
| 2 | [...]-ka3 | ...-ka |
| 3 | [u2-zu-...]-x-am | ... ... |
| 4 | ub-la2-[...]-ka3 | of Ubla-... |
| 5 | 1(disz) _tug2_ ku-ta-nam | 1 kutanam garment |
| 6 | be-lum2-ba-ni na-asz2-a-kum | Bēl-bani, bring it to me! |
| 7 | a-hi a-ta {d}utu-szi a-ta | “My brother, father Utu, father |
| 8 | _ku3-babbar_ | silver |
| 9 | sza# _dumu_ ka3-ri-a | of the son of Kariya |
| 10 | [sza-bi]-ma / t,up-pi3 | there is a tablet |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | du-u2-uk | did Duuk, |
| 2 | 1(disz)? mu-za-ra-am | 1(?) (mana wool for) Muzaram |
| 3 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _sila3_ du-ul-ba-tim | 1 1/2 qû of dulbatum flour, |
| 4 | ku-nu-ki-a | sealed documents |
| 5 | be-lum2-ba-ni na-asz2-a-kum | Bēl-bani, bring it to me! |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-na | the silver that for |
| 7 | be-a-lim ta-di2-na-ni | Bēlim, you gave me. |
| 8 | isz#-ti2 wa-ar-ki-tim | from the future |
| 9 | [x] 1(disz) ku-ta-nam# | ... 1 kutanam |
| left | ||
| 1 | [u2]-ba#-la2-kum | he shall carry for you |
| 2 | [u2] a-ta i-hi-id | and he will weigh out. |
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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