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BIN 06, 020 (P297382)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297382 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03858 |
| 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 | um-ma a-szur3-_gal_-ma a-na | Thus Ashur-rabi to |
| 2 | ma-ga-ni-ka3 qi2-bi-ma | speak to your land! |
| 3 | mi3-szu / sza ta-asz2-pu-ri-ni | What you wrote to me: |
| 4 | um-ma a-ti2-i-ma / ma-ak-na-kam | Thus (says) Atiya: I am a slave. |
| 5 | a-pa2-te2-ma ba-pi3-ra-am a-na | I opened a window, and to |
| 6 | szi2-mi3-im a-da-an be-tum | “Adān (is) my brother. |
| 7 | sza-ap2-li-um u2! e-li-u2!-um | the lower part, the upper part |
| 8 | la2 i-na ku-nu-ki-a ka3-ni-ik | It is sealed in your sealed document. |
| 9 | a-pu-tum a-di2 / a-la2-ka3-ni | Aputum until he goes, |
| 10 | be-tam2 mi3-ma ku-nu-ki-a | “At the same time, whatever your seals |
| 11 | la2 ta-pa2-te2-i! / ku-nu-ki-a | Do not open your sealed document! |
| 12 | sza-s,i2-ri / e-mi-iq-tum | the šaṣiru-priestess, the eminent one, |
| 13 | ta-bu-ta2-ni-ma | you smote me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di2 u4-mi3-im a-nim sa3-ah-ra-ku | as long as the heavens are darkened, |
| 2 | a-pu-tum ki-ma-ma sza-s,u2-ra-ti2-ni | (Sum) I am a ša-ṣūrātu-priestess, (Akk) The ap-utum priestess is like our guardian. |
| 3 | lu sza-s,u2-ra-ti / a-di2 | May they be guards until |
| 4 | e-ne2-e-a / ta-me-ri-ni ki-ma la2 | When you see me, like a ghost, |
| 5 | a-di2 ma-la2 u2 sze2-ni-szu _an-na_ | as far as the length and width of tin |
| 6 | u2-sze2-bi4-la2-ki-ni-ma i-di2-nu-ni-ki-ni | he sent to you and gave to you. |
| 7 | a-szi2-a-ti2 mi3-ma la2 u2-sze2-ba-la2-ki-im | “Whatever he does not send to you, |
| 8 | isz-ti2 wa-ar-di2-im _dumu_ i-ku-nim | from the later son of Ikūnum |
| 9 | u2-sze2-ba-la2-ki-im mi3-szu / sza u2-sza-bi4 | he sent to you, what he brought, |
| 10 | i-na be-tim tu3-sze2-szi2-bi4-ni | in the house you have brought, |
| 11 | u2 a-na mu-tim ta-li-ki-ni | and to a husband you will come. |
| 12 | szu-ma me-er-i-ti / a-ti2-i | “He is my sister, my brother’s sister |
| 13 | be-tam2 sza-s,i2-ri / a-di2 1(u) u4-me | “Before the dawn, until the 10th day, |
| 14 | ni-ta-la2-kam mi3-ma sza ta-sza-me-i-[ni] | We have sat down, whatever you want to say |
| 15 | isz-ti2 ke-na-a-szur | with Kena-Assur |
| left | ||
| 1 | te2-er-ti2-ki li-li-ki-im | May your supplication come to an end! |
| 2 | qi2-isz-tam2 u2 sza-hi-re-en6!? | a gift and šaḫiren plant(?) |
| 3 | ku-nu-ki-ma isz-ti2 ke-na-a-szur3 | Seal it with Kena-Assur. |
| 4 | sze2-bi4-li-im | send me! |
Sources & licences
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