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BIN 06, 240 (P297389)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297389 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03865 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 1/2 mina of silver |
| 2 | s,a-ru-pa2-am i-na [a-lim{ki}] | ṣarupam in the city |
| 3 | a-na en-na-su2-en6# | to Ennasuen |
| 4 | sza a-na be2-u2-la2-tim# | which to the lord |
| 5 | a-di2-nu-szu-ni um-ma | I gave to him, thus |
| 6 | en-na-su2-en6-ma | Ennasuen |
| 7 | sza ki-ma ku-a-ti2 | who like a dowry |
| 8 | [i-na a]-lim{ki} [t,up]-pi2 | in the city a tablet |
| 9 | [il5-pu]-tu3 szu-ma | he is an ilpūtu-priest |
| 10 | sza# [ki]-ma i-a-ti | who like me |
| 11 | i-na a-lim{ki} t,up-pu-szu | in the city his tablet |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | il5-pu-tu3 | Ilputu, |
| 2 | 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na | 1/2 mina of silver for |
| 3 | sza ki-ma i-a-ti | who like me |
| 4 | i-sza-qal u3 i-sza-x-x | he will weigh out and ... |
| 5 | t,up-pu-szu a-ni-um i-mu-[at] | this tablet he will receive. |
| 6 | szu-ma t,up-pu-szu | he and his tablet |
| 7 | sza ki-ma i-a-ti <la2 il5-pu-tu3> | (Sum) The one who screams like a lion (Akk) That which he shouts like an eagle |
| 8 | 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-na | 1/2 mina of silver in |
| 9 | a-lim{ki} szal2-ma-am | of the whole city |
| 10 | i-na-su2-en6 i-sza-[qal] | he shall replace and weigh out. |
| 11 | _igi_ sza-lim-a-hi-im | before Šalim-aḫum |
| 12 | _igi_ pu-szu-ke-en6 | before Pušu-kēn |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ hu-ra-s,a-nim | before Huraṣanum |
Sources & licences
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