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BIN 06, 206 (P297408)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297408 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03891 |
| 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' | li-li-kam / a-szu-mi3# [...] | May he come! ... my name |
| 2' | _dumu#_ masz? / a-na a-szur-i-mi3#-[ti2] | son of a goat for Assur-imitti |
| 3' | ta#?-hi-tam2 / ta-asz2-pu-ra-am# | You wrote me a report |
| 4' | um#-ma a-ta-ma / u2-la2 x [...] | Thus (says) ... |
| 5' | ta-ki-li / u2-la2 a-sza-pa2-ra#-[kum?] | I will send you a message. |
| 6' | a-hi a-ta / _ku3-babbar_-ap-ni / la2 x [...] | ... his brother ... silver ... |
| 7' | za-ku-tam2 / szu-up-ta-ma / uz-ni [pi2-te2] | “Exalted one, send me, and I will give you a firm positive answer. |
| 8' | a-hi a-ta / ki-ma / i-pa2-na / a-[na-ku] | “My brother, when he looks at me, I |
| 9' | a-hu-ka3-ma / li-bu-ka3 / a-na# [x x?] | Your brother, your brother, to |
| 10' | x-ni / u3 a-na-ku / a-hu-ka3# [x x?] | ... and I, your brother(?) |
| left | ||
| 1' | [...] sza-al-ma / x [...] | ... is well. |
| 2' | [...] x _ku3-babbar_ x x [...] | ... silver ... |
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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