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BIN 06, 053 & BIN 06, pl. 083 053 (P297413)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	BIN 06, 053 & BIN 06, pl. 083 053
ID	P297413
Museum no.	NBC 03767 & NBC 03896
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 sza-lim-a-hu-um-ma#	Thus Šalim-ahum:
2	a-na {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni	to Ninšubur-bani
3	qi2-bi-ma i-t,up-pi3-im	Speak, and I will send you a tablet.
4	sza a-gu-a _an-na_ ku-nu-ki-ka3#	of the Agû of Anu, your seal
5	a-na {d}nin-szubur-ba-ni	to Ninšubur-bani
6	u2? [x x ni]-is-ha-tim	... reed bundles
7	[...] tam2# a-s,e2-er	... the sea/sun(?)
8	[...]-x
reverse
1'	[a-na x u2]	to ...
2'	dan-a-szur di2-ma lu-ub-lu-[nim]	May Dan-Assur bring me justice!
left
1	a-szu-mi3 {d}iszkur-a-[...]	my father Iškur-a
2	i-ra-mi3-ni-ka3 [...]	(Sum) The one who loves you(?) ... (Akk) Your love ...

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