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BIN 06, 207 (P297432)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 207 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297432 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03917 |
| 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 | ...um |
| 2' | [...]-x-ru-ni | ...-runi |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [... a]-wi-lu-ti2-ka3 | ... of your humanity |
| 5' | [...] _ku3-babbar_ | ... silver |
| 6' | [...]-x la2 i-ha-liq | ... will not be destroyed. |
| 7' | [... na]-asz#-pa2-ar-ti2 | ... of the letter |
| 8' | [sza ki-ma] _ku3-babbar_ / tu3-sza-asz2-qu2-lu-szu | that like silver you make him weigh out, |
| 9' | [a]-na# ku-a-ti2 u3 szu-a-ti2 | to you and to him |
| 10' | [na]-asz#-u2 mi3-szu sza a-szu-mi3 a-szur3-du10 | bearer of the property of Ašumi, Assur-du |
| 11' | [ta]-asz#-pu-ra-ni um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote to me, thus: "Why |
| 12' | [_ku3]-babbar#_ 1(disz) _gin2_ a-na ba-ab2-ti2-szu sza-qa2-lum2 | 1 shekel of silver is weighed out for his consumption. |
| 13' | _la2#_ i-ba-szi2 u3 be2-tu3-szu | there is a deficit, and his share |
| 14' | a-na szi2-hi-tu2-szu / ta-ad-nu | It is given as a gift. |
| 15' | ma-al-a-ma / a-wi-lu-tam2 | there is no man. |
| 16' | te2-pu-usz-ma / gi-mi3-lam | You have performed a requital. |
| 17' | [i-s,e2-ri-a] / ta-asz2-ku-un | you planted a garden. |
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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