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BIN 06, 169 (P297433)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297433 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03918 |
| 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' | i-na u4-me-szu [ma-al-u2-tim] | at that time |
| 2' | sza-asz2-qi2-la2-szu-ma [sze2-bi-la2]-nim# | send him to me, so that I may send him. |
| 3' | a-pu-szu-ke-en6 | Apušu |
| 4' | qi2-bi4-ma / a-wa-tam2 | speak! The word |
| 5' | sza ti2-de9-u2 / szu-ma | he is of Tīdu. |
| 6' | a-hi a-ta / a-wa-tam2 | “Hand of a man, a word |
| 7' | za-ku-sa3 / szu-up-ra-ma | Send me a sealed document! |
| 8' | lu i-de8 / [a]-bi a-ta | may he know. My father, from the water |
| 9' | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ u2 2(disz) _ma-na_ | 1 mina of silver, grass, 2 minas |
| 10' | ku-a-am / sze2-bi4-lam-ma | Send me a copy! |
| 11' | szu-ma / a-ga-mi3-il5-ka3 | the name of Aga-milka |
| 12' | a-mu-ur / mi3-sa3-ru-um | Amurrum, Esarhaddon |
| 13' | sze2-bu-ul-ta-ka3 | in the šebulta-vessel |
| 14' | na-asz2-u2-ni-[ku-um] | he brought to you |
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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