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BIN 06, 198 (P297434)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297434 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03920 |
| 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' | [x (x)] x-ma / a-ma-kam / puzur2-a-szur3 ga-x [x (x)] | ... the word of Puzur-Assur ... |
| 2' | [a-bi4] a-ta be-li2 a-ta / pu-szu x | Father, why, my lord, why ...? |
| 3' | [x x]-sza-ma / i-na _e2!_ ka3-ri-im | ... in the granary |
| 4' | [x x] x-ku-un u2 e-ba-ru-ti2 / a-pa2-te2#? | ... ..., and the ebarūtu-plants(?) |
| 5' | [x x] x-e te2-er-ta-ka3 / za-ku-tum | ... of your ... is cleared. |
| 6' | [li]-li#-kam / szu-ma / i-na pi2-ka3 / lu i-de8#? | May he come, may he be in your mouth |
| 7' | [a-na] sza ta-asz-pu-ra-ni / la2-ma | to what you wrote me, I do not know. |
| 8' | [te2]-er-ta-ka3 / i-li-ka3-ni | when he enters, |
| 9' | [x (x)]-a / a-na sza-la2-tu3-wa-ar | ... to Šalatu-wār |
| 10' | [x x] ki-ma / na-asz-pe2-er-ta-ka3 | ... like a letter |
| 11' | [x x]-ha-ra-am a-na sza-la2-tu3-wa-ar# | ... to Šalātu-waram |
| 12' | [x x]-x-ma a-na-ku-ma / _uruda_ lu a-na _ku3-babbar_ | ... and I, either copper or silver |
| 13' | [lu a-na x] ba-ti2-iq / wa-tu3-ur | or to ... he passed, return. |
| 14' | [...] x [x] ki-ma / s,u2-ha-ru | ... ... like a ṣuharu |
| 15' | [...] na#-asz-pe2-er-ti2-ka3 | ... of your message |
| 16' | [ta-asz2-pu-ra-am] um-ma a-ta-ma | you wrote to me, thus: |
| 17' | [...] na-asz-pe2-er-ta-[ka3] | ... of the letter |
| 18' | [...] x ab2-ti2-ka3 | ... of the cowherd |
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