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BIN 06, 199 (P297437)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297437 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03923 |
| 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]-za-az [...] | ...-zaz ... |
| 2' | [x] pa2-ni x [...] | ... face ... |
| 3' | [ni]-isz#-pu-ur-szi2-im-ma#? | we sent to her |
| 4' | um-ma ne2-nu-ma / a-di2 / x [x (x)] | Thus (says) Nenu, until ... |
| 5' | a-li-kam / szu-um-szu tu3-x | “Go, his name ... |
| 6' | a-wa-sa3 lu ta-ab-tu3-uq | may her words be shattered. |
| 7' | la2 ta-mu-a / um-ma szi2-it-ma | “You are not my friend’, thus she is: |
| 8' | u2-s,a-ab2-ma / _ku3-sig17_ | he shall take away, and gold |
| 9' | sza ta-da-nim / a-da-an | that you gave me, I will give. |
| 10' | u2 a-na szi2-tim / a-na _e2_ a-bi-a | and for the construction of the house of my father |
| 11' | na-ru-qu2-szu / e-ra-ab2 | he will enter his sanctuary. |
| 12' | [u3 szu-ma] / la2 i-la2-kam / a-lu-um | and if he does not pay, the city |
| 13' | u3? be-li2 / e-sza-ra-ni | and my lord will send me. |
| 14' | a-wi-il5-tum / a-lam / a-na | Awīltum the city to |
| 15' | e-s,a-ar _ku3-babbar_ / ta-sze2-e | he shall pay back the silver. |
| 16' | u3 _e2?_ szu-ku-bi-im / a-hi-ka3 | and the house of Šukubum, your brother |
| 17' | ni-sza-me-ma / 2(disz) _ma-na_ | we shall sing, and 2 minas |
| 18' | _ku3-sig17_ / a-na szi2-mi3-im | gold for divination |
| 19' | [a-na] en#-na-su2-en6 | to Ennasuen |
| 20' | [... i]-du-nu | ... they will give. |
| 21' | [...] x li x | ... ... |
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