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BIN 06, 116 (P297448)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297448 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03935 |
| 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 pu-szu]-ke#-en6 | for a scepter |
| 3 | [qi2-bi-ma x] _ma#-na_ 1(u) _gin2_ | Say: ... minas 10 shekels |
| 4 | [...] am i u2 x | ... wild bull ... |
| 5 | [...] pi3-la-ah-a-szur | ... Pilah-Assur |
| 6 | [u3 bu]-s,i2#-a ha-bu-lu-nim# | and būṣiya ḫabulunum |
| 7 | [t,up?-pa2]-am ha-ar-ma-am | a copy of the tablet |
| 8 | [sza] hu#-bu-li-szu-nu a-na-[ku] | I am the one who destroyed them. |
| 9 | [u2]-ka3#-al i-qa2-qa2-ad# | he will hold and he shall weigh out. |
| 10 | [ke]-ni#-szu-nu _ku3-babbar_-pi3 ra-ki-[is] | The silver is paid in full. |
| 11 | [isz]-tu3# _iti 1(disz)-kam_ na-ar-ma-ak# [a-szur] | From the 1st month, the narmak-offering of Assur |
| 12 | [sza] ke#-na-tim li-mu-um# | of truth, eponymy of |
| 13 | [x x] x a-na 2(u) | ... for 20 |
| 14 | [ha-am-sza]-tim# i-sza-qu2#-[lu] | they will raise a claim. |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] la2 ku x [...] | ... lacking ... |
| 2 | [...] _gin2#_ u3 sza | ... shekels and that |
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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