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BIN 06, 119 (P297464)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297464 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03959 |
| 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 | a-na puzur4-a-szur | to Puzur-Ašṣur |
| 2 | ku-lu-ma-<a> en-nam-a-szur | Kuluma, Ennam-Assur, |
| 3 | bu-za-zu u3 {d}iszkur-s,u2-lu-li | Buzzu and Adad-ṣululi |
| 4 | qi2-bi4-ma a-bu-za-zu | Speak to Abuzazu |
| 5 | qi2-bi4-ma um-ma su2-e-a-ma | Speak, thus Su'ea: |
| 6 | a-di2-ni-i / i-qa2-ti2-ka3 | “Until your arrival, |
| 7 | la ka3-asz2-da-ku-ma | I am not able, and |
| 8 | ma a-wi-lum2 a-la a-wi-lim | “A man, as much as a man |
| 9 | i-na e-ni-ka3 | in your presence |
| 10 | sza-ki-in | established. |
| 11 | a-szur u2 _dingir_ a?-[hu-tim] | Assur and the other gods |
| 12 | li!-t,u3#-[la] | may they live! |
| 13 | a-na sza# [...] | to that of ... |
| 14 | tu3-ka3#?-[...] | Tuka(?) |
| 15 | u4-mu / la2 x [...] | The storm ... |
| 16 | szi2?-ma-ti2-ka3 / [...] | Your fate(?) |
| 17 | mi3-szu sza i-na x [x x] | what in ... |
| 18 | ti2-ib-na-am | Tibnam |
| 19 | u3 e-s,i2 / ta-asz2-ta-na-ku-nu | and the harvest you have given to you. |
| 20 | _e2#_{[ta-ti2}-ku-nu-u2] | your sanctuaries |
| 21 | la ta-da-ga-la | do not delay! |
| 22 | i-na sza-am-szi2 / t,up-pi3 | in the middle of the tablet |
| 23 | ta-sza-me-u2 mi3-ma | you heard, what |
| 24 | i-na _e2_-ti2-a | in my house |
| 25 | i-ba-szi2-u2 / sze2!-s,i2 | there is ... |
| 26 | u2 ma-ma-an | and nobody |
| 27 | a-[_e2_]-ti2-a la2 e-<ra>-ab2!-ma | my house will not be seized, and |
| 28 | am-ti2 i-li-bi4 | Amti-ilibi, |
| left | ||
| 1 | la2 tu3-sze2-s,a-a a-szur | Do not bring out the Assyrian! |
| 2 | u2 il5 a-bi4-ni lu i-de8 | He should have brought the weeds to his father. |
| 3 | mi3-<szu> ma-da-tim | the fate of the land |
| 4 | lu-<la2>-pi3-ta-ku-um | I shall remove you. |
Sources & licences
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