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BIN 06, 120 (P297466)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297466 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03962 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 szi2]-ip#-ru-u2 | Thus the scribal art |
| 2 | [sza a]-lim{ki} u3 | of the city and |
| 3 | [ka3]-ru-um ka3-ni-isz-ki-ma | karum, kaniškum |
| 4 | [a]-na# ka3-ar ka3-ar-ma | to the gate of the gate |
| 5 | [qi2]-bi-ma | speak! |
| 6 | [a]-szur-_gal_ u3 | Ashur-rabi and |
| 7 | i-ku-pi2-a | Ikupīya, |
| 8 | szi2-ip-ru-u2-ni | sent to me |
| 9 | [a]-na ta-hi-tim | to the border |
| 10 | ta-ap-ru-[x] | you ... |
| 11 | 2(disz) mu-ka3-ri-be-[en6] | 2 (mana wool for) Mukaribeen |
| 12 | di2-na [x] x ti2 | verdict ... |
| 13 | ka3#-ru-um a-na | the granary to |
| 14 | [ka3]-ri-im | the quay |
| 15 | li#-ip-qi2-su2-nu | may he entrust them. |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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