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BIN 06, 203 (P297467)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297467 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03963 |
| 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 ...] | to ... |
| 2' | a-na _tug2_ [...] | for a garment ... |
| 3' | sza-ak-na-[...] 4(disz) ma#-[na] | Šakna-... 4 mana |
| 4' | _an-na_-ak qa2-ti2-szu / bar-ka3-nu#-[um] | Anak, his hand, the barkanum-demon |
| 5' | a-na a-na-li2 / ma-nu-ba-lum2-a-[szur] | to Ana-li, Mannu-balum-Assur |
| 6' | _dumu_ en-na-ma-nim / u2-bi-il5# | son of Ennamānum, he raised |
| 7' | i-na# [pa2-ni]-tim# asz2-pu-ra-ku-nu-[ti2] | I wrote to you in the past. |
| 8' | um#-[ma a-na-ku]-ma# / mi3-nam | Thus I: what ...? |
| 9' | x [...] i-na s,e2-ri-a | in the steppe |
| 10' | [...] qa2#-ti2 / a-na-li2 | ... hand of Anali |
| 11' | [...] um#-ma a-tu3-nu-ma# | ... thus: Atunu |
| 12' | [...] a-mur-dingir / a-na | ... Amur-ilum to |
| left | ||
| 1 | [... s,a]-ab2#-ta-a-ma sza-asz2-qi#-[la2] | '... is seized and taken away. |
| 2 | [...] x-szu / ma-la2 a-wi-lim [...] | ... as much as a man |
| 3 | [... ...] i-sza-lu x [...] | ... they will eat ... ... |
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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