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BIN 06, 039 (P297490)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297490 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04049 |
| 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 | a-na im-di2-lim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Imdīlim: |
| 2 | um-ma a-mur-esz18-dar-ma | Thus Āmur-ištar: |
| 3 | te2-er-ti2 sza# ki-ma i-a-ti2 | The extispicy which like me |
| 4 | a-szu-mi3 te2-s,u2-bu isz-tu3 a-lim{ki} | Ašumi, Teṣubu from the city |
| 5 | i-li-kam a-s,e2-er te2-s,u2-[bu] | It is the ilīkam-demon, the one who goes out to hunt. |
| 6 | pa2-ni-u2-tim u3 a-ni | before me and my |
| 7 | 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 4(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/3 mina 4 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 8 | sza ki-ma i-a-ti2 a-na | who like me to |
| 9 | s,i2-ib-tim il5-qe2-u2-nim-ma | they took the ṣibtu-gift, and |
| 10 | a-na te2-s,u2-bi isz-ta-aq-lu | they have piled it up for harvesting. |
| 11 | a-bi a-ta be-li2 a-ta | Father, why, my lord, why |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-ma-kam tap-pa2-[e]-ka3# | It is my word that your companion |
| 2 | te2-s,u2-bi e-ri-isz-ma | Its tēṣû-offering is extispicy. |
| 3 | a-na a-lim{ki} a-na sza ki-ma | to the city, to that which like |
| 4 | i-a-ti2 sze2-bi-il5-ma | send me, so that |
| 5 | s,i2-ib-tum | Ṣibtum |
| 6 | la2 i-ma-i-da-am | he did not know, |
| 7 | a-szur3 u3 esz18-dar{s,a-at} il5-[ka3] | Assur and Ištar of Ilka |
| 8 | li-di2-a-ni _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | may he give. 1 shekel of silver |
| 9 | i-na _ku3-babbar_-pi3-ka3 a-na | with your silver to |
| 10 | szi2-a-ma-tim la2 u2-sze2-bi-la2 | he did not send the šiamtu-gifts. |
| 11 | a-ma-kam a-du-u2 sza-al | Now then I am writing to you. |
| 12 | a-na sza i-di2-{d}iszkur | to Iddi-Addu |
| 13 | a-na ma-tim# ki-li-sza | to the land of her sister |
| 14 | u2-[ma]-szi2-sa3 i3-li2 sa3-ru#-tam2#! | the one who makes the gods rejoice |
| 15 | [u2]-ul a-wi-lu#-tam2 ta#-[x x] | You are not a man |
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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