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BIN 06, 034 (P297492)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297492 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04071 |
| 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 a-szur-i]-mi3-ti2-ma | Thus Assur-imitti: |
| 2 | a-na [pu]-szu-ke-en6 | to Pušuken |
| 3 | im-di2-dingir szu-be-lim | Imdi-dingir, Šubelim, |
| 4 | sza-lim-a-szur / u2-s,ur{ur}-sza-esz18-dar# | Šalim-Assur, the guardian of Ištar |
| 5 | u2 a-na-ah-i3-li2 | and Anah-ilī |
| 6 | qi2-bi-ma / mi3-ma# t,up#-pi2 | Speak! Whatever tablet |
| 7 | sza a-na-ah-i3-li2 | belonging to Anah-ilī, |
| 8 | na-asz2-a-ku-nu!-ti-ni | are brought to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu sza bu-[ru]-tim | or of būrûm |
| 2 | na-asz2-pa2-ra-tim | the našpārītum |
| 3 | ub-lu-szu-ni / er-sza-szu-ma | he brought to him, and |
| 4 | szu-be-lum2 / isz-ti2-ku-nu szi2-ta-me-a | Šubēlum, listen to me! |
| 5 | li-isz-ta-me szu-be-lum2 | May Šubēlum hear (it). |
| 6 | ki-ma i-ka3#?-ni-isz# [la2] | as if it were a knuckle |
| 7 | wa-asz2-bu / la2 i-de8 | The one who resides does not know. |
| 8 | a-li-ki / sza a-lu-lu | “Woe you, who are weeping! |
| 9 | [x x] ha usz-ha-x | ... ... |
Sources & licences
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