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BIN 06, 023 (P297493)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297493 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04072 |
| 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 su2-e-a-ma a-[na] | Thus Su'ea: to |
| 2 | a-szur-mu-ta-bi-il5# <qi2-bi-ma> | Assur-mutabi-il |
| 3 | i-na sza-am-szi2 t,up-pa2-am | On the second tablet |
| 4 | u2-la-pi2-ta-ku-ni a-di2 | he will release you, until |
| 5 | 5(disz) u4-me-e / u2-s,i2-a-am | 5 days ... |
| 6 | a-na-kam / _e2-gal_-lum2 i-sza-tum | thus the palace Išatum |
| 7 | e-ku-ul-ma / li-bi4 sza-ru-tim | he eats, and the heart of the young man |
| 8 | i-s,a-ba-at-ma / la2 na-t,u3-ma _ku3-babbar_ | shall seize, and he shall not be negligent, and the silver |
| 9 | _gal#_ si2-ki-tim / la2 e-ri-isz | chief of the woolen garments, not to be worn out |
| 10 | a-wi-lum2 / _ku3-babbar_-ap2-szu | the man his silver |
| 11 | a-na ma-tim / ig-da-ma-ar | to the land he shall measure out. |
| 12 | la2-li-ka3-ma | come, and |
| 13 | e-ne2-ka / la-mu-ur | May I see your word. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2 a-di2 / ma-tum | and as far as the land |
| 2 | i-sza-li-mu | they shall pay. |
| 3 | _tug2#_-[ba-ti2 5(disz) sza sza-ru-tim] | 5 garments of sarûm quality |
| 4 | la2-ni-isz-a-ma isz-ti2 | let him take, and with |
| 5 | szi2-ip-ri / sza ka3-ri-im | the work of the granary |
| 6 | le-ru-ba-ma / a-wi-lum2 | let him enter, and the man |
| 7 | i-na _tug2#_-[ba-ti2 5(disz) sza a-na-szi2!-u2-szu-ni] | from the 5 garments that I took, |
| 8 | i-ba-asz2-ma / _ku3-babbar_-pi3 | there is silver |
| 9 | a-sza-la-ah / a-hi a-ta | Ašalaḫ |
| 10 | i-na pe2-er-da-tim | in the future |
| 11 | la al-te2-e / te2-er-ta-ka3 | I have not come back to you. |
| 12 | da-mi3-iq-tum / a-na | Good fortune to |
| 13 | pa2-ni-a / li-li-kam-ma | may he come before me, and |
| 14 | li-ba-am / di2-nam# | The libām priestess, the judge |
| left | ||
| 1 | mi3-nam / a-wa-tim | What are the words |
| 2 | ma-da-tim / a!-ma-na-ah-ti2-<a> | The land is a flood(?) |
| 3 | lu-la-pi3-ta-kum! / a-ta-la2-kam | “Lullapitakum, I will go!’ |
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