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BIN 06, 025 (P297497)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297497 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04076 |
| 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 i-di2-a-bi-im | to Idi-abīm |
| 2 | u3 ku-lu-ma-a qi2-bi-ma | and Kuluma speak! |
| 3 | um-ma puzur4-a-szur3-ma | Puzur-Assur speaks thus: |
| 4 | szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ a-na _siki hi-a_ | If silver for wool |
| 5 | isz-ta-pu-ku qa2-ti2 | they have smeared the hand. |
| 6 | qa2-at pu-szu-ke-en6 | Hand of Pušuken |
| 7 | qa2-at _dingir!_-na-da | Hand of Ili-nada |
| 8 | u3 qa2-ti2 i-la2-li-im | and the hand of Ilalum |
| 9 | id-a _siki hi-a_ | a river of wool |
| 10 | sza _e2_ pu-szu-ke-en6 | of the house of Pušu-kēn |
| 11 | i-ba-szi2-u2 | there is |
| 12 | a-di2 a-la2-ka3-ni | as far as he goes |
| 13 | lu ta-ab2-szi2 | may you be. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-asz2-pu-ra-nim | you wrote to me |
| 2 | um-ma a-tu3-nu-ma | Thus Atunu: |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ be-la2-num | silver of Bēlānum |
| 4 | isz-qul-ni-a-ti2-ma na-di2 | he smote me, and I washed. |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar la2_ na-di2 szu-ma | the silver deficit he shall pay. |
| 6 | i-di2-a-bu-um i-ha-sza-ah | Iddī-abum will divide. |
| 7 | li-il5-qe2 szu-ma la2 ki-a-am | he should take. That is not the case. |
| 8 | a-na s,i2-ib-tim | to the ṣibtum |
| 9 | di2-na | judge |
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