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BIN 06, 129 (P297500)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297500 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04079 |
| 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 | _ku3-babbar_ / lu nu-sza-as2-qi2-il5# [...] | I did not pay the silver ... |
| 2 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ a-na x [...] | for silver to ... |
| 3 | a-bi4-ni / ta-asz2-qu-li#-[ni] | our father you have entrusted to me |
| 4 | a-na hu-bu-lim sza a-lim?[{ki}] | to Ḫubulum of the city |
| 5 | ku-lu-ni / ni-za-az# | We stand in cult centers. |
| 6 | te2-er-ti2-ki / x [...] | Your counsel ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _ku3-babbar_ qa2-ti2 x [...] | silver, hand ... ... |
| 2' | u3 a-szur-na-x [...] | and Assur-na- |
| 3' | isz-qu2-lu-ma / u3 na#-[...] | They weighed out and ... |
| 4' | i-tu3-ra-am / a-na x [...] | he returned. |
| 5' | u2-sza-ak-szi-du-ni / [...] | They made me ... |
| 6' | isz-tu3 5(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ [...] | After 5 minas of silver ... |
| 7' | di2-nim / ni-ig-mu-[ru ...] | Judge, we are witnesses ... |
| 8' | 2(u) 2(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ x [...] | 22 minas of silver ... |
| 9' | s,e-ri-ni / il5-qe2# [...] | He took his sheep ... |
| 10' | u2 mi3-nam / [...] | What plants ...? |
| 11' | sza a-u2-tum i-s,e2#-[...] | Whose father ... |
| 12' | na-ad-a-at [...] | “The gift of ...’s |
| 13' | lu-la2-pi3-ta-[kum ...] | Let me praise you, [. . ] |
Sources & licences
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