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BIN 06, 035 (P298449)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298449 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06576 |
| 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' | [...]-x | |
| 2' | a-szar szu-esz18-dar am-hu-ru sza ma# | where I received the šū-išar-gift |
| 3' | la-ak-ta-na-ak-szi-na | I will keep them alive. |
| 4' | i3!-li2-isz3-ti2-kal2 na-asz2-a-ku-szi2-na | Ilī-ištikal, their guarantor |
| 5' | i?-te2-er-ti2 i-ku-pi2-a um-ma | I-tērī (?) said thus: |
| 6' | szu-ut-ma lu-qu2-tam2 sza i-ha-hi-im | he is the luqūtam-official who is angry. |
| 7' | su2-e-a qe2-pu t,up-pu-szu | He will bring it to me, and I will break his tablet. |
| 8' | i-du-ku-ma lu-qu2-su2 szu-a-ti2-ma | they killed, and that luqūšu-demon |
| 9' | i!-za-az qi2-ip-tum | he will stand. The qīptum |
| 10' | sza# ku-s,i2-a sza szu-ut qa2-ta-tu3-ni | of my skin, which is from the qatātu-disease |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ku-s,i2]-zi-a-ma i-sze2-e | he shall cut off and he will recover. |
| 2 | [x x]-ma 2(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ | ... 2 1/2 minas of gold |
| 3 | [...] szal2-t,am2 | ... is well. |
| 4 | [...] zi#-a | ... true |
| 5 | [...]-ki | ... your |
| 6 | [...] u2-sze2-s,i-[u2]-ni | ... they brought out |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-sze2-ba-la2 [x] | ... šebala |
Sources & licences
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