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BIN 06, 219 (P298474)
Legal, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 219 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298474 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06602 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | puzur4-esz18-dar _dumu_ im-di2-lim / la2-li-a | Puzur-Ištar, son of Imdīlim, a lal priest |
| 2 | ra-bi-s,a-am isz-al um-ma | he asked the great lady, thus: |
| 3 | puzur4-esz18-dar-ma a-na la2-li-a | Puzur-Ištar to Laliya |
| 4 | ra-bi-s,i2-im sza im-di2-lim-ma | the great one who is perfect, |
| 5 | im-di2-lum2 / isz-tu3 a-lim{ki} a-na | Imdīlum from the city to |
| 6 | ra-bi-s,u2-tim a-na a-wa-ti2-szu | the great ones to his words |
| 7 | ka3-sza-dim e-gu5-ra-a-ka3 / u3 t,up-pa2-am | The kašadim of the eguŋara, and the tablet |
| 8 | sza a-lim{ki} / ta-ni-isz#-am# sza i-na | of the city of Tonišum, which in |
| 9 | sza-ha-ti2-a / ta-za-zu-ma / a-wa-at im-di2-lim | You stand in my šaḫatu-vessel, and the word is favorable. |
| 10 | ta-ka3-szu-du# / a-ta ki-ma a-wa-ti2-ni | You will gather. Why, like our words |
| 11 | ka3-sza-dim / te2#-ta-na-szi2#-a-ni u2 si2-ki-i | The kašadim priestess, when he goes to him, he eats grass. |
| 12 | tu3-uk-ta-na-al sza mi3-ma | You keep on searching for anything. |
| 13 | la2 ha-bu-la2-ku-ni u3 t,up-pe2-e | “Do not be negligent, and you will not break the tablet! |
| 14 | te2-ta-na-pa2#-sza-ni sza na#-pa2-asz2-ti2 | You keep on searching for me for the napštu-disease. |
| 15 | a-bi [x x] x-ti2 sza-ak-na-at-ni | my father ... is placed |
| 16 | t,up-pi2-[...] x sza a-szu-mi3 | Tablet ... of Ašumi. |
| 17 | be-el a-wa#-ti2#-[x x] x u2 [x x] | the lord of words ... |
| 18 | a-wa-ti2-[...] | my words |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u2 sze2-ni-szu [... um-ma] | and his ears ..., saying: |
| 2' | im-di2-lum2-ma i-na# [utu-szi sza] | he has paid, and in the future that |
| 3' | [e]-ra-ba-[ni] t,up-pi2-ku-nu | will enter and your tablet |
| 4' | li#-qe2-a-nim-ma t,i2-ib-a-[ma] | take me, and I will be happy. |
| 5' | a-ta-al-ka3-nim# a-na | I will ask you, to |
| 6' | na-asz2-pe2-ra-tim sza a-bi-ka3 | the našpirātu of your father |
| 7' | ap2-la2-ah-ma / a-li#-ka3-am# um-ma | I will gather, and I will come, thus says |
| 8' | a-na-ku-ma na-ap2#-sza#-tum sza-ak-na | I am the napšātum-official who is stationed |
| 9' | ba-a-am / t,up-pi2-ni / lu ni#-il5-qe2-ma | Let us take our tablet. |
| 10' | lu ni-ta-la2-ak a-ta [i]-na di2-ti2-im | Let us go! Why in the storm? |
| 11' | ta-ar-ta-ag-ma-am / u3 isz-tu3 | “If he is negligent,’ and from |
| 12' | a-li-ka3-ni-ni / ta-at,-ru-da-ni-ma | When you come to me, you have sent me. |
| 13' | i-ki-dim / wa-asz2-ba-ku-ma / u2-ha-ba-al-ma | (Sum) The ikdim priestess, I am the one who sits down (Akk) I sit down and I am sat down |
| 14' | a-ka3-al u4-ma-am _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _gin2_ | daily 1 shekel of silver |
| 15' | tu3-usz-ta-me-ri sza ni-isz a-lim{ki} | Tuštāmeri of the life of the city |
| 16' | u3 ru-ba-im ta-mu-u2 ka3-i-la2 | and the prince, the one who is praised, |
| 17' | a-na a-lim{ki} u3 be-li2-a / a-wa-ti2 | to the city and my lord the words |
| 18' | bi-la2 / a-na a-wa-tim a-ni-a-tim | “Bring (them) down for these words! |
| 19' | ka3-ru-um ka3-ni-isz | the karûm, the kaniš, |
| 20' | i-di2-in-ni-a-ti2-ma | gave to me, and |
| 21' | _igi gir2_ sza a-szur szi2-bu-ti2-ni | before the sword of Assur, our witnesses |
| 22' | ni-di2-in | we did not give. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _igi_ a-szur-{d}utu-szi _dumu_ a-ma-a _igi_ szu#-[x] | before Assur-šamašshi, son of Amāya, before ... |
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