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BIN 06, 076 (P298475)

Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE

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Designation	BIN 06, 076
ID	P298475
Museum no.	NBC 06603
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 a-mur-esz18-dar-ma a-na	Thus says Amur-ištar:
2	<<a-na>> im-di2-dingir qi2-bi-ma	Say to Imdi-ilum:
3	a-szur3-ta-ak-la2-ku ka3-s,a-ar	Ašur-taklāku is the keeper.
4	hu-ra-s,a-nim t,up-pi2 ub-la2-kum#	He will bring you the tablet.
5	i-na t,up-pi2-a a-na _siki hi-a_	on my tablet for dyeing
6	[u2]-la2 a-t,a2!-hi i-na tu3-a-ri-a	he will pay back the deficit in the threshing floor.
7	sza#-pa2-at-ka3 a-da-ma _ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_	your ša-pāt-taqqin, and 1 mina of silver
8	[u2]-sze2-la2-a-kum ki-ma u2-zu-a	I have brought to you, like a nurse
9	[x x]-e [ik]-a-asz2-di3-ni um-ma	... he gave me, thus:
10	[a]-na-ku-ma la2-ma a-tal-ku _siki hi-a_	I myself, and I went, dressed in my ordinary garments.
11	a-na _uruda_ li-tur4-ma _geme2_ u3	to copper may he return, and the slave woman and
12	u2-zu-a a-na _uruda sag10_ lu-ta-e-ru	I know. I shall return it to good copper.
13	a-na 6(u) _gu2 siki hi-a_ lu isz-ti2	for 60 talents of wool or from
14	ni-a-u2-tim lu isz-ti2 pa2-szi2!-ri	may the nītu-priestess be with the pšīru-official
15	a-mi3-gi5-ir-ma _sza3-ba_ 4(u) _gu2_	I returned, and within it 40 talents
16	a-ni e-ru-ba-ma qa2-ti2-ma	“Why did you enter and take my hand?
17	[...] i-ta-am-sza-ah	... he smote
18	sze2-[... i]-na	... in
reverse
1	[x ...]-na-[x]-at	... ...-nat
2	_sig2-hi-[a_ ...]-ki-tam2 a-[x]	wool ...-kitam
3	sza-[...]-i3-li2	Ša-...-ili
4	[... a-na] ti2#-isz#-mu-ur-na	... to Tišmur
5	[...]-at um-ma a-na-ku#-ma	... thus I:
6	[u2-la2 a-t,a2]-hi-ma _ansze hi-a_ u3	I weighed out, and the donkeys and
7	[...] a-na ka3-ni-isz# [t,u3-ru]-ud	... to the king, my lord, turn back.
8	[...]-a sza a-na szi2-[mi3]-im# a-di2#-nu	... that I have given to the fate
9	[...] mi3-ma la2 u2-ba-la2-am	... he did not carry anything.
10	[...]-lu-tu3-ni _sag10_	... his ... will be favorable.
11	[...]-ar szu-ma li-bi-ka3	... your heart
12	[x (x) lu pa2]-ni-tum lu wa-ar-ki-tum	... be it a preceding or a later one
13	[a-di2] tu3#-[a]-ri-a i-na	until the return, in
14	[ti2-isz]-mu-ur#-na-ma li-bi-szi2	send to me, so that I may live!
15	[x x]-li a-li ta-ma-li-ku	... where did you go?
16	[x x]-a mi3-lik a-na [a]-wa-tim	... to speak
17	[x x]-ba-tim sza a-ma-kam	... of the word
18	ni-isz#-ta-na-me-u2 i-na	We will praise him in
19	[t,up]-pi2-im sza a-s,e2-ri-a	tablet of the aṣerû service
left
1	tu3#-sze2-ba-la2-[ni x x x (x) qa2]-tam2	you will give to me ... the hand
2	_kiszib3#!_ a-szur3#-[...]-um-ka3	Seal of Assur-...um
3	[x]-hi! [...]	... ...

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