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BIN 06, 077 (P298476)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298476 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06604 |
| 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 [x qi2-bi-ma] | Speak to ... |
| 2 | um-ma ku#?-[...] | Thus Ku- |
| 3 | i-di2-a-szur [...] | Iddin-Assur |
| 4 | sze2-pi2-szu x [...] | (Sum) Its brickwork ... (Akk) The brickwork of ... |
| 5 | e-ru-ba-ni [...] | he entered |
| 6 | um-ma szu-nu-ma x x _uruda_ [...] | Thus they: ... copper ... |
| 7 | na-[asz2-a]-ku-nu-ti2 9(asz) _gu2 [uruda_] | 9 talents of copper |
| 8 | 4(u) [x _ma]-na uruda_ szi2-kam [x] | 40 minas of copper is the price ... |
| 9 | ub-[la2]-am i-na sza-ni-[tim] | he brought. In another |
| 10 | isz-pu-ru-nim um-ma szu-[nu-ma] | wrote to me, saying: "They |
| 11 | 1(u) 9(asz) _gu2 uruda sag10_ ma-s,i2-i3-[li2] | 19 talents of red copper for Maṣi-ilī |
| 12 | na-<asz2>-a-ku-nu-ti2 nu-sa3-ni-iq-szu#-[ma] | I will make you a slave, so that |
| 13 | 7(disz) 5/6(disz) _ma-na_ im-t,i2 _sza3-ba_ | 7 5/6 minas of imṭu-flour in its midst |
| 14 | 4(u) 9(disz) _ma-na_ <_uruda_> _sag10_ a-na [_e2_] | 49 minas of red copper for the house |
| 15 | ka3-ri-im a-na ta-ba-lim | “Storm, to Tabālim |
| 16 | ni-di2-in szi2-ti2 _uruda_-i-ka3 | the offering of the life of your copper |
| 17 | 2(u) 7(asz) _gu2_ 1(u) 6(disz)? _ma-na_ | 27 talents 16 minas |
| 18 | 1(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) 1/3(disz) _gin2-ta ku3-babbar_-ap2#-[szu] | 1 mina 5 1/3 shekels each of its silver |
| 19 | 2(u) 5(disz) _ma-na_ 2(disz) 5/6(disz) _gin2_ | 25 minas 2 5/6 shekels |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-ka3 | the one who multiplies your extispicies, |
| 2 | a-szar tu3-sza-hi-zu-ni-<a>-ti2-ni | where you have brought it to me |
| 3 | a-di2 ha-mu-usz-ti2-im | as far as Hamuštum |
| 4 | ni-sza-qal 3(u) 9(disz) _ma-na_ | 39 minas |
| 5 | _uruda_ szi-kam sza ma-s,i2-i3-li2 | copper, the price of Maṣi-ilī |
| 6 | 6(disz) _ma-na uruda_ i-na pa2-ni-tim# | 6 minas of copper before |
| 7 | sze2-pi2-szu il5-qe2 i-na sza-ni-tim# | his work he took, in another |
| 8 | sze2-pi2-szu 2(u) 5/6(disz) _ma-na uruda_ szi-[kam] | its work: 25 5/6 minas of copper is the price |
| 9 | il5-qe2 a-s,e2-er sza szu-nu | the aṣer of them |
| 10 | i-di2-nu-szu-ni u2 ne2-nu a-ni [x] | they gave to him, and the nēnu plant |
| 11 | ni-di2-szu-um 2(u) 9(asz) _gu2 uruda_ | 29 talents of copper |
| 12 | szu-esz18-dar ub-[lam ...] | Shu-Ishtar brought ... |
| 13 | a-na _e2_ [ka3-ri-im ...] | to the granary ... |
| 14 | ni-di2# [...] | Weeping ... |
| 15 | i-di2# [...] | ... the road(?) |
| 16 | ni-[...] | Ni- |
| 17 | 2(u) 1(disz) x [...] | 21 ..., |
| 18 | a-na [...] | to ... |
| 19 | isz-x-[...] | ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza ma-s,i2-i3-li ub-la2-ni gam2-ru-ni | which Maṣi-ili brought and completed, |
| 2 | 2(u) 1(disz) _ma-na uruda_ i-na ra-mi3-ni-ni | 21 minas of copper by our own accord |
| 3 | nu-ra-di2 | Nuradi, |
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