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BIN 06, 183 (P298482)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 183 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298482 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06610 |
| 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 | [...]-ma a-ta | ... and you |
| 2 | [...] am# a-na | ... what is the wild bull to do? |
| 3 | [... ta-asz2]-pu#-ra-ni | ... you wrote to me |
| 4 | [...] x mi3-in a-na a-la2-ki-im | ... what to do? |
| 5 | [x x]-ka3-al-szi2-na / ka3-la2-ma | ... all of them |
| 6 | [a?-ta] u2-la2 a-_ku3-babbar_ 1(disz) _ma-na_ | as much as the silver, 1 mina |
| 7 | u3 2(disz) _ma-na#_ i-na qa2-ti2-a | and 2 minas from my hand |
| 8 | i-na a-la2-ki#-[a] a-na _e2_ e-mi3-a | when I went to the house of my mother |
| 9 | mi3-nam la2-di2-in a-na s,u2-uh3-ri-im | What should I give to the ṣuḫrūm priest? |
| 10 | mi3-nam la2-di2-in a-na um-mi3-ni | What should I give to our mother? |
| 11 | a-na u2-ku-ul-ti2-a mi3-nam | What is my expenditure? |
| 12 | la2-aq-bi u2-la2 _ansze_ | I shall tell. Then donkeys |
| 13 | a-na ra-ka3-bi-a a-na-kam-ma | It is written down in order to be read. |
| 14 | a-na u2-ku-ul-ti2-a u3 u2-ku-ul-ti2 | For my life and my life |
| 15 | s,u2-uh3-ri-im e-na-a | “The ṣuḫrīm priestess, Enaya, |
| 16 | i-ta-na-ki-la2 a-na a-wa-tim | he has sworn by the word |
| 17 | a-mi3-tim a-na-ku ah-du-u2 | (Sum) I am the mother, I am a daughter (Akk) I was a mother |
| 18 | szu-ma li-bi-ka3 i-hi-id-ma | “He, your heart, rejoiced, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) t,up-pi3 sza ka3-ri-im | 2 tablets of karum-offerings, |
| 2 | wa-ah-szu-sza-na u3 ta-ah-si2-is-tam2 | “Waḫšušāna and Tashsistam |
| 3 | _igi_ ka3-ri-im szu-ku-ma | before Karim, he is šuku. |
| 4 | 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3-sig17_ sza hu-bu-ul | 1/2 mina of gold from the ḫubul-tax |
| 5 | en-um-a-szur a-na t,up-pi3-a | Enum-Assur for the tablet |
| 6 | u2-t,a2-hi-u2-ni / i-s,a-he-er | he will weigh out, |
| 7 | u3 a-wa-tam2 ki-ma i-a-ti2 | and a word like mine |
| 8 | isz-ti2 ha-na-na-ri-im szu-ku-ma | with Hananarīm you are seated, and |
| 9 | _ku3-sig17_ sza na-al-qu2-e-em | gold that was stolen |
| 10 | [i]-s,e2-ri-szu ta-la2-qe2-e | you will take from him. |
| 11 | [u2 szu]-ma _ku3-sig17_ mi3-ma i-s,e2-ri-ka3 | and he is the gold, whatever is yours |
| 12 | [x x]-x u2-la2 ta-<da?>-bu-ub | ... you will speak |
| 13 | [...]-sza-qal-szu _uruda_ | ... ... copper |
| 14 | [...]-x ba a-na a-szur-i-mi3-ti2 | ... to Assur-imitti |
| 15 | [...] sza-hu-ta-ku | ... I am exhausted |
| 16 | [...] x-ra | ... for ... |
| 17 | [...]-am | ... is |
| 18 | [...] x x | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] ta#-ar-szu-um a-ha-ma i-li-bi4-szu | ... a rival, each his rival |
| 2 | [...] x i-sza t,up-pi2-a | ... with my tablet |
| 3 | [...] x i-tu3-ar-szu-um | ... he returned. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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