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BIN 06, 069 (P298483)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298483 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06611 |
| 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] {d}en-lil2-ba-ni-ma | thus Enlil-bani: |
| 2 | [a-na] a-szur-la2-ma-si2 / a-szur-gal | To Aššar-lamassī, the chief administrator |
| 3 | [nu-ur]-ki#-li u3 ab2-sza-lim | Nūr-kīli and Abšalim |
| 4 | [qi2-bi]-ma a-na a-szur-gal | Speak to Assurgal |
| 5 | [qi2-bi]-ma# / la2 ta-ni-isz-tum a-ta | Say: “You are not Naništum, what? |
| 6 | [i]-nu#-mi3 _ku3-babbar_ a-na be2-ti2 | At that time, the silver for the house |
| 7 | [x]-x _dumu_ ni-mar-esz18-dar ra-bi4-s,i2-szu | ..., son of Nimar-Ištar, his grandson |
| 8 | [u2] a-sza-at / du10-ab2-s,i2-la2-a-szur | and the estate of Duabṣila-Assur |
| 9 | [x] a-di2-nu / a-ta u2 ab2-sza-lim | ... I gave ... and the cows |
| 10 | [ta]-ta-za-za-a / la2 i-pi2 a-sza-at | You stand, I do not see. |
| 11 | [du10]-ab2-s,i2-la2-a-szur _ku3-babbar_ | Duabṣilli-Assur the silver |
| 12 | a-di2-in / mi3-num sza a-ma-kam | “Admire! What is it that I want to say? |
| 13 | a-ha-ti2 me-er-ru esz18-dar-pi3-la2-ah | aḫāti-plant, merru-plant of Ištar-pilah. |
| 14 | u2-ma-su2-hu-ni-ma | shall remove, and |
| 15 | a-tu3-nu ta-asz2-ta-pu-a-ni | "Why did you write to me?" |
| 16 | i-{d}utu-szi t,up-pi3 | I-Utu-ši the tablet |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-sza-me-a-ni szu-ma | “He is the one who sp[eaks] |
| 2 | a-na be-ti2 / i-tu3-ru-ni-ku-nu-ti2 | they returned to you. |
| 3 | a-ma-kam / a-sza-at du10-ab2-s,i2-la2-a-szur | It is a word, the desire of Duabṣilli-Assur. |
| 4 | _dumu-munus_ a-na-ah-i3-li2 | daughter of Anah-ilī |
| 5 | s,a-ab2-ta-ma a-na ka3-ri-im | seized, and to the quay |
| 6 | s,a-he-er _gal_ ri-a-szi2-ma | great hero, who loves her, |
| 7 | a-ma-la2 te2-er-ti2-a mu-di2-u2 | I am the one who knows the extispicy. |
| 8 | pi2-szu-nu _igi_ ka3-ri-im li-ip-te2-u2 | their mouths in front of the kalû-vessel they opened. |
| 9 | szu-ma um-ma szu-nu-ma _ku3-babbar_ | thus they: silver |
| 10 | ni-sza-qal i-na be-tim s,i2-a | We shall sacrifice in the middle of the night. |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ li-isz-qu2-lu-ni-ku-nu-ti2-ma | silver may they pluck up for you, and |
| 12 | [i]-na# be2-tim / s,i2-a / szu-ma um-ma | In the middle of the night he was speaking thus: |
| 13 | [szu]-nu#-ma t,up-pu-um la2-szu t,up-pi3 | They have no tablet. |
| 14 | [li-ih]-ri-mu / isz-ti2 na-asz2-pe3-ra-ti2-ni | May they receive from our messages. |
| 15 | [la2-ah?]-ri-im i-nu-mi3 | a slave at that time |
| 16 | [ni-mar]-esz18-dar a-wa-tam2 isz-ti2 | Nimar-ištar, a word with |
| 17 | [x x] ka3-ri-im ir-szi2-u2 | ... he took away the grain heap |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-ma | ... and |
| 2 | [... a]-na# a-lim{ki} | ... to the city |
| 3 | [...] ku#?-ma | ... you(?) |
Sources & licences
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