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BIN 06, 254 (P298486)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 254 |
|---|---|
| ID | P298486 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06627 |
| 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' | x a-na u3-x [...] | ... to ... |
| 2' | a-wi-la2-am x [...] | A man ... |
| 3' | la2 i-t,a2-hi x [...] | (If) he does not pay attention ... . |
| 4' | mu-uh3-ra-ma um-[ma a-tu3-nu-ma] | received, thus Atunu: |
| 5' | a-wi-lum2 la2 t,a2-hu [...] | (If) a man is not happy |
| 6' | szu#-ma _e2_-ti2 lu mi3-ma [...] | he is a house, or anything ... |
| 7' | x ni ni isz-ta-qal [...] | ... raised ... |
| 8' | i-ba-szi2-u2 3(disz) la2 i ga? [...] | there are 3 less ... |
| 9' | a-na u4-me ma-la2 [u4-me] | for as many days as there are days |
| 10' | ka3-ru-um e-s,i2-ru#? | “Karûm, the eṣiru(?), |
| 11' | la2 i-lu-ku-ni-ma# [x?] | did not come and |
| 12' | la2 e-ta-x [...] | He did not ... |
| 13' | ni-sza-qu2-[...] | We shall praise |
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