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BIN 04, 002 (P390672)
Administrative, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P390672 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01732 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 puzur4-a-szur qi2-bi4-ma | Speak to Puzriš-Assur: |
| 2 | um-ma bu-za-<zu>-ma a-na | Thus (says) Buzzu: to |
| 3 | sza-la2-tu3-wa-ar | Šala-tuwar, |
| 4 | a-na te2-er-ti2-a e-ta-ra-ab2 | he has entered into extispicy. |
| 5 | ma-ki-ru-u2 a-di2-ni la2 e-ru-bu-nim-ma | they did not enter the cult centers until now. |
| 6 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 7 | la2-asz2-pur-ma _an-na_ isz-ti2 | I shall send, and the tin with |
| 8 | _uruda_-i-ni a-ba-ru-im | our copper is a stele |
| 9 | lu-sze2-ti2-qu2-nim a-bi4 a-ta | let me praise, my father, from the water |
| 10 | be-li2 a-ta i-hi-id-ma | My lord, from where did he learn? |
| 11 | i-{d}utu-szi t,up-pi3-i | to Šamaš my tablet |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta-sza-me-u2 szu-pur-ma | Send me! |
| 2 | _an-na_-ki ma-la2 ta-le-e-u2 | your An, as much as there is to drink, |
| 3 | lu-sze2-ri-bu-nim-ma | let them bring me, and |
| 4 | pa2-ni-a-ma ab2-kam | is my face, it is a cow |
| 5 | a-bi4 a-ta a-ma-nim sza-nim | Father from the water, second mother, |
| 6 | a-da-gal i-hi-id-ma s,u2-ha-ru | The ṣuḫaru-festival took place in the city Adagal. |
| 7 | a-ma-kam u4-ma-kal2 la2 i-bi4-tu | “It is the word of a storm that cannot be seen. |
| 8 | ha-ra-nam di2-szu-nu-ti2 a-na-ku | I am one who rejoices over them, |
| 9 | a-te2-er-ti2-ka3 ma-s,a-ku | I am afraid of your return. |
| 10 | pe3-er-di2 sza ta-asz2-pu-ra-ni | The extispicy about which you wrote me |
| 11 | i-pa2-ni-a u2-sze2-ra-am | he opened his eyes, |
| 12 | a-wa-ti sza _dam_ | the words of the wife |
| edge | ||
| 1 | _gal_ si2-se2-e ma-la2 | the chief of the sisê-offerings, as many as |
| 2 | tag2-mu-ru te2-er-ta-ka3 | the one who sees the extispicy, |
| 3 | li2-li2-kam | It is a lilī-demon |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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