BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050 (P297449)

Letter tablet & envelope excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 03759 & NBC 03936

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

65.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [um]-ma ha-na-[na-ru-um-ma]
2. a-na i-na-a qi2-[bi-ma]
3. 1(disz) me-at 4(u) 1(disz) _tug2 hi-a_ sza qa2-tim
4. qa2-du-um sza ka3-s,a-ri-[im]
5. szu-{d}en-lil2 u3-sze2-[ri]-ba-am
6. _sza3-ba_ 3(u) _tug2_ li-wi-tum
7. szi2-ti2 _tug2_ s,u2-ba-ti2-ka3 [1(disz)] me-at 1(u) 1(disz) _tug2_
8. 1(disz) _tug2_ la2-ma ni-is-ha-tim
9. i-na _e2-gal_-lim sza ti2 na ah
10. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) _tug2_ ni-is-ha-tum 1(u) 1(disz) u2 1/2(disz) _tug2_
11. sza szi2-mi3-im _sza3-ba_ 1(disz) me-at 6(disz) _tug2_
12. a-na _dam-gar3#_-[ri-im]
13. ni-di2-in 1(u) _tug2_ sza li-wi-[tim]
14. u3 5(disz) _tug2_ sza ka3-s,a-ri-[im x]
15. 1(disz) _tug2_ sza ka3-s,a-ri-[im ...]
16. szu-{d}en#-[lil2 ...]
  rest broken
reverse
1. [x] _tug2_ [...]
2. i-na 1(disz) me-at 1(disz) _tug2 sag10#_ [u3]
3. 5(disz) _tug2_ ni-is-ha-tum [...]
4. 1(disz) _tug2_ a-1/2(disz) _ma-na-ta_ ka3 [...]
5. il5-qe2-u2 szi2-ti2 _tug2_ s,u2-ba-ti2-ka3
6. 9(u) 5(disz) _tug2_ i-nu-mi3
7. ni-is-ha-tim sza dam-qu2-tim
8. i-su2-hu-ni / i-na [x x]-ri-im
9. [ta]-na#-pa2-la-ma u2 [x e]-li
10. sza 1(u) _tug2_ 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2_
11. _ku3-babbar_ a-na i-na-su2-en6
12. ta-na-pa2-al u2-ul
13. i-na mu-nu-tim isz-lu-lu
14. la2 i-de8 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_
  rest broken
15'. [_tug2_] sza# a-ki?-[{d}x-e ...]
left
1. [x] _gin2-ta_ 1(u) 5(disz) _sze_ ni-is-ha-su2 nu-sza-asz2-qal
2. [a]-na 6(disz) 1/4(disz) _gin2_ 1(u) 1(disz) _tug2_ sza a-ki-de8-[e]
3. [x x]-um il5-qe2 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 5(disz) _gin2-ta_ [...]
4. [n] _ma-na_ [x] ta# ni ka3

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 65.0 high × 50.0 wide × 22.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BIN 6, 50 & pl. 82 50

    [Stephens1944BIN6] Stephens, Ferris J. 1944. Old Assyrian Letters and Business Documents. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University, Volume 6. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Innaya, 144

    [Michel1991Innaya] Michel, Cécile. 1991. Innāya Dans Les Tablettes Paléo-Assyriennes. I: Analyse. II: Edition Des Textes. Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NBC 03759 & NBC 03936
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-13 at 18:26:58 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-10-27 at 09:15:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-08-30 at 01:22:41 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 18:39:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-11-12 at 00:59:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 016845 (composite) (P537554) Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, Pl. 082 050  Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 13, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297449.
BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry (No. P297449). (2023, August 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297449 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297449 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 13},
	title = {BIN 06, 050 & {BIN} 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297449},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297449},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/13/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P297449
LB  - CDLI:P297449
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P297449
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, Pl. 082 050  Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 13, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297449.
BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry (No. P297449). (2023, August 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297449 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297449 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 13},
	title = {BIN 06, 050 & {BIN} 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297449},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297449},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/13/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P297449
LB  - CDLI:P297449
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - BIN 06, 050 & BIN 06, pl. 082 050  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P297449
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.