PBS 01/2, 028 (P261028)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 01/2, 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P261028 |
| Museum no. | CBS 04759 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| reverse 1 | Regarding the reed fence, which my lord wrote to me about: Don’t ... |
| reverse 2 | .... I have already enclosed 80 ninda and the reed bundles, |
| reverse 3 | which were cut on the estate of Errigu. |
| reverse 4 | I am worried about bringing them. I will bring them and they will pile them up |
| reverse 5 | and they will spill them into the iku irrigation canals and the main nāru canal. What shall he (= one) do? |
| reverse 6 | Kidin-Adad, the son of Ana-kalāma-Adad, the ša rēši šarri ..., |
| reverse 7 | who is assigned ... in the gardens of Upī, |
| reverse 8 | has beaten the gardener of my lord and he injured him severly! |
| reverse 9 | The following: How is your lord doing without me? And |
| reverse 10 | I have not yet chopped the wood for the king. |
| reverse 11 | But he, on the other hand, will chop wood. The gardener has told this |
| reverse 12 | to him, the following: “After it (= the wood) is chopped my lord ... |
| reverse 13 | ... in his garden ... |
| reverse 14 | ... “ |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [asz-szu14] hu#-us,-s,i-ti sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra la#? [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-u2 _1(gesz2) 2(u) ninda_ e-te-sir u3 szu-ra | |
| 3 | [sza] i-na _e2_ {disz}er-ri-gi na-ak-su | |
| 4 | [... a]-na# na-sze-e pa-al-ha-ku a-na-asz-szi-ma ik-ki-mu | |
| 5 | [a]-na# _e i7_ i-tab-ba-ku-ma mi-na-a ip-pu-usz | |
| 6 | {disz}ki-din-_{d}iszkur dumu_ {disz}a-na-ka-la-ma-_{d}iszkur lu2-sag-lugal#_ | |
| 7 | sza i-na _ugu {gesz}kiri6-mesz_ sza {iri}u2-pi-i sza-ak-nu# [...] | |
| 8 | _{lu2}nu-{gesz}kiri6 sza be-li2-ia ir-ta-pi-is u3 ul-te-eb#-[bi-ir-szu] | |
| 9 | um-ma-a be-el-ka i-na ba-lu-u2 ki-ki-ia u3 | |
| 10 | a-di-na _gesz-hi-a_ a-na _lugal_ ul a-na-ak-ki-is | |
| 11 | u3 szu-u2 _gesz-hi-a_ i-na-ak-ki-is _nu-[{gesz}]kiri6_ an-ni-ta | |
| 12 | iq-ta-ba-asz-szu um!-ma-a isz-tu [(_gesz?_) na-ak-su?] be-li2 x [...] | |
| 13 | [...]-a-ba i-na _{gesz}kiri6_-szu u3# [...] | |
| 14 | [...] 2(u) _ki-mesz_ [...] | |
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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