PBS 01/2, 057 (P265132)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 01/2, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P265132 |
| Museum no. | CBS 09818 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| obverse 2' | and ... of the river ... |
| obverse 3' | to Bīt-Sîn-māgir |
| obverse 4' | Their ṣabu workers in the gate of the nāru canal .../of the town Adattu? ... |
| obverse 5' | and the takkīru canal of my lord ... |
| obverse 6' | I am raising ṣabu workers. The gate of the takkīru canal... |
| obverse 7' | Esagil-ṣūrīja ... |
| obverse 8' | ... Adad-šar-ilāni ... |
| obverse 9' | Speak to Bēl-kala-Marduk [...] |
| obverse 10' | the following: “Because those of the house of Enlil-kidinnī ... |
| obverse 11' | are confined in confinements, (because of that) I will come up (?). |
| obverse 12' | No one gives (them) to me for irrigating! |
| obverse 13' | Lead them here and do thoroughly inspect each kilâtu dam, which they have made, |
| obverse 14' | and make your report for the palace return (here)!” |
| obverse 15' | After he had led them here, the gate of the takkīru canal he inspected. |
| obverse 16' | (Them, that is) Banâ-ša-Marduk and Arad-Bēlti |
| obverse 17' | did Bēl-kala-Marduk interrogate, |
| obverse 18' | (saying) the following: “Why now |
| obverse 19' | did you cut the reed, and (in) the confinements why |
| obverse 20' | are you all confined? |
| obverse 21' | Why have you all let them remove the entrance way of the king?” |
| obverse 22' | Aštaba may return here. The resident (?) |
| obverse 23' | opened the gate. The opening, which they opened, |
| obverse 24' | —whenever his lord will come here together with me— |
| reverse 1 | then I will gladly block it (and) |
| reverse 2 | I may release (you). Now, the town Niggallu |
| reverse 3 | is not irrigated. Regarding the confinements, |
| reverse 4 | which you are confined in, |
| reverse 5 | who will let the king eat the banquet?” |
| reverse 6 | And now, the reed for the flooding and |
| reverse 7 | for damming up the canal, |
| reverse 8 | when I, Arad-Bēlti, Banâ-ša-Marduk, |
| reverse 9 | Kilamdi-Šīpak of the house of Mubarrû, |
| reverse 10 | and Martukku, the diviner, |
| reverse 11 | when we gave it for the takkīru canal, |
| reverse 12 | there was water in the gate of the takkīru canal of Enlil-kidinni (?). |
| reverse 13 | For the erecting of a miḫru dam |
| reverse 14 | of Bīt-Sîn-māgir and |
| reverse 15 | ... not ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] ga#? [...] | |
| 2' | u3 [...] sza _i7_ [...] | |
| 3' | a-na# _e2 {disz}{d}3(u)_-ma-[gi-ir] | |
| 4' | _erin2-mesz_-szu-nu i-na _ka2 i7#_ a-[da-at-tu4? ...] | |
| 5' | u3 tak-ki-ra sza be-li2-[ia ...] | |
| 6' | _erin2-mesz_ na-sza-ku _ka2_ tak-[ki-ri ...] | |
| 7' | [_{disz}e2_]-sag-il2-s,u2-ri-[ia ...] | |
| 8' | [...] _{disz}{d#}iszkur-lugal-dingir-[mesz_ ...] | |
| 9' | a-na _{disz}en_-ka-la-{d}marduk qi2#-bi#-[ma ...] | |
| 10' | um-ma-a sza _e2_ {disz}{d}en-lil2-ki-di#-[ni ...] | |
| 11' | gi-na-ti gu-un-nu-nu el#-la#-[a] | |
| 12' | a-na me2-ke-ri ma-am-ma ul i-nam#-din-na-an-ni | |
| 13' | ri#-da-am-ma ki-la-a-ti sza e-pu-szu | |
| 14' | i-ta-am-mar-ma t,e-em-ka a-na _e2-gal_ te-er | |
| 15' | ki-i ir-da-a _ka2_ tak-ki-ri i-ta#-ta-mar | |
| 16' | _{disz}du3_-a-sza-_{d}marduk_ u3 _ARAD-gaszan_ | |
| 17' | _{disz}en_-ka-la-_{d}marduk_ u2-si-niq-szu-nu-ti | |
| 18' | um-ma-a szu-u2-ra am-mi-na-an-na-a | |
| 19' | ta-ki-sa-ma gi-na-ti am-mi-ni | |
| 20' | gu-un-nu-na-tu-nu-ma | |
| 21' | ni-ri-ib szar-ri am-mi-ni tu#-sza#-da-a | |
| 22' | {disz}asz-ta-ba lu-tu-ra asz-a-bu# | |
| 23' | _ka2_ ip-te pi-ta sza ip-tu-[u2] | |
| 24' | _en_-szu2 _ki_-ia i-la-ka | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku i-na t,u2-bi-ia e-pe-he | |
| 2 | lu-masz-szir9 i-na-an-na _{iri}kin_-li{ki} | |
| 3 | ul mi-ki-ir sza gi-na-a-ti | |
| 4 | gu-un-nu-na-a-tu-nu ta-kul-ta | |
| 5 | szar-ra man-nu u2-sza-ak-kal | |
| 6 | u3 i-na-an-na szu-u2-ra a-na s,a-pe-e-ma | |
| 7 | tak-ki-ra a-na si-ki-ir | |
| 8 | a-na-ku _{disz}ARAD-gaszan {disz}du3_-a-sza2-_{d}marduk_ | |
| 9 | {disz}ki#-lam-di-szi-pak sza _e2_ {disz}mu-bar-ri-i | |
| 10 | u3 {disz}mar-tu-ku _{lu2}hal_ | |
| 11 | i-na mu-uh tak-ki-ri ki#! ni#-nam#?-din#? | |
| 12 | mu-u2 i-na _ka2_ tak-ki-ri {disz}{d}[en]-lil2#-ki#?-din-ni# | |
| 13 | a-na na-de-e mi-ih#-ri | |
| 14 | sza [_e2 {disz}{d}]3(u)_-ma-gir-ma# | |
| 15 | [...] la [...] | |
| 16 | [...] | |
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