BE 17/1, 048 (P267031)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | BE 17/1, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P267031 |
| Museum no. | CBS 11893 |
| 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
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 2 | I shall go as my lord's substitute! |
| obverse 3 | The following (say) to my lord: |
| obverse 4 | Out of (the heart of) the fields of the iššakku farmers, |
| obverse 5 | the field of Ana-Sîn-taklāku, the iššakku farmer, |
| obverse 6 | which was seeded with a seeder-plow in the middle, |
| obverse 7 | after Ubāru had taken it away from me, |
| obverse 8 | Na(ḫ)zi-Marduk had let it come down to me (=given it back). |
| obverse 9 | After he had established the borders of the field of the son of Ardīju with a kudurru, |
| obverse 10 | (and) after he had approached me about (it), |
| obverse 11 | he gave it to Adad-ē/īriš. |
| obverse 12 | He said the following: "Your lord said (to do) so!" |
| obverse 13 | “After he had let the fifth field come back down to me, |
| obverse 14 | he ploughed the top part of the fallow field and |
| obverse 15 | he gave it. |
| reverse 1 | And the son of Ḫunābu ... |
| reverse 2 | the following to you: ... |
| reverse 3 | he said: “He shall not seed ...” |
| reverse 4 | He has taken away from me, |
| reverse 5 | and when I inspected the field of Enlil-kiššat-ilāni, |
| reverse 6 | (I found that) on my path the reed was strong. |
| reverse 7 | After Bunna-Ninurta had come down, he went up. |
| reverse 8 | The second and the third (person), |
| reverse 9 | as many as are going to inspect it (m), none of them is going to tackle it. |
| reverse 10 | They are (all) going to get up and to leave. |
| reverse 11 | The following (say) to my lord: When they are/he is in fetters, |
| reverse 12 | I am not a fattener, it is the case that I am a |
| reverse 13 | palace official. I have dug a canal! ... |
| reverse 14 | I have held back ... |
| reverse 15 | for the middle of the field of ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-x [...] | |
| 2 | a-na di-na#-an be-[li2]-ia# lul-[lik] | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-na be-[li2]-ia-ma | |
| 4 | i-na _sza3 a-sza3-mesz_ sza _ensi2-mesz#_ | |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ sza dumu {disz}a-na-_{d}3(u)_-tak-la-ku _ensi2_ | |
| 6 | sza i-na lib3-ba e-ri-szu | |
| 7 | {disz}u-ba-ru3 ki-i u2-sze-la-an-ni | |
| 8 | {disz}na-ah-zi-_{d}marduk_ ul-te-ri-da | |
| 9 | a-di sza _dumu_ {disz}arad-iu-u2 ku-du-ur-ra | |
| 10 | ki-i ik-di-ra ki-i im-hur-an-ni | |
| 11 | a-na _{disz}{dingir}iszkur-uru4_ it-ta-din | |
| 12 | um-ma-a be-el-ka iq-ba-a | |
| 13 | _a-sza3_ ha-an-sza ki-i u2-sze-ri-da#-an-ni | |
| 14 | _sag-du a-sza3_ im-ta-ha-as,-[ma] | |
| 15 | szu-u2 it-ta-[di-in] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _dumu_ {disz}hu#-na-bi x-[...] | |
| 2 | um-ma-a a-na ka-a-sza [...] | |
| 3 | iq-ba-a la ir-ri-[isz? ...] | |
| 4 | ia-a-szi ul-te-la-an-ni | |
| 5 | u3 _a-sza3_ sza _{disz}ninnu-kisz-dingir-mesz_ | |
| 6 | ki-i a-mu-ru-ma gi-ir-ri szu-ru dan{an} | |
| 7 | {disz}bu-na-{d}nin-urta ki-i u2-ri-du i-te-li | |
| 8 | sza-nu-u2 u3 sza-al-szum-ma | |
| 9 | ma-la im-ma-ru-szu ma-am-ma ul i-s,a-bat | |
| 10 | il-lu-u2 u3 i-ri-iq-qu | |
| 11 | um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-ma ki-i pa-du | |
| 12 | ul mu-sza-ki-lu a-na-ku lu man-za-az | |
| 13 | pa-ni a-na-ku _i7_ eh-te-ri x-x-x | |
| 14 | ak-ta-la e-[...] | |
| 15 | a#-na# _sza3 a-sza3#_ [...] | |
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