BE 17/1, 011 (P270388)
Letter, Nippur
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| Designation | BE 17/1, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P270388 |
| Museum no. | CBS 19781 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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 1 | Your servant Bēlānu: I may go as my lord's substitute! |
| obverse 2 | Regarding house and the estates of my lord: They are in a good or der. |
| obverse 3 | The following say to my lord: |
| obverse 4 | I cultivated the ḫarbu ṭēmi field of my lord. |
| obverse 5 | When they seeded the earlier sowing (with the seeder-plow), it wasn’t full for them (?). |
| obverse 6 | When I have put everything into order, then I w ill write (to you). |
| obverse 7 | While not raising (?) and while not protecting |
| obverse 8 | the oxen, which they had fed, and not having irrigated |
| obverse 9 | with the water, they have fled! And now |
| obverse 10 | ... and the ikkaru farmers,as my lord wrote |
| obverse 11 | ... him (?) ... then each of them went |
| obverse 12 | ...what may I throw down (for) you (?) |
| obverse 13 | ... for my lord the early (sowing?) |
| obverse 14 | ... the guards of the ḫarbu fields |
| obverse 15 | ( of the šakin?) ṭēmi and the tēlītu revenue |
| obverse 16 | ... (and) may it return. |
| reverse 1 | ... barley (?) for the šutāpu workers |
| reverse 2 | ... he will see. And that of the ḫarbu ṭēmi field |
| reverse 3 | ... he will see. And the ṣābu workers, who returned to Nippur, |
| reverse 4 | and those from Arad-bēlti |
| reverse 5 | all of them left and besides me |
| reverse 6 | there is no one! And regarding the ṣābu workers, |
| reverse 7 | who are in the city: |
| reverse 8 | they are bound(!) for the dullu work duty of the ḫarbu ṭēmi fields |
| reverse 9 | of the province Bīt-Sîn-māgir. |
| reverse 10 | (Say) the following to my lord |
| reverse 11 | Why are there not any ṣābu workers for the cattle? |
| reverse 12 | I have written to my lord. |
| reverse 13 | My lord may know. As a criminal act my lord may not place this. |
| reverse 14 | They will finnish their days |
| reverse 15 | With what may I thresh? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _ARAD#_-ka#{i#} be#-la#-nu# a#-na# di#-na#-an# be#-li2#-ia# lul#-lik# | |
| 2 | a#-na# _e2#_ u3# _edin#_ sza# be#-li2#-ia# szul#-mu# | |
| 3 | um#-ma#-a# [a]-na# be-li2#-ia#-ma# | |
| 4 | har#-bu# t,e#-e#-mi# sza# _en#_-ia# e#-ri#-sza# | |
| 5 | mah#-ra#-a# ki#-i# i#-ri#-szu# ul# ma#?-lu#-szu# | |
| 6 | ki#-i# u2#-szi#-szi#-ru# [a?]-szap#-pa#-ra#? | |
| 7 | i#-na# la# ru#-ub#-bi#-i# u3# la# na#-[s,a]-ri# | |
| 8 | _gu4#?_ sza#? ul#-ta#-ki#-lu# u3# la# sza#-qe2#-e# | |
| 9 | sza# me#-e# ih#-ta#-liq# u3# i#-na#-an#-na# | |
| 10 | [...] u3 _{lu2}apin-mesz_ be-li2 ki-i isz-pu-ra | |
| 11 | [...] szu-u2 it-ta-at-la-ku | |
| 12 | [... mi]-ni#? lu#?-di-ka | |
| 13 | [...] a-na be-li2-ia mah-ra-a | |
| 14 | [... ma]-as,#-s,a-ri sza har-bu | |
| 15 | [sza? _gar?_-in? t,e]-e-mi te#-li-tu4 | |
| 16 | [... lu-u2?] na#-ah-sa-at | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _sze#?_ a#-na#? sza szu-ta-pe-e | |
| 2 | [...] im-mar u3 sza har-bu t,e-e-mi | |
| 3 | [...] im-mar u3 _erin2-mesz_ sza a-na _nibru{ki}_ | |
| 4 | i#-tu#-ur#-ru u3 sza _{iri}ARAD-gaszan{ki}_ | |
| 5 | i-ta-at-la-ku i-tu-u2-a | |
| 6 | ma-am-ma ia-'a-nu u3 _erin2-mesz_ | |
| 7 | sza i-na _uru_ i-ba-asz2-szu-u2 | |
| 8 | a-na dul-li sza har#-bu t,e-e-mi | |
| 9 | sza _e2 {disz}{d}3(u)_-ma-gir <<a-na>> | |
| 10 | ra-ki-is um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia | |
| 11 | am-mi-ni a-na _gu4-mesz erin2-mesz_-ma | |
| 12 | ia-'a-nu a-na be-li2-ia al-tap-ra | |
| 13 | be-li2 lu i-di a-na hi-t,i-ia be-li2 la _gar_-na | |
| 14 | _u4-mesz_-szu i-gam-ma-ru | |
| 15 | i-na mi-ni-i lu-di-isz | |
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