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SA 198 (P273629)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SA 198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273629 |
| Museum no. | Souvay 91 |
| Collection | Special Collections and Archives, John T. Richardson Library, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# {d}iszkur-na-s,ir# | to Adad-nāṣir |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma wa-tar-{d}utu-ma | thus Watar-šamaš: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | Šamaš and Marduk |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | ki-a-am ta-aq-bi-a-am | thus you spoke to me |
| 7 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma# | Thus you: |
| 8 | ki-i-ma _{gesz}ma2_ ta-t,a-ra-da-am | like a boat you shall sail |
| 9 | t,up-pa-ka szu-bi-lam | Send me your tablet! |
| 10 | {disz}a-pil-sza | Apilša |
| 11 | _{gesz}ma2 1(u) gur_ na-szi#-ma# | a boat of 10 gur capacity |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | it-ta-al-ka-kum | has come to you |
| 2 | i-zi-iz-ma | stood, and |
| 3 | il-ki ik-li-szu! | the ilku-service bound him |
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