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SA 200 (P273653)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SA 200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273653 |
| Museum no. | Souvay 81 |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 u2-ra-tum | to the ūru |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma uri2{ki}-a-lum-ma | thus Ur-alum: |
| 4 | {d}utu {d}suen u3 {d}nin#-gal-an-na | Šamaš, Suen and Ningalanna |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum _sag-nita2 {lu2}lunga#?_ | Concerning the head of the brewer |
| 7 | sza tu-na-'i3-da-an#-ni#? | that you have given to me |
| 8 | sza um-ma at-ta#-[ma] | Thus you: |
| 9 | i-na u2?-wa?-ka-li#-[...] | In Uwa-kali |
| 10 | ki-ma te-isz-mu-u2 | like a listener |
| 11 | te-re-ti-ia u2-la wa-x-ni-isz | my extispicies not ... |
| 12 | u2-ul e-li-i | I did not go up. |
| 13 | isz-tu a-na _sag-nita2 SU_-tim | from the head of the body |
| 14 | ta-asz-ta-ap-ra-[am?] | you wrote to me |
| 15 | isz-tu i-na-an-na _u4 1(u)-kam_ | from now, the 10th day |
| 16 | x [x?]-ta#?-am-ta i-na [...] | ... in ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-la-ki-a-am ma-[...] | I will go ... |
| 2 | {disz}a-hi-sza [...] | Aḫiša |
| 3 | _tab-ba_-e a-la-am#? [...] da | ... ... next to |
| 4 | isz-tu _u4 5(disz)-kam sag-nita2 x-a-ni_ | From the 5th day the male slave ... |
| 5 | _sag-nita2_ ru-be2-e sza tu-na-'i3-da-ni | the eldest son of Tuna’idani |
| 6 | u2-ul im-qu2-tam-ma | did not fall, and |
| 7 | a-di i-na-an-[na] bi#?-ri-a-ku | as long as I live |
| 8 | a-na ha-ra-nim u2-ul al-li-ku | I did not go to the harānum. |
| 9 | li-ib-ba-ka u2-ul i-pa-al-sa3-am | Your heart will not be satisfied. |
| 10 | re-szum sza na-szi-a qu#-u2 | the head of the našīya qû |
| 11 | ki-ma pa-ra-szi-im-ma | like a ... |
| 12 | ta-ki#-il | you smear |
Sources & licences
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