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BIN 07, 008 (P292756)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292756 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05286 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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}utu-ha-zi-ir {disz}{d}suen-mu-sza#-lim# | To Šamaš-hazir Sîn-mušallim |
| 2 | u3 tap-pe2-e-szu-nu qi2-bi2-ma | and their companions, speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 4 | _sipa-mesz ab2 gu4 hi-a u3 u8 udu hi-a_ | shepherds of cows, oxen and sheep |
| 5 | _nig2-szu_ a-pil-{d}utu u3 sa3-lu-hu-um | property of Apil-šamaš and Saluḫum |
| 6 | _sipa-mesz_ szu-nu szi-it-ti-szu-nu i-na la-bi-ri-isz | these shepherds, their descendants, in old age |
| 7 | _a-sza3 hi-a_ s,a-ab-tu sza-lu-usz-ta-szu-nu | the field of the ša-lū-aḫtu-offering(s) were taken in exchange for their wages |
| 8 | _a-sza3 hi-a_ u2-ul s,a#-ab#-tu | the field is not seized |
| 9 | i-nu-ma u2-wa-e-ru#-ku#-nu-ti a-[na _sipa]-mesz#_ sza _a-sza3 hi-a_ la s,a#-ab-tu | When they have entrusted you to the shepherds of the field, they shall not be seized. |
| 10 | _a-sza3 hi-a_ na-da-nam aq#-bi#-ku#-nu-szi-im# | I said to you: “give me a field!'" |
| 11 | ki-ma u2-wa-e-ru-ku-nu-ti | when he had made you enter, |
| 12 | _sipa-mesz_ sza i-na la-bi-ri#-isz _a-sza3 hi-a_ s,a-ab-tu | the shepherds who in olden times seized the fields |
| 13 | i-na _a-sza3 hi-a_-szu-nu la tu-na-asz-sza-szu-nu-ti | in the field of their inheritance you shall not give them. |
| 14 | a-na _sipa-mesz_ sza _a-sza3 hi-a_-szu-nu la s,a-ab-tu | to the shepherds of the field their share not taken |
| 15 | a-na ap-szi-te-e-em sza qa2-bu-u2-ku-nu-szi-im | to the Apšītu of your command |
| 16 | _a-sza3 hi-a_ id-na-szu-nu-szi-im | the field he gave to them |
| 17 | i-na _sipa-mesz# ab2# gu4 hi-a u3 u8 udu hi-a_ | in the shepherds of cows, oxen and sheep and goats |
| 18 | 1(disz) _lu2_ sza _a-sza3_-um u2-ul na-ad-na#-szum# | 1 man of the field is not given to him. |
| 19 | la# u2-lam-ma-da-an-ni | he did not give me. |
| 20 | _sipa-mesz ab2 gu4 hi-a_ sza {d}utu | shepherds of cows and oxen of Šamaš |
| 21 | [sza? (...)] it#-ti-ia u2-ul in-nam-ru-ma | who ... with me did not see, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _a-sza3_ na-da-nam# | ... the field is given. |
| 2 | [aq-bi? ... it]-ti-ia u2-ul in-[nam-ru]-ma# | I said ... with me, but they did not see |
| 3 | [_a-sza3_ na-da-nam] u2-ul aq-bi-szu-nu-szi-im | I did not give them a field. |
| 4 | [...] x-a-ma a-na _sipa-mesz_ sza {d}utu tap-pe2-szu-nu | ... and to the shepherds of Šamaš their companions |
| 5 | [sza it-ti-ia] la in-na-am#-ru | who with me did not see |
| 6 | [...] tap#-pe2-e-szu-nu a-na ap-szi-te-e-em | ... their companions to the Apšitem |
| 7 | _a-[sza3 hi-a_] id-na-szu#-nu#-szi-im | the field he gave to them |
| 8 | [a-na a-pil]-{d}utu _u2-tul2_ | To Apil-šamaš the cook |
| 9 | [n] 4(bur3) GAN2 _a-sza3_ li-ib-bu _a-sza3#_ szi-isz-sza _ugula mar-tu_ | n 4 bur3 field, irrigated, field of Shishsha, foreman of Amurru; |
| 10 | a-na _a-sza3 szuku_-ti-szu ka-ni-kum ik-ka-ni-ik-ma | to the field of his prebend sealed he sealed, and |
| 11 | in-na-di-isz-szum | he gave him. |
| 12 | _a-sza3_-am szu-a-ti a-na a-pil-{d}utu | that field to Apil-šamaš |
| 13 | la ta-na-ad-di-na a-na _dumu-mesz_ szi-isz-szi-ma | do not give to the sons, and |
| 14 | te-er-ra-szu | his return |
| 15 | a-na _KA_ ka-ni-ki-im sza a-pil-{d}utu _u2-tul2_ | to the sealed document of Apil-šamaš the cook |
| 16 | u2-ka-al-la-mu-ku-nu-ti | they shall hold you back. |
| 17 | _a-sza3_ ki-ma _a-sza3_-im a-na a-pil-{d}utu | the field like a field to Apil-šamaš |
| 18 | a-me-er-ta-szu id-na-szum | his father-in-law gave to him |
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