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BIN 07, 043 (P292759)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292759 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05289 |
| 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 um-mi-ia | to my mother |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-ba-ni ma-ru-ki-ma | Thus (says) Šamaš-bani, your servant: |
| 4 | {d}nin-szubur u3 {d}lugal-nam-tar-ra | For Ninšubur and Lugal-namtara |
| 5 | _mu 1(szar2)-kam_ li-ba-al-li-t,u3-ka | the 1st year may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum {d}suen-ga-mil | Concerning Sin-gamil |
| 7 | sza ta-asz-pu-ri-i | of which you wrote |
| 8 | isz-tu _u4_-mi-im sza ta-asz-pu-ri | As of today, when you wrote |
| 9 | a-na hi-sa3-ti-i-ki | For your supplication |
| 10 | ru-uq i-na bi-ti ta-pi-isz-ti | “River in the house of the captive, |
| 11 | wa-szi-ib | who dwells |
| 12 | _tug2 bar-si u3 tug2 hi-a_ tu-ru-szu | the outer garment and the additional garment are his replacement. |
| 13 | ki-i-ma sza i-na bi-ti-szu | like that in his house |
| 14 | wa-asz-bu-u2 | who dwells |
| 15 | pu-nu-u2-szu da-ag-lu | (Sum) His face is a flood, his face is an affliction (Akk) The face of the flood is an insult |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na wa-s,i2-szu-u2 ta-sza-li-szu | In his wailing you praise him. |
| 2 | ki#-i-ma li-bi-ki-i | like your limbs |
| 3 | la# ma-ra-s,i2 | not to be forgotten |
| 4 | a-di-i a-wi!(PA)-lum i-la-ka-ma | until a man comes and |
| 5 | u2-szi-s,u2-usz | they shall bring out. |
| 6 | pa-ni-szu a-da-ga-al | I will look at his face. |
| 7 | a-na-ku-u2 a-na sza ta#-sza-pa-ri | I, for what you wrote |
| 8 | a-hi-i a-na-di-i | “My brother, I will go to you! |
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