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BIN 07, 007 (P292763)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292763 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05293 |
| 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 | To Šamaš-hazir |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 4 | a-na i-nu-uh2-sa-mar | to inspect |
| 5 | u3 {d}utu-mu-sza-lim asz-tap-ra-am | and Šamaš-mušallim I sent. |
| 6 | a-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im i-il-la-ku#-ma | to the Great Canal they shall go, and |
| 7 | _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im in-na-sa3#-hu# i-im-ma-ru-nim | the soil which in the Gabīm canal had been irrigated, they saw |
| 8 | tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am i-na a-ma-ri-im | This tablet, at the beginning |
| 9 | a-na s,e-er {disz}i-nu-uh2-sa-mar u3 {d}utu-[mu-sza]-lim | to Inuḫsamar and Šamaš-mušallim |
| 10 | a-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im a-li-ik-ma | to the Great Canal went and |
| 11 | ki-ma a-na re-esz _a-sza3#_-im ta-as-sa3-an-qu2 | like to the head of a field you have plundered |
| 12 | szi-bu-ut a-lim _dumu-mesz_ u2-ga-ri-im | the life of the important one, the sons of Ugarit |
| 13 | li-iz-zi-zu | may they stand. |
| 14 | _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im | the soil which in the Gabīm canal |
| 15 | a-na na-sa-hi-im i-re-ed-du-u2 | they will go down to the nasāḫim. |
| 16 | i-na _{gesz}tukul_ sza _dingir_ bi#-[ir]-ra# | with the weapon of a god he defeated |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sahar hi-a_ sza ta-am-ma-ra# | the earth that you saw |
| 2 | a-na _a-gar3_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im | to the meadow which in the Gabīm canal |
| 3 | me-e i-sza-at-tu-u2 | they will pour water. |
| 4 | 1(bur3) _GAN2-e_ ki-a-am | 1 bur3 field, thus |
| 5 | _sahar hi-a_ ik-szu-dam | the soil has settled |
| 6 | em-da-a-ma | he shall measure out, and |
| 7 | t,e4-em _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _i7_ ga-bi-i-im | news of the dust that in the Gabium canal |
| 8 | in-na-as-sa3#-hu# | he shall remove. |
| 9 | u3 _sahar hi-a_ sza i-na _a-gar3_ te#-em-mi#-da | and the earth that you saw in the meadow |
| 10 | pa-nam szu-ur-szi-a-nim-ma | the face of šuršiannu |
| 11 | szu-up-ra-nim# | send me! |
| 12 | t,e4-em-ku-nu li-ih-mu-t,am | May your report be favourable. |
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