BIN 07, 027 (P292765)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292765 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05295 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | To Lu-igisa |
| obverse 2 | speak! |
| obverse 3 | Thus (says) Banum: |
| obverse 4 | "The field, in harvest," |
| obverse 5 | it is complete." |
| obverse 6 | "If you are my father," |
| obverse 7 | "to Nur-Sin, |
| obverse 8 | "speak so that I can leave." |
| obverse 9 | "In my palace" |
| obverse 10 | "do not let me stay idle." |
| obverse 11 | "To be like this," |
| reverse 1 | "I did not expect you." |
| reverse 2 | "And Ipqu-Lamma," |
| reverse 3 | "in addition to taking a field" |
| reverse 4 | "away," |
| reverse 5 | "also the garden" |
| reverse 6 | "which is on the bank of the river" |
| reverse 7 | "he took away." |
| reverse 8 | "To Nur-Sin," |
| reverse 9 | "speak, and" |
| reverse 10 | "let me come here, and" |
| reverse 11 | "a lawsuit let him arrange between us." |
| reverse 12 | "Your sealed document" |
| left 1 | "send to me!" |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na lu2-igi-sa6 | |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | |
| 3 | um-ma ba-nu-u2-um-ma | |
| 4 | _gan2_-lum i-na e-s,e2-di-im | |
| 5 | ga-me-er | |
| 6 | szum#-ma# a-bi at-ta | |
| 7 | a-na nu-ur2-{d}suen | |
| 8 | qi2-bi2#-ma lu#-ta#-al-kam | |
| 9 | i-na _e2-gal_-li-ia | |
| 10 | la tu-re-qa2-an-ni | |
| 11 | a-la-ki-a-am | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ar-szi-i-ka | |
| 2 | u3 ip-qu2-{d}lamma | |
| 3 | a-s,e2-er eq-lam | |
| 4 | it#-ba#-lu-u2 | |
| 5 | u3 ki-ri#-a-am | |
| 6 | sza a-ah na-ri-im | |
| 7 | it-ba-al | |
| 8 | a-na nu-ur2-{d}suen# | |
| 9 | qi2-bi2-ma | |
| 10 | lu#-li-kam-ma | |
| 11 | di-nam# li-sza-hi-iz-ne-ti | |
| 12 | ku!(LU)-nu#-ka-ka | |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-bi-lam-ma | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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