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BIN 07, 009 (P292768)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292768 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05298 |
| 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)
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 {d}utu-ha-zi-ir qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Šamaš-hazir |
| 2 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 3 | _a-sza3_ {d}en-lil2-sza-du-u2-szu | the field of Enlil-šadūzu |
| 4 | sza pa-na-nu-um is,-ba-tu-u2-ma | which before them seized, and |
| 5 | i-na-an-na i-na qa2-ti-ka i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | Now, according to your command, there is |
| 6 | szum-ma _a-sza3_-am szu-a-ti | If that field |
| 7 | ga-me-er-szu a-na s,i-tim la tu-sze-s,i | You shall not raise a claim against him in perpetuity. |
| 8 | i-na _a-sza3 szuku_-szu pa-ni-tim | from his previous prebend |
| 9 | 2(bur'u) GAN2 _a-sza3_-am sza i-na-an-na im-ma-ak-ka-ru-ma | 20 bur₂ of field, which now they have cultivated |
| 10 | _gu4 hi-a_-szu szi-ip-ra-am i-ip-pe2-szu | his oxen the work he shall do |
| 11 | u2-ga-ri-sza-am szu-ut,-ra-am-ma | Write down her (name) and |
| 12 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
| 13 | szum#-ma _a-sza3_ {d}en-lil2#-sza#-du-u2-szu ga-me-er-szu | If the field of Enlil-šadūḫu is his equal |
| 14 | a-na s,i-i-tim tu-usz-te-s,i | You have brought (them) down to the ground. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _a-sza3_-im ma-ak-ri-im | from the land of Makrim |
| 2 | sza i-na qa2-ti-ka i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | that are in your hand, |
| 3 | 2(bur'u) GAN2 _a-sza3_-am u2-ga-ri-sza-am | 20 bur₂ field: ugarisam; |
| 4 | szu-ut,-ra-am | he wrote |
| 5 | szu-bi-lam-ma | send me, and |
| 6 | a-na pi2-i tup-pi2-ka sza tu-sza-ab-ba-lam | According to the wording of your tablet that you will present, |
| 7 | ka-ni-kum ik-ka-an-na-ak-kum-ma | “The knīkum-demon binds you, |
| 8 | _a-sza3_-am ta-na-ad-di-isz-szum | the field you gave him |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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