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BIN 07, 044 (P292787)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292787 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05319 |
| 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 a-bi-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my father: |
| 2 | um-ma an-pi4-{d}nin-szubur-ma | Thus Anpī-Ninšubur: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}gu-la asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi! li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Gula forever keep you alive! |
| 4 | {disz}da-da-a dumu ku-bu-lum DU# x x | Dadâ, son of Kubulum |
| 5 | _2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na _sa10 1(disz) sag-ARAD_ | 2/3 mina 2 shekels of silver for the purchase of 1 slave |
| 6 | a-na {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ i-ba-lu-ut, | to Sîn-erībam son of Ibaluṭ |
| 7 | isz-tu _mu 1(disz)?-kam_ id-di-im-ma | from the first year he gave, and |
| 8 | u2-ul _sag-ARAD ku3-babbar_-am | is not a slave of silver |
| 9 | a-na da-da-a u2-te-er# | to Dada he returned. |
| 10 | _u4_-mi ma-du-tim il-li-ik# | a long time he went |
| 11 | i-na li-ib-bu _1/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) x ku3#-babbar_ | in exchange for 1/3 mina 2 ... of silver |
| 12 | _1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 12 shekels of silver |
| 13 | {disz}e2-a-ma-dingir _dumu_ e2-a-ha-zi-rum | Ea-ma-ilum, son of Eaḫa-zirum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | isz#-tu _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam_ | From the month of Abu, the 16th day |
| 2 | u2-sza-bi-la-asz-szum | I sent to him. |
| 3 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}da-da-a szu-u2 | Now that Dadâ |
| 4 | it-ta-al-ka-ak-kum | he has been waiting for you. |
| 5 | a-wa-a-ti-szu ma-ah-ri-ka | his words before you |
| 6 | li-isz-ku-un-ma | let him place, and |
| 7 | la ih-ha-ab-ba-al | shall not be seized. |
| 8 | isz-tu _u4_-um _ku3-babbar_-am | from the day of the silver |
| 9 | id-di-nu-szum | gave to him, |
| 10 | s,i2-ba-a-tim a-na um-mi-a-nim | (Sum) The ṣibātum priestess, to the mother (Akk) To the mother |
| 11 | us,-s,a-ab | he will take |
| 12 | {disz}da-da-a szu#-u2 | Dadâ is |
| 13 | pur-szu-[x x x (x)] x | Puršu... |
| 14 | ma-har [...] | Before |
| 15 | li-ik-ru-ba-kum | may he bless you. |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza i-sza-ri-isz a-pu-ul-szu | that he had slain, |
| 2 | me-he-er tup-pi2-ia a-bi li-sza-bi-lam | May my father send me a reply to my tablet. |
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