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BIN 07, 031 (P292799)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292799 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05331 |
| 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 |
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# lu2-igi-sa6 | to Lu-igisa |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}nanna#-ma-an-szum2# | Thus Nanna-manšum |
| 4 | u3 _dam-gar3-e-ne_-ma | and the merchants |
| 5 | _5(disz) ma-na# ku3-babbar_ | 5 minas of silver |
| 6 | la-qi3-ip | he has taken. |
| 7 | _3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 3 1/2 minas of silver |
| 8 | da-da-a | Dada, |
| 9 | _3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 3 1/2 minas of silver |
| 10 | ur-{d}ba-ba6 | Ur-Baba |
| 11 | {d}suen-na-wi-ir | Sîn-nawir, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-te-t,e4-er-ni-a-ti# | they have drawn near to me |
| 2 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 3 | {disz}i-szar-ku-bi isz-pu-ra-am | Išar-Kūbe wrote me |
| 4 | a-na im-me-ri-i | to Immirî |
| 5 | sza-mi-im ta-asz-pu-ra-am | You wrote me the following: |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-sza-ru-u2 | the silver of the ašarû-tax |
| 7 | u2-la i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| 8 | wa-ar-ka-as-sa3 | after her |
| 9 | la ta-sza-al-ni-a-ti | Do not be negligent! |
| 10 | ku-nu-uk {disz}i-szar-ku-bi | sealed document of Išar-Kūbe. |
| 11 | u3 _aga-us2 u4_-ra-am | and a soldier daily |
| 12 | lu-mu-ur# | let me see. |
| 13 | szum#-ma la tu-da-ni-na-am# | If you do not give it to me, |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | me-eh-ri-ka | in your presence |
| 2 | u2-ta#-ra-ak-ku-um-ma | they shall return to you, and |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | ku-nu-ki | sealed documents |
| 2 | e-he-pi-i | eḫepî-plant |
Sources & licences
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