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BIN 07, 041 (P292812)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292812 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05345 |
| 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}suen-ni-i | to Sîn-nī |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-ka-ti-ia a-ha-at-ka#-ma# | Thus (says) my mother: I am afraid of you |
| 4 | {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-urta u3 {d}nin-imma3# | Enlil, Ninurta and Ninimma |
| 5 | asz-szum-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi# | Because of me, every day |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-ka# | may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | a-na i-li sza pa-ni-ka# | to the god before you |
| 8 | u3-ka-la-ma-an-ni | he will hold me. |
| 9 | i-na qu3-ut-ri-na-tim# | from the qutrūnu |
| 10 | qa2-ta-a-a pu-lu-sza | my hands are bound, |
| 11 | isz-<tu> _u4_-mi _mu 3(disz)-kam{am}_ | from the 3rd day |
| 12 | _a-sza3_-lum u2-ul BI-ri | that field shall not exist. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku-u2 ba?-al#-[t,a-a-ku] | I am ill, I am sick |
| 2 | _a-sza3_-lum i-na-an-na | the field now |
| 3 | sze-am ma-li | barley rations |
| 4 | at-ta lu sza-am-szu-ma | You should be his father. |
| 5 | s,e2-et-ka lu-usz-ta-ha-an | Let me pacify your heart, |
| 6 | at-ta lu e-re-nu#-um#-ma | You should be a cedar |
| 7 | i-na s,i2-li-ka s,e2#-[tum (x)] | At your rising, the sheepfold ... |
| 8 | a-a ih-mu-t,a-ni [x] | May he not be negligent. |
| 9 | a-mi-ni a-sza-ar [x (x x)] | Why do I ask ...? |
| 10 | _a-sza3_-li a-bi-ia [x (x x)] | the field of my father ... |
| 11 | i-ba-asz-szu e-pe-ri# [x (x x)] | there is ... |
| 12 | u3 s,u2-ha-ra-am | and ṣuḫaram |
| 13 | isz-te-en u3-ra-bi#-ma | a third of it, and |
| 14 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 15 | a-na qe3-be2-ri-ia | to my midst |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | li-ir-bi-a | may he conquer. |
| 2 | i-na-an-na-a | Now, |
| 3 | _dam#-gar3_-ru | merchant |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | u3-ka-la-ni um-ma [szu]-ma# | he will hold, thus he: |
| 2 | bu-ka-na szu-tu-KI | “Šūtu-KI’s property |
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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