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BIN 07, 050 (P292816)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292816 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05354 |
| 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 nam-ra-am-sza-ru-ur | to Namrām-šarur |
| 2 | u3 {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni | and Sîn-imguranni |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma gi-mil-{d}gu-la-ma | thus Gimil-Gula: |
| 5 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti | may Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 6 | asz-szum _a-sza3_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu _ugula mar-tu_ | concerning the field Naram-ilišu, foreman of Amurru |
| 7 | sza a-na an-pi2-{d}suen _ugula mar-tu_ | which to Apī-Sîn the overseer of Amurru |
| 8 | a-na _a-sza3 szuku_ in-na-ad-nu | to the field of the šuku-offering they shall give. |
| 9 | u3 i-na-an-na i3-li2-tu-ra-am s,a-ab-tu-szu | And now Ilī-tūram has captured him. |
| 10 | um-ma szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi-ma | Šumum-libši speaks thus: |
| 11 | a-na _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti i3-li2-tu-ra-am | to that field Ilī-turam |
| 12 | u2-ul is-ni-iq | he shall have no claim. |
| 13 | szu-pur#-ma# _dumu-mesz e2-dub-ba-a_ | send, and the scribes |
| 14 | ki-ma pa-ni-szu-nu | as before them |
| 15 | wa#-ar-ka-tam li-ip-ru-su | After that they should perform (the ritual). |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki#-a-am iq-bi-a-am | thus said |
| 2 | asz-szum an-pi2-{d}suen _ugula mar-tu_ | Concerning Apī-Sîn the overseer of Amurru |
| 3 | tup-pi2 sza-pir _aga-us2-mesz_ | a tablet of writings of soldiers |
| 4 | sza il-li-kam ma-di-isz du-un-nu-un | who came, very much |
| 5 | ki-ma _a-sza3 iri_ na-ni-ia{ki} | like the field of the city of Naniya |
| 6 | ta-aq-ta-bi-u2 | you said, |
| 7 | _iri_ i-su-na-nu-um{ki}-ma | the city Isunanum |
| 8 | e-ep-sza!(RA)-ma a-ga-na i3-li2-tu-ra-am | did, and his father Ilī-turam |
| 9 | sza s,a-ab-tu li-ip-pu-szu-u2 | They shall do what is seized. |
| 10 | i-te-e an-ni-i-im u3 an-ni-i-im | This is and this. |
| 11 | i-di-sza-am szu-ut,-ra#-nim | I have written down for you. |
| 12 | lu-mu-ur-ma ki-ma t,e4-em-ku-nu | Let me see your report! |
| 13 | tu-ta-ar-ra-nim | you will return. |
| 14 | a-na sza-pi2-ir _aga-us2-mesz_ | to the šapīru of soldiers |
| 15 | lu-usz-pur | let me send. |
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