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BIN 07, 223 (P293189)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 07, 223 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293189 |
| Museum no. | NBC 06313 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Lagaba (mod. uncertain) |
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}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, | to Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma sag-il2-ma-an-szum2-ma | thus Saŋil-manšum: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | _1(u) udu-nita2 hi-a_ sza _e2 {lu2}kuruszda_ | 10 male sheep of the fattening house |
| 6 | i-na _ma2-la2_-ia a-na babila2{ki} | in my boat to Babylon |
| 7 | i-ra-ak-ka-bu-nim | they shall bind. |
| 8 | it-ti _udu-nita2 hi-a_ szu-nu-ti | with those sheep |
| 9 | _2(disz) {lu2}kuruszda_ t,u2-ur-dam | 2 fat-tailed sheep |
| 10 | u3 _sza3-gal_ | and the heart |
| 11 | sza a-di _iti du6-ku3_ | which until the month of Dukūr |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-ur-ki-ba-am | Šurkibam |
| 2 | asz-szum ni-pa-at dumu-zimbir{ki} | because of the protection of Dumuzimbir |
| 3 | sza {d}suen-i-di2-nam ip-pu-u2 | which Sîn-iddinam made |
| 4 | wu-usz-szu-ri-im | he conquered |
| 5 | tup-pi2 a-na {d}suen-i-di2-nam | a tablet to Sîn-iddinam |
| 6 | usz-ta-bi-lam | he sent to me. |
| 7 | a-di dumu-zimbir{ki} | as far as Dumuzimbir |
| 8 | a-na i3-si-in{ki} | to Isin |
| 9 | i-il-la-kam-ma | will come, and |
| 10 | i-ip-pa-lu-szu | will look after him. |
| 11 | ni-pa-ti-szu wu-usz-sze-er | his nostrils he shall cut off. |
| 12 | u3 me-he-er tup-pi2-ia | and the remainder of my tablet |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
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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