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BIN 02, 069 (P297170)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 02, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297170 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01266 |
| 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 | 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 ri-im-_{d}suen#_ | to Rīm-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-PI-il-tum-ma | Thus A-PI-iltum: |
| 4 | _{d}suen_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Sîn keep you alive! |
| 5 | _an-ka-{d}en-lil2_ ki-a-am | thus Anka-Enlil |
| 6 | isz-pu-ra-am | he wrote to me |
| 7 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 8 | _1(gesz) 4(u) gur sze_ i-na _uru dumu-mesz_ ma-szum# | 100 gur of barley in the city of the sons of Mashum |
| 9 | si-it _sze 2(u) gur sze!_ mu-hu-ur# | the length of the barley: 20 gur of barley is to be received. |
| 10 | _{gesz}ma2_ la ta-ka-la | do not carry a boat |
| 11 | t,u3-ur-da-am | Ṭurdam |
| 12 | a-na _sag-ir3_ | to the chief eunuch |
| 13 | u3 a-ma-tim | and flood |
| 14 | _gu4-hi-a_ u3 _ansze-hi-a_ | cattle and donkeys |
| 15 | sza i-na qa2-ti | that in the hand |
| 16 | {disz}szu-i3-li2#-szu# | Shu-ilišu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ba-ra-ak#-[ki-im] | of Abarak |
| 2 | szu-pu-ur#-[ma] | send, and |
| 3 | li-wa-szi-[...] | may he |
| 4 | an-nu-um i-[x ...] | This ... ... |
| 5 | u2-ul BI-x-[...] | ... not ... |
| 6 | mi-im-ma sza x [...] | all that |
| 7 | sza ni-ip-pu-[x] | of Nippu- |
| 8 | ta-ki-il-ka# | you have sworn. |
| 9 | t,u3-ru-ud-[ma] | may it be restored. |
| 10 | la ta#-ka-al-[la] | do not hold back! |
Sources & licences
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