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BIN 02, 071 (P297172)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 02, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297172 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01268 |
| 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 | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
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 BI-ia-a u3 i-bi-_{d}nin-szubur#_ | To my father and Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 2 | sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu-nu-ti# | of Marduk he made them live. |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um#-ma# i3-li2-a-pi2-li-ma | Thus Ilī-apli-ilum: |
| 5 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk#_ asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz u4-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti | may they keep you alive!” |
| 7 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ku-nu s,i-bu-tam a-ia ir#-szi# | May the god who protects you be my friend. |
| 8 | asz-szum ta-ri-ba-tum sza isz-tu _mu-3(disz)-[kam]_ | Concerning the taribtu-offering which from the third year |
| 9 | _{gesz}kiri6 e2-gal_ s,a-ab-tu-u2-ma | the garden of the palace seized, and |
| 10 | _{lu2}sze-gur10-ku5_-szu i-il-la-ku DU?-[x]-LI?-ta-szu | his barley-heaps will go, his ... |
| 11 | i-ip-pa-lu u3 ki-ma re#-du-tim | they will look after, and like a shepherd |
| 12 | [i]-li-ik _{gesz}kiri6_ sza-a-ti# | went to that orchard |
| 13 | i-il-la-[ak] | will go |
| 14 | ma#-asz-ka-an ku-zi-il-li | a kuzillu-vessel |
| 15 | [...]-a-tim | ...-a-tim |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-ma | ...... and |
| 2 | [x x x] _aga#-us2-mesz_ [x-x]-im | ... soldiers ... |
| 3 | ID?-[x]-hi-ma [a]-na# _{gesz}kiri6_ i-[ha]-ba#-lu-szu | the river ...ḫi and to the orchard they shall take him |
| 4 | [x x] i-ba-asz-szi-i | ... there is |
| 5 | [... x]-i-mu-ia | ... my ... |
| 6 | [...] x a-na-ku az-za-az#-ma | ... I stand and |
| 7 | [...] x la i-ha-ba-lu | ... they will not be afraid. |
| 8 | [... x]-IR?/NI?-ru-ma# | ... and |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [... x]-lu | ... ... |
| 12 | ma#-na#-ha-at# [x x x] _ka2#-[dingir]-ra{ki}_ | the land of Babylon |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | ma-har sza-pir _aga-us2-mesz_ | before the šapir of soldiers |
| 15 | a-pa-li-ia | my enemies |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2-ul i-le#-i | he will not succeed. |
| 2 | a-na [x-x-x-x] | to ... |
Sources & licences
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