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JCS 23, 031-032, no. 2 (P303920)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 23, 031-032, no. 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303920 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01880 |
| Collection | Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, 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 {d}ne3-eri11-gal-ha#-zi-ir | to Nergal-hazir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-i-din-nam-ma# | thus Ilī-iddinama |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar#-[utu li]-ba#-[al-li]-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum a-wa-tim sza# mah#-[ri]-ka# | Concerning the words which are before you |
| 6 | asz-ku-nu | I established. |
| 7 | _di-ku5-mesz_ u2#-lam-mi-id-ma | judges he appointed, and |
| 8 | tup-pi2 _di-ku5-mesz_ it-ta-al-ka-ak-kum | a tablet of judges has been sent to you. |
| 9 | a-wi-lam# sza# mah#-ri-ka | The man before you |
| 10 | [ma]-ga-al id#-bu#-bu-ma | he spoke a lot, and |
| 11 | [a-na] szi#-bu-ti-szu | for his supplication |
| 12 | ta#-tu-ru-ma | you returned, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | qa2-ta-ti-szu | his hands |
| 2 | u3 qa2-ta-at ka-asz-sza-pa-ti-szu# | and the hands of his ears |
| 3 | te-el-qu2-u2 | they took. |
| 4 | szu-a-ti asz-sza-as-su2 | that one, his wife |
| 5 | u3 e-mi-su2 | and his wife |
| 6 | szu-ri-a-am-ma | send me! |
| 7 | _di-ku5-mesz_ di-nam | Judges of the case |
| 8 | li-iq-bu-ni-szi-im | may he say to her |
Sources & licences
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