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NABU 2014/065 (P322208)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NABU 2014/065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P322208 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 47-10-007 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 4 | [...] x [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x [...] | |
| 6 | [n] tug2#? munus#? [...] | n garments(?) for the woman |
| 7 | [x] x nam# [...] | ... fate ... |
| 8 | [n] tug2-hi-a gi-ri2-[in ...] | n textiles, reed bundles ... |
| 9 | [n] {tug2}sagszu 3(u) ku3#-babbar# [...] | n sashes, 30 (shekels of) silver |
| 10 | [n] 1(u) tug2 zabar gi-ri2#-in# in#-[...] | n+10 bronze garments, girin ... |
| 11 | [n] {tug2}ib#-du3{tug2} 2/3(disz) ma-na x [...] | n bibdu-garments, 2/3 mina |
| 12 | [n] {tug2#}aktum-e-tum ku3-babbar 1(gesz2) szu-ri2#-[...] | n sashes of silver, 60 šuri |
| 13 | [n] x-x-tum ki-la2-bi [n] gin2# | ... its weight n shekels |
| 14 | [x] SU KAK in-gar | ... he placed a weapon. |
| 15 | [n] {gesz}sag-du 2(disz) {gesz}tug2-tug2# | n bolts, 2 tunics |
| 16 | [n] {gesz}bar-bar 2(disz) {gesz}na2 | n barbar, 2 beds |
| 17 | 1(disz) {gesz}szer7-ra 2(disz) {gesz}nu-szer7-ra | 1 šerra-wood, 2 nuszerra wood, |
| 18 | 1(disz) {gesz}gid2 | 1 scepter |
| 19 | {gesz}szu-kar2 munus-e in-na-an-szum2 | The woman gave her a šukar instrument. |
| 20 | a2#-szu-du7-a munus-e in-du7-a | The woman who has perfected the ašudu-service |
| 21 | u3 za-e 5(disz) {kusz}nig2-kesz2 ku3-babbar | and you 5 ring(s) of silver |
| 22 | ku3 bala-sze3 ma#-ra-an-szum2 | he gave to you as a bala gift. |
| 23 | gurusz dumu dam-gar3-ra-me-en | I am the young man, the son of the merchant. |
| 24 | a-na-asz-am3 kur mar-tu-sze3# x-ma? | Why to the Amorite land |
| 25 | u3 dumu-munus-gu10 nam nu-mu-un#-zu bi2-ak | And my daughter did not know the fate |
| 26 | tukum-bi dumu-gu10# x-ib#?-x | If my son |
| 27 | {d}utu nu-mu-un-ta-x-[...] | Šamaš did not |
| 28 | abul {d}da-gan-na-sze3 igi he2-[...] a-ma-ru-kam | May he look at the gate of Dagan |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [i3]-la-ak-nu-id# [u3]-na-a-du11# | Ilak-nūdi said to him: |
| 2 | [{disz}]{d}utu-du10-e na#-[ab]-be2-a | Šamaš-ṭē should not say: |
| 3 | kaskal iti 1(disz) u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam u4 ni2-zu# ha-ba#-DU# | The journey is 1 month 15 days. May your own days be long! |
| 4 | bar-za en3 li-bi2-in-tar giri3-za si [ba-ab-sa2] | He did not inquire after your body, he set your feet straight. |
| 5 | sza3 ni-qum#{ki}-ma-ta mu-da 3(disz)-kam#-[ma?-bi?] | from Niqum, its 3rd year |
| 6 | a-na-asz# [...] x-DU-ne-en# | Why do you ...? |
| 7 | a2 ag2-[ga2 ...] x DU# mu-e-szi-in-x | The command ... you ... |
| 8 | iri-e [... dub3?] bi2-in-gurum | In the city he heaped up heaps of grain |
| 9 | x [...]-zu al-HI | ... your ... |
| 10 | [...] a2-tuku a-na-me-a-bi | ... the power, all of it |
| 11 | [...]-in-gi4 | ... returned |
| 12 | [...] u3-NE-en | ... I will ... |
| 13 | [...] al-BU-x | ... ... |
| 14 | [...] x szu-ba ba-te-ga2-e-de3-en#-na#-zu# | ... when you are to approach the ... of its ... |
| 15 | [...] kadra#-sze3 igi-zu na-an-am ba-gid2#-de3#-en# sa2-ma-ab | ... you should not look at the ... of the festival, (but) you should pay attention! |
| 16 | [x]-zu# x ku3 dam-gar3-ra szu ba-ti-a-zu sa2-ma-ab | Your ..., the silver that the merchant received, you will pay in full. |
| 17 | nam-ba#-nigin2-nigin2-ne-en | Do not keep wandering about |
| 18 | x-x-bi-ma iri ba-te-ga2-e-de3-en-na-zu ab-te-ga2-NE | ... when you go to the city, you come to me. |
| 19 | tukum-bi nu-um-DU-NE-en | If you do not ... |
| 20 | [x]-zu nu-sa2-e | your ... does not reconcile |
| 21 | [x]-ku3# dam-gar3-ra szu ba-ti-a-zu x x x x | Your ..., the merchant, who received it ... |
| 22 | e2#-zu al-gul-lu-NE-en | Your temple is destroyed |
| 23 | sa2-[ma]-ab he2-a | may it be a regular offering! |
| 24 | 1(disz) ansze-gesz-a ku3-bi 4(disz) gin2 | 1 donkey, its silver: 4 shekels |
| 25 | 1(disz) {gada}sza3-ga-du3 ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2 | 1 šagadu-garment, its silver: 2/3 shekel |
| 26 | a2 ma2-zu a2-ba 1(disz) gin2 | labor of your boat: labor of 1 shekel |
| 27 | a2# u4-da-zu 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 bi2-ib-si | Your days' labor: 1 1/3 shekels he filled. |
| 28 | [nig2]-sa10#-ma# 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na nagga gi-ma-ni-ib | buy it for 1 2/3 minas of tin! |
| 29 | [2(asz) gu2] siki da-gal-tum2-ma | 2 talents of broad wool |
| 30 | [ku3-bi ha]-ra-da-szid im-ma ha-ra#-ab#-[tag?] | May he recite this incantation for you, may he sprinkle it for you |
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