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AJSL 32, p. 276, 291, no. 15 (P333360)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Adab · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | AJSL 32, p. 276, 291, no. 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333360 |
| Museum no. | OIM A00578 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Adab (mod. Bismaya) |
| Coordinates | 31.9509, 45.6233 |
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 | [qi2]-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-[ma ...]-x-ma | Thus ...: |
| 4 | asz-szum [x x x-sza] qa2-ti-ki | Concerning her ... your hand |
| 5 | asz-pu#-[x x x x x]-ZA?-ma | I wrote and |
| 6 | a-la-ki#-[x x]-TA?/SZA?-[x x x] | I shall go ... |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma _{disz}{d}suen_-da-mi#-[iq] | Now, Sîn-dammiq |
| 8 | u3 _{disz}{d}suen_-i-qi2-[sza-am] | and Sîn-iqišam |
| 9 | tu-DA?-[x x x x x x] | you ...... |
| 10 | sze-a-am# an#-ni-ki-a-[am] | This barley |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]-asz-pu-[x ...] | ...-ashpu-... |
| 13 | [x x x]-IR?/NI?-[x x x x x x x] | ...-IR/NI-... |
| 14 | [x x x x x]-na-[x x x x] | ...... |
| 15 | [... x]-szum | ... ... him |
| 16 | [...] x | |
| 17 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [um]-ma at-ti-ma a-na ka#-al#-[la-ti-ia] | Thus say you to all of me: |
| 2 | [x-x] sze-a-am la id-di!(BA)-nu | ... barley they did not give |
| 3 | [x sze]-a-am la i-sza-pa-ak-[ma] | ... he will not measure out the barley and |
| 4 | [x-x] a-na _uru{ki}_-szu i-[x-x-x] | ... to his city |
| 5 | [a]-na# ka-al-la-ti-ia# | for all of my possessions |
| 6 | sze-a-am i-di-in sza ta#-[aq-bi-im] | The barley is the rent, which you said. |
| 7 | sze-a-am ad-MA!<di>-in# | barley rations of Ad-MA-din |
| 8 | u3 a-na ka-la-ti-ki aq#-[bi] | and to all of you I said: |
| 9 | um#-ma a-na-ku-[ma] | thus I: |
| 10 | [a]-di# pa-ni-ia la ta-mu#-[ri] | Do not look before me! |
| 11 | [a-na] ma-am-ma-an | to anyone |
| 12 | [sze-a]-am# u2-la ta-na-an#-[di-ni] | do not give me barley! |
| 13 | [ap]-pu#-tum na-asz-pa-[x] | “Apputum, the ...-official, |
| 14 | [x x x]-ka-al-li-[x x] | ...kalli-... |
Sources & licences
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