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BagM Beih. 02, 113 (P342168)
Letter, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BagM Beih. 02, 113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342168 |
| Museum no. | n/a |
| Collection | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | IM {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣-su-[E] a-na {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | Tablet of Anu-balassu-iqbi to Anu, his lord: |
| 2 | u {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 EN-MEŠ-u₂-a | and Nidintu-Anu, my lords |
| 3 | {d}60 u an-tu₄ SILIM u TIN ša₂ EN-MEŠ-u₂-a | Anu and Antu, may there be peace and life for my lords |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ liq-bu-u₂ | In future days they may say: |
| 5 | EN U₄ 15.KAM ša₂ ITI{i} a-ga-a | until the 15th day of this month |
| 6 | DU₆ a-ni šu-lum {kuš}ši-pir-re-e-tu₂ | The month of Tašrītu (VII), the year in which he (Ninurta) received the scepter |
| 7 | ša₂ ŠEŠ-ia₂ ina {iti}DU₆ ul-te-bil-lak | of my hand I have sent in Tašritu (VII). |
| 8 | ina ŠU-MIN ša {m}{d}EN-DIN-su {lu₂}E{ki}u₂ | from the hands of Bel-bullissu, the Babylonian |
| 9 | ha-tan ša₂ {m}ṣal-la-a ša₂ ul-tu | the heir of Ballaya, who from |
| 10 | {uru}kap-ri su-qa-a-a u₃ | the kapru canal in the street and |
| 11 | ul taš-ṭur-am [mi]-in | You did not send me! |
| 12 | ki-i tu-⸢qi₂-bil⸣ [...] | When you entrust it to me |
| 13 | u ki-i ia-a-nu [...] | And if ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | {uru}kap-ri su-qa-a-[a ...] | The kapru canals of the streets |
| 2 | me₂-du-u₂ li-tur-⸢ak⸣ a-[...] | May my battles turn back(?) |
| 3 | {m}hi-ru-ṭu-u₂-su A ša₂ {m}zu-[ʾi-lu-su₂] | Ḫirut-Būssu, son of Zullussu |
| 4 | na-za-qat₂ ina nik-kas lib₃-bi KI-šu₂ [...] | (Sum) The one who is enraged by the utterance of his heart(?) (Akk) With the rejoicing of his stomach |
| 5 | tat-tur-u₂-ru 2 ITI-MEŠ a-ga-a | This (is) 2 months. |
| 6 | ra-ʾa-bi-i at-tu-šu₂-nu | You are great! |
| 7 | iq-ti₄-ri-bu-ni a-na muh-hi-⸢in⸣-ni | they have said to me, against him |
| 8 | u ni-it-tal-lak-ku-ni ta-mar-šu | and we will go to you. You will see it. |
| 9 | u i-qab-bu-u₂ ma-a a-na UNUG{ki} | and they say: “To Uruk |
| 10 | ni-bak-šu₂ at-tu-nu en-na a-ga-a | You are our nibāšu-priest. Now, this |
| 11 | qe-re-ba-a a-na muh-hi AD-šu₂ | inside it to his father |
| 12 | ša₂ a-ni-ni a-su-us-su ni-⸢ip⸣-pu-uš | The heart of Anini, his limbs, we shall do |
| 13 | ⸢ki-i pa-ni⸣-[šu₂] ⸢šak⸣-nu aš-ma [...] | In Ekia, before him, I am the šak-emenu-priest |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] X a-na u₂ X | ... to ... |
| 2 | [...] X šu₂ a-na | ... to |
| 3 | [...] X X [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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