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RIME 4.08.01.01, ex. 01 (P345488)
Official or display, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.08.01.01, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345488 |
| Museum no. | BM 108854 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1 | [asz2]-du#-ni-a-ri-im | Ašduni-arīm |
| 2 | _[nita] kal#-ga_ | mighty man |
| 3 | [na-ra-am] {d#}inanna | beloved of Inanna |
| 4 | [mi-gir] {d#}za-ba4-ba4 | herald of Zababa |
| 5 | _[lugal]_ kisz#{ki} | king of Kish |
| 6 | [i]-nu#-mi | when |
| 7 | [ki]-ib#-ra-tum | the world quarters |
| 8 | [er]-bi-im | of the four |
| 9 | [i]-ki-ra-ni-ni-ma | became hostile to me, and |
| 10 | [sa]-ma-ni | Samani |
| 11 | sza#-na-tim | of the future |
| 12 | ta#-ha-za-am | battle |
| 13 | e#-pu-usz-ma | did, and |
| 14 | i-na sa-mu-un-tim | in the heavens |
| 15 | sza-tim | year |
| 16 | ma-hi-ri | received. |
| 17 | a-na _su2-a_ | to a debtor |
| 18 | lu# i-tu-ur2 | may he return. |
| 19 | um-ma-ni | his mother |
| 20 | a-na sza-la-asz | to another |
| 21 | me-at-tim# | |
| 22 | lu i#-tu-ur2# | may he return. |
| 23 | i-nu-mi | when |
| 24 | {d}za-ba4-ba4 be-li2 | May Zababa my lord |
| 25 | i-di-na-an-na | he gave to me, |
| 26 | u3 esz3-tar2 be-el-ti | and my lady Ištar |
| 27 | ta#-pu-ti | |
| 28 | i#-li-ku-na | came to you |
| 29 | [a]-ka#-al <pa-ta-ni-ia> | <I will open> my mouth. |
| 30 | el#-qi2-ma | I took, and |
| 31 | [a]-na ha-ra-an | to the harem |
| 32 | u2#-ma-ka-al | he will measure out. |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-li-[ik-ma] | I went, and |
| 2 | er-bi-e u2#-mi# | In the garden, the grass |
| 3 | ma-ta-am | the land |
| 4 | na-ki-ir-ta-am# | the enemy |
| 5 | lu u2-ka-ni-isz | he did indeed establish. |
| 6 | ed-di-szi-ma | he gave to her, and |
| 7 | _bad3_ i-nu-uh2-dingir# | the wall of Inuḫ-ilī |
| 8 | lu e-pu-usz | I did. |
| 9 | u3 {i7}im-gur-esz3-tar2 | and the Imgur-Eštar canal |
| 10 | lu ah-ri | or a friend |
| 11 | i-na e-bu-ri-szu-ma | at his harvest time |
| 12 | ki-ib-ra-tum | the world quarters |
| 13 | er-be2-tim | the four |
| 14 | i-ki-ra-ni-ni-ma | became hostile to me, and |
| 15 | _bad3 bar*_ kisz{ki#} | the outer wall of Kiš |
| 16 | lu e-pu-usz | I did. |
| 17 | u3 {i7}nun-di | and the Nundi canal |
| 18 | i-na szi-na u2-mi | in those days |
| 19 | lu es-ke-er | he should be a šakēr |
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