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CDLI Literary 000550, ex. 001 (P357298)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000550, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357298 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05011 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6 | In the future I will bring it to you |
| obverse 13 | from Zimudar to Simurrum |
| reverse 2 | ... Lugalja |
| obverse 15 | ... you know and |
| reverse 6 | the 26th day |
| reverse 3 | He has no strength, he has no strength. |
| obverse 1 | for my master I shall say |
| obverse 12 | Hand of Urda-jug, your servant, and your servant, the basket-bearer |
| reverse 1 | The kignu priests have sworn (this) |
| obverse 11 | The one who does not inquire after (the matter) |
| obverse 2 | May Urun, the merchant, your servant, say: |
| obverse 14 | he created, and |
| reverse 5 | my king's attention, |
| obverse 8 | When Apilaa has arrived in the assembly |
| obverse 10 | he set up at the gate of his palace. |
| obverse 9 | they swore to you. |
| obverse 3 | they gave to my king silver. |
| obverse 4 | for the future, aromatics of juniper |
| obverse 5 | to buy, to buy, |
| reverse 4 | he gave to you by the command of the king. |
| obverse 7 | I made good the aromatics of the erenna tree |
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
- 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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