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Iraq 38, 059 (P363157)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 38, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363157 |
| Museum no. | JMS s.n. 11 |
| Collection | de Serres, J. Mariaud, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 | a-na sza-at-e2-mah | to Šāt-Emaḫ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-u3-{d}utu-ma | thus Ilī-utu: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ki | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-wi-il-tum ki-ma sze-a-am | a man like barley |
| 6 | i-s,i2-nam ku-ur-ra-am | Iṣīnam, the kurram priest |
| 7 | im-ta-ha-as-su2 | he struck him. |
| 8 | it#-ti er-re-e-szi-ia | with my troops |
| 9 | sze-a-am le-qe2-e-ma | take the barley, and |
| 10 | ta?-si-ti li-pu-ul | let him perform a tasītu-offering |
| 11 | i-na ha-am-ri szum-ma | in the quay, if |
| 12 | di-gi-il-ki | Igigi |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-ni-tam isz-ti-a-at | This is what |
| 2 | i-di-i | Idî |
| 3 | x x? x _a-gar3_ a-na er-re-e-szi | ... a meadow for irrigation |
| 4 | id-ni | gave. |
| 5 | ki-ma a-na zimbir{ki} | like to Sippar |
| 6 | ta-li-ki | “To go’ |
| 7 | s,u2-ha-rum im-ra-as,-ma | he removed the ṣūḫum-hymns, and |
| 8 | a-la-kam u2-ul i-li-i | I will not go, |
| 9 | i-na s,i2-di-tim | in the harvest |
| 10 | sza i-la-kam 1(disz) _sze_ szu-bi#-lim | which he will weigh out, 1 barley ration |
| 11 | me-he-er t,up-pi2#-ia#? szu-bi-lim | Send me a reply to my tablet |
| left | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3_-lam at-ti-ma a-na# e#-re-szi-im | the field you to cultivate |
| 2 | ta#-ad-di-ni be-le2-ti _a-sza3#_-lim at-ti-ma | you gave to me, my lady, a field, you yourselves |
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