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CT 29, pl. 07, BM 028436 (P365942)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 07, BM 028436 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365942 |
| Museum no. | BM 028436 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 ta#-ri-bu-um# | to Tarībum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-din-ia-tum-ma | Thus Iddin-Yatum: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}{d}szul#-pa-e3-ba-ni _dumu e2-dub-ba-a_ | Šulpa’ebani, descendant of Edubak; |
| 6 | ki-a-am# u2-lam-mi-id | thus he made manifest. |
| 7 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 8 | bi-it _a-ba_ u2-ul i-szu-u2-ma | the house of the father he did not have, and |
| 9 | a-na bi-it {mi2}se2-ek-re-tim | to the house of the sekrētum priestess |
| 10 | a-na ma-ru-tim i-ru-ub | he will enter into slavery. |
| 11 | bi-it a-na ma-ru-tim e-ru-bu | they entered the house as a gift. |
| 12 | a-na s,i2-it _e2-gal_ usz-te-s,u2-u2 | to the side of the palace they brought out, |
| 13 | [tup]-pi2 be-li2-ia a-na bi-tim na-da-nim | The tablet of my lord is given to the household. |
| 14 | il#-li-ka-ak-ku-nu-szi-im#-ma# | came to you, and |
| 15 | am-mi-ni la in-na-pi2-il-ma | why did he not release me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-da-ab-ba-ab | he shall remove |
| 2 | u3 lu-u2 bi-it a-na ma-ru-tim | or a house in perpetuity |
| 3 | i-ru-bu li-te-er-ru-szum | they entered, may they return to him. |
| 4 | u3 lu-u2 bi-tam ma-a-li bi-tim | or a house, a lot of house, |
| 5 | i-di-isz-szum-ma | he gave him, and |
| 6 | la u2-da-ab#-ba#-ab | shall not seize |
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