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CT 29, pl. 14, BM 080558 (P365949)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 14, BM 080558 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365949 |
| Museum no. | BM 080558 |
| 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 an-um-pi4-{d}utu | To Anum-pî-šamaš |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma# {d}suen-a-ha-am-i-din-nam | thus Sîn-aham-iddinam |
| 4 | [a-na mi]-nim# a-wa-tu i-na | Why is the word in |
| 5 | [asz]-ta#-pi-ri e-li-ka ma-ru-is, | I have written to you, read to you. |
| 6 | [asz]-pu#-ra-ku-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I wrote to you, thus I: |
| 7 | [_i3] szu#-ur2-man_ sza _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ szu-bi-la | send me šurman-oil of 10 shekels of silver! |
| 8 | _i3_ u2-ul tu-sza-bi-la-am | you did not send me oil. |
| 9 | u3 s,u2-ha-ra-am re-qu2-su2 | and the ṣuḫarām-offering is his remainder. |
| 10 | ta-t,a3-ar-ra-da-am | you will return. |
| 11 | isz-tu te-zi-ba-an-ni | After you have sat down, |
| 12 | da-qa-ti ag-da-mar | I will measure out the losses. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _i3 szu-ur2-man_ u3 ka-na-ak-ti | and šurman-oil and kanaktu-beer |
| 2 | u2-ul i-szu-u2 i-na _ku3-babbar_ | he does not have, for silver |
| 3 | sza u2-sza-bi-la-ak-ku-u2 | that he sent to you |
| 4 | {disz}ki-ib-ra-ab-ba _szandana_-ka | Kibri-rabba, your maidservant |
| 5 | li-is,-ba-at-ma _i3_ da-am-qa-am | may he seize, and good oil |
| 6 | sza _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar i3 szu-ur2-man_ | of 10 shekels of silver, butter oil |
| 7 | sza _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar i3 a-su_ | of 3 shekels of silver oil |
| 8 | u3 _5(disz) gin2 i3 {gesz}erin_ | and 5 shekels of cedar oil |
| 9 | sza-ma-am-ma li-qi2-a | May the heavens accept me. |
| 10 | _i3_ ma-ad szum-ma _i3_ | oil, the amount if oil |
| 11 | sza i-ba-tum la da-mi-iq | (Sum) The one who does not obey the scribal art (Akk) That which is not obeyed |
| 12 | su-hu-ur-ma _i3_ da-am-qa-am | he stirred, and good oil |
| 13 | sza-ma-am-ma li-qi2-a | May the heavens accept me. |
| 14 | sza asz-pu-ra-ku u2-ul iq-bu-ni-ma | which I wrote, he did not say, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | ki-ma a-[x x (x)] x u2-ta-na-ru | like ... they keep renewing |
| 2 | _1(ban2) i3 gi [lu_ {d}]tiszpak-ga-mil | 1 ban2 of reed oil, the man of Tišpak-gamil |
| 3 | u3 lu-u2 ki-ib-ra-ba li-sze-bi-lu#-ku | or the world quarters may they send to you. |
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