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CT 29, pl. 20, BM 097031 (P365954)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 20, BM 097031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365954 |
| Museum no. | BM 097031 |
| 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 a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma su-mu-{d}da-gan-ma | Thus Sūmu-Dagan: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi-im a-bi li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | forever my father may they live. |
| 6 | asz-szum _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ a-na a-bi-ia | Concerning the cultivation of the field to my father |
| 7 | asz-pu-ra-am-ma a-bi di-ih-ti-ma | I wrote to you, my father, a complaint, and |
| 8 | u2-ul i-sza-al | he will not ask. |
| 9 | ki#-ma# a-bi i-du-u2 i-pi2-isz _nig2-ka9_ | When my father knew, I performed the accounts. |
| 10 | na#-am#-ri-a-tim qu2-ur-ru-ub | I want to smite the emblems |
| 11 | a-szar _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | wherever there is plowing of the field |
| 12 | 1(disz) szu-szi _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ | 60 hectares of arable land |
| 13 | a-bi szi-ma-am mar-s,u2-as-su2 | whose father knows the fate of his sick one, |
| 14 | li-id-di-in-ma | may he give, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) szu-szi _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ | 60 hectares of arable land |
| 2 | a-bi li-sza-bi-lam-ma | may my father send me, and |
| 3 | szi-im-szu-nu i-na babila2{ki} | their fate in Babylon |
| 4 | a-szar a-bi i-qa2-ab-bu-u2 | where his father commands |
| 5 | lu-ud-di-in | I shall give. |
| 6 | s,i-bu-tum sza a-na a-bi-ia | the ṣibūtu-gift which to my father |
| 7 | asz-pu-ra-am it-ti a-bi-ia | I wrote to my father. |
| 8 | _1(disz) sila3 sze_ u2-ul ub-ba-al | 1 sila3 of barley he shall not carry. |
| 9 | it-ti-ia ki-ma sza _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ | with me, like that of 1 mina of silver |
| 10 | a-bi id-di-nam | his father gave to him |
| 11 | a-ha-ad-du-u2 | Ahaddû |
| 12 | a-bi la usz-ta-a-am | his father did not abandon |
Sources & licences
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