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CT 29, pl. 21, BM 080616 (P365955)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 21, BM 080616 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365955 |
| Museum no. | BM 080616 |
| 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 i-bi-i | to the front |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}iszkur-lu-s,i2-rum-ma | thus Iškur-luṣirum: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | forever may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | ir-bi _sze_-im la-bi-ri | the old barley |
| 7 | ki-ma ma-ah-ri-ka | as before you |
| 8 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is |
| 9 | szu-up-ra-am-ma _sze_-am | send me, and the barley |
| 10 | lu-ul-qi2-a-am-ma | let me take, and |
| 11 | lu-ul-li-ka-ku | I will let you go. |
| 12 | u3 5(disz) e-ri-i | and 5 ērī |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lu-ul-qi2-a-ku | let me take. |
| 2 | _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na _geme2_ | 10 shekels of silver to the slave woman |
| 3 | a-ha-at e-pi2 | the remainder of the work |
| 4 | ad-di-im-ma usz-ta-s,i-a-szi | I built, and I brought it to her. |
| 5 | asz-szum _siki hi-a_ ma-ah-ri-ka | because of the wool before you |
| 6 | i-ba-asz-szi-a | there is |
| 7 | {disz}tam-la-tum ma-la-ki | Tamlātum, the miller, |
| 8 | at,-t,ar-da-ku _siki hi-a_ | I have written to you. |
| 9 | ma-la ti-szu-u2 | as much as there is |
| 10 | u3 mi!(MA)-im-ma | and everything |
| 11 | it-ti-szi-na | with them |
| 12 | t,u2-ur-dam | to be returned. |
| left | ||
| 1 | _sze_-am!(IM) la-bi-ra u3 e-ri-i | barley of the old and the new |
| 2 | lu-sza-bi-la-ku | I will send to you. |
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