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CT 29, pl. 25, BM 080340 (P365959)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 25, BM 080340 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365959 |
| Museum no. | BM 080340 |
| 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 geme2-ka-la-ti-im | to Geme-kalatum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-pil-{d}ki-it-tum-ma | Apil-kittum speaks thus: |
| 4 | be-el-ki li-ba-al-li-it,-ki | May your lord keep you alive! |
| 5 | _a-sza3_-ki a-na szu-mi-er-s,e-tim | your field to Šumi-erṣetim |
| 6 | u3 ta-ra-ia-ti-im ta-ad-di-ni | and tarayatum you gave me, |
| 7 | i-na-an-na _a-sza3_-am te-ki-mi-szu-nu-ti-ma | Now the field you conquered them, and |
| 8 | a-na sza-ni-im ta-na-ad-di-ni | you will give to another. |
| 9 | ki-a-am di-nu-um _a-sza3#_-um# i-na bi-ti | Thus the case of the field in the house |
| 10 | _i7_ a-ta-ap-pi2-im | the Atappim canal |
| 11 | szu-s,i-i-im | to raise, raise up |
| 12 | in-ne2-ki-im-mi-i | he imposed upon me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}szu-mi-er-s,e-tim | Šumi-erṣetim |
| 2 | u3 ta-ra-ia-tum | and Tarayatum |
| 3 | ma-ah#-ri#-ia isz-ku-nu | they placed before me. |
| 4 | um-ma szu-nu-ma _a-sza3_-am szu-s,i2-a | thus they: the field of Susa |
| 5 | u3 IA-mu-ri-im | and Iamurrum |
| 6 | tup-pa-am ub-lam-ma | I brought a tablet, and |
| 7 | ki-a-am aq-bi-szu | I said to him thus: |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _a-sza3_-am u2-ul | thus I: “The field is not |
| 9 | te-pu-usz | you did. |
| 10 | i-nu-ma it-ta-al-ka-ki-im-mi | when he came to you |
| 11 | um-ma at-ti-ma a-pil-{d}ki-it-tum | Thus says Apil-Kittu: |
| 12 | isz-pu-ra-am _a-sza3_-am u2-ul a-na-ad-di-na-kum | he wrote to me, I shall not give you a field. |
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