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CT 29, pl. 27, BM 080410 (P365961)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 27, BM 080410 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365961 |
| Museum no. | BM 080410 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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-ni | to our father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ib-ni-{d}mar-tu | Thus Ibni-Amurrum |
| 4 | u3 dumu-er-s,e-tim | and the citizens |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 6 | i-nu-ma _a-sza3_-szi-na i-na _e2_ | when their fields in the house |
| 7 | ni-ik-ka-as-<si2> um-ta-al-lu-u2 | “Let us go to the place where they have been carried off!’ |
| 8 | a-na#-ku# u2-ul wa-asz-ba-a-ku | I am not a slave. |
| 9 | [a-na _lu2_ ra]-pi2-qum{ki} | to the man of Rapiqum |
| 10 | [a-na nam]-ti-la-ni-du10 | for his life |
| 11 | [um-ta]-al-li | he smote. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wa-at _a-sza3 hi-a_-szi-na | the word of their field |
| 2 | u2-ul i-na qa2-ti-ia | is not in my hand |
| 3 | i-na qa2-ti sza-pi2-ir _i7_-ma | from the hand of the šapir canal |
| 4 | a-na sza-pi2-ir _i7_ | to the canal superintendent |
| 5 | szu-pu-ur-ma | send, and |
| 6 | _a-sza3 hi-a_-szi-na | the field of their inheritance |
| 7 | li-te-er-ru-szi-na-szi-im | may they return to them. |
| 8 | _a-sza3 hi-a_-szi-na | the field of their inheritance |
| 9 | i-na-an-na e-re-szu-um | Now, the servant |
| 10 | i-ri-szu isz-tu i-na-an-na | his wife from now |
| 11 | _iti 3(disz)-kam_ i-na me-e | the 3rd month in water |
| 12 | u2-ul i-li-a-nim | did not come to me. |
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