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LFBD 03 (P370815)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LFBD 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370815 |
| Museum no. | JRL 0887 |
| Collection | John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 gi-mil-li-ia | to Gimilliya |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma pe2-ru-ru-tum-ma | Thus (says) Perrutum: |
| 4 | {d}marduk be-li2 u3 {d}zar-pa-ni-tum be-el-ti | Marduk my lord and Zarpanitu my lady |
| 5 | asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz u4-mi | As for me, forever |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | asz-szum bi-tim sza dumu-{d}tasz-me-tum# | Concerning the house of Mār-Tašmetum |
| 8 | sza a-na _sipa szah hi-a_ ta-ad-di-nu | that were given to the herdsman of pigs, |
| 9 | bi-tum szu-u2 | that house |
| 10 | u2-ul# bi#-it _aga-us2_ | is not the property of a soldier |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | bi-it _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki} | the house of the man of Ešnunna |
| 2 | wa-ar-ka-tam pu-ru-us2 | After that, a scepter |
| 3 | {disz}dumu-{d}tasz-me-tum szu-u2 | that Dumu-Tašmetum |
| 4 | u2-ul na-ka-ra-am | is not to be altered. |
| 5 | isz#-ti-ni-isz# tu-li-a-am | together with Tulum |
| 6 | ni-ku-ul | we ate. |
| 7 | bi-tam sza dumu-{d}tasz-me-[tum] | a house of Dumu-Tašmētum |
| 8 | sza a-na _sipa szah hi-a_ | that for the shepherd of the pigs |
| 9 | ta-ad-di-nu | given. |
| 10 | a-na dumu-{d}tasz-me-tum | to Mār-Tašmetum |
| 11 | te-e-er | he will return. |
Sources & licences
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