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Education in the Earliest Schools 011 (P388259)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Education in the Earliest Schools 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388259 |
| Museum no. | SC 3, 002b |
| Collection | Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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-tur2-as3-du | to Itur-asdu |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}gu-la-ba-la-su2#-ma# | thus Gula-balassu: |
| 4 | asz-szum _a-sza3_-im | concerning the field |
| 5 | sza _a-sza3# sumun#-hi#-a_ | of the old field |
| 6 | ta-asz-pu#-ra#-am# | you wrote me. |
| 7 | [um]-ma at-[ta-a]-ma | Thus you: |
| 8 | [_a]-sza3_-am# [ak]su2#-um# | a field of Aksum |
| 9 | asz#-ku#-uk esz-be2#-er | I have sworn by a verdict. |
| 10 | [u3] sze-er-'a4-[am asz-ku-um] | and a šerʾû-container I placed |
| 11 | {disz}{d}[suen-i-din-nam] _szabra#_ | Sîn-iddinam, the household manager |
| 12 | a#-na# isz-lim-[ki-nu-um] | to Ishlim-kinum |
| 13 | [<u3> {d}suen-za]-ni-in | and Sîn-zanin |
| 14 | [isz-pu]-ra-am-ma _5(disz) apin-hi-a#_ [it-bu-nim]-ma | he wrote to me, and 5 ploughs came up and |
| 15 | [la] i-na-wi-ra-[am] | shall not raise a claim |
| 16 | sze#-er-'a4-am ip-ta-ar#-ku# | he opened the door. |
| 17 | ki#-a#-am# ta#-asz-pu#-ra-am | Thus you wrote me. |
| 18 | a#-na# szar#-ri-im aq-bi | I said to the king: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um#-ma# a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 2 | be-li2 isz-tu _mu 1(u)-kam_ | my lord from the 10th year |
| 3 | _a-sza3_-am ta-ad-di-nam#-ma | the field you gave me, and |
| 4 | a-ka-al | |
| 5 | i-na-an-na {d}suen-i-din-nam _szabra_ | Now Sîn-iddinam, the chief household administrator |
| 6 | _a-sza3#_-li i-te-ek-ma-an-ni | the field has abandoned me |
| 7 | i#-su2 ni-szu-u2-ma | he is his own man |
| 8 | u3#-ba#-an# sar#-ri-im# is,#?-s,a-ba-at# | He seized the scribal art |
| 9 | a#-nu-[um]-ma | Now then |
| 10 | _2(disz)# aga-us2 sag#-ga2-ni_ | 2 male slaves, his head |
| 11 | a#-na# wa-ar-ka-ti-i-ka | to your future |
| 12 | [pa]-ra#-si#-im it#-ta-al-ku#-nim | they went to the netherworld. |
| 13 | it#-ti-szu-nu {d}utu-ki-ma-i3-li2-ia | with them, Šamaš-kima-ilīya |
| 14 | a#-na# s,e-ri-i-ka# | to you |
| 15 | it,-t,a-ar-dam | has sent. |
| 16 | _a#-sza3_-am ma-la pa#-ar-ku | the field as much as is available |
| 17 | ku-li-ma-asz-szu-nu-ti-ma | Kulum-maššima, and |
| 18 | la i-pe2-tu-nim [...] | did not open ... |
| 19 | it-ti-szu li-di-in | with him may he give |
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