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Education in the Earliest Schools 010 (P388570)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Education in the Earliest Schools 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388570 |
| Museum no. | SC 3, 002a |
| 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 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am# | which you wrote me |
| 7 | um#-ma# at#-ta#-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ ak#-su2-um | field Aksum |
| 9 | asz-ku#-uk-su2-um | Aškūksum |
| 10 | u3 sze-er-'a4-am asz-[ku]-un | and a šer'am I established. |
| 11 | {d}suen-i-din#-nam# _szabra_ | Sîn-iddinam, chief household administrator |
| 12 | a-na isz-lim#-ki-nu-um | to Išlim-kinum |
| 13 | u3 {d}suen-za-ni-in# | and Sin-zanin |
| 14 | isz-pu-ra#-am-ma | wrote to me, and |
| 15 | _5(disz) apin-hi-a_ it-bu-nim#-ma | 5 ploughs came up, and |
| 16 | la i#-na-wi-ira#-am# | he shall not raise a claim |
| 17 | sze-er-'a4-am PI-ar-ku | “Šerʾām (means) PI-arkû. |
| 18 | ki-a-am# ta#-asz-pu-ra-am | Thus you wrote me: |
| 19 | [a]-na# szar-ri-im aq-bi | I said to the king: |
| 20 | [um]-ma# [a]-na#-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 21 | [be-li2 isz]-tu _mu 1(u)-kam_ | my lord from the 10th year |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [_a-sza3_-am ta-ad-di]-nam-ma a#-[ka]-al# | the field you gave me, and I will eat. |
| 2 | [i-na-an-na] {d}suen-i-din-nam# _szabra_ | Now Sîn-iddinam, the chief household administrator |
| 3 | [_a-sza3_-li i]-te-ek-ma-an#-[ni] | the field has abandoned me. |
| 4 | [i-su2] ni#!-szu-u2-ma# | he himself, and |
| 5 | [u2-ba-an szar]-ri-im is,#?-s,a#?-[ba-at] | The king took away the ubānu-vessel |
| 6 | a-nu-um#-[ma] | Now then |
| 7 | _2(disz) aga-us2 sag#-ga2#-ni#_ [...] | 2 male slaves, his head ... |
| 8 | a-na wa-ar-ka-ti-ka pa-ra#-[si2]-im# | in your future I will send you. |
| 9 | i-la-ku-nim | will come to me. |
| 10 | [a-na] sze#-ri-ka | in your morning |
| 11 | [at,?]-t,a-ar-dam | I have sent. |
| 12 | _a#-sza3#_-[am] ma#-la# PI-ar-ku | the field as much as PI-arku |
| 13 | ku-li-im-szu#-nu#-ti-i-ma | I captured them, and |
| 14 | la i-pe2-tu#-nim# | did not open |
| 15 | at-ta it#-ti-szu-nu at-la#-ka | You are with them, I am with them. |
| 16 | la# tu-[x-x?]-ra-am | do not ... |
| 17 | a-na ni-[szi-szu] szar-ru-um | to his people the king |
| 18 | it-ti-szu li-di-in | with him may he give |
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