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HSS 14, 029 (P408664)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Gasur/Nuzi · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | HSS 14, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P408664 |
| Museum no. | SM 1999.02.013 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe) |
| Coordinates | 35.3717, 44.2546 |
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 _sukkal_ qi2-bi2-ma | speak to the vizier, and |
| 2 | um-ma {disz}el-hi-ip-ta#-sze#-ni#-ma# | Thus (says) Elḫi-ipta-šenni: |
| 3 | un-du _kur2-mesz_ iq-ta#-[bu]-u# | The enemy troops said: |
| 4 | u3 a-na-ku {disz}ta#-e# u3# | and I, Tē and |
| 5 | {disz}u2-tasz x [x] x _lu2#_ | Utaš |
| 6 | sza {iri}nu-zi# [x x uz]-zi-is-su2-nu-ti | of Nuzi ... I raised them |
| 7 | u3 ak-[...] x | and ... |
| 8 | _kaskal_ sza# [...] | the road which ... |
| 9 | mi-[...] | I ... |
| 10 | u3# [...] x-ti-iq | and ... ... |
| 11 | x [...] | |
| 12 | x [...] | |
| 13 | x [...] | |
| 14 | un-du#? [...] | Ring of ... |
| 15 | u3 a-na?# [...] | and to |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na x [...] | in |
| 2 | ti-x [...] | ... ... |
| 3 | u3 sza-[an]-nu# | and Šannu |
| 4 | la asz-bu | not dwelling |
| 5 | a-na _lugal_ qi2-bi2 | Speak to the king! |
| 6 | u3 t,e4-ma li-isz-ku-un | and give orders. |
Sources & licences
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