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DCS 088 (P414603)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | DCS 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414603 |
| Museum no. | BNUS 355 |
| Collection | Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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-ha-ta-ni qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Aḫatani, |
| 2 | um-ma sa-mu-um-ma | Thus Samum: |
| 3 | asz-szum a-hi {d}suen-a-bu-um | Concerning the brother of Sîn-abum |
| 4 | sza ma-ah-ri-ki wa-asz-bu | who are in your presence, |
| 5 | a-na t,a-ra-di-szu | for his ṭarādi-service |
| 6 | a-na _u4 1(u)-kam_ ha-da-nam ta-asz-ku-ni-ma | on the 10th day of the month of Ḫadānum you placed, and |
| 7 | a-hi _aga-us2_ u2-ul ta-at,-ru-di-im | a companion, a soldier, you did not send. |
| 8 | isz-tu _mu 3(disz)-kam_ a-di i-na-an-na | from the 3rd year until now |
| 9 | a-hi _aga-us2_ ma-ah-ri-ki | brother of the soldier before you |
| 10 | wa#-szi-ib-ma# | he sat, and |
| 11 | u3 i-di-szu sza {d}suen-[a-bu-um] | and the rent of Sîn-abum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-s,e-er-ma ma-ru-ki | I will look for your inscription |
| 2 | szu#-szu-ra-ak-ki-im | Šušarakkim |
| 3 | u3 a-hi _aga-us2_ ta-ka-al-li-ma# | and a companion of a soldier you will feed, and |
| 4 | t,up-pi2 i-na a-ma-ri-im | a tablet at the time |
| 5 | a-ni _aga-us2_ u3 i-di-szu | to the soldier and his household |
| 6 | t,u2-ur-di-im | Ṭurdim |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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