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DCS 093 (P414608)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | DCS 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414608 |
| Museum no. | BNUS 352 |
| Collection | Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
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 sza-pi2-ri-ia | to my messenger |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk# asz-szu-mi-ia | May Šamaš and Marduk listen to my prayers. |
| 4 | sza#-pi2#-ri li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki#? | May my lips be pacified to you |
| 5 | {disz}{d}iszkur-szar-rum u3 _5(disz) erin2-mesz_ sza qa2-ti-szu | Adad-šarrum and the 5 troops in his charge |
| 6 | {disz}{d}marduk-ba-ni i-sa-na-ah-hu-ru | Marduk-bani will continually seek |
| 7 | u3 t,e4-em-szu-nu ut-ta-na-ru-szu-ma | and their report they keep sending him, and |
| 8 | i-ta#-na#-t,a3-al-szu-nu-ti-i | he keeps them awake. |
| 9 | sza-pi2#-ri wa-ar-ka-at a-wa-tim an-ni-a-tim | After these words |
| 10 | li-ip-ru-us2 {d}iszkur-szar-rum | may he entrust to Adad-šarrum |
| 11 | u3 _dumu dam-gar3_ IG-ta-BI-ir-ma | and a son of a merchant, he shall swear, and |
| 12 | a-wa-tim i-sa-na-ah-hu-ur | he will continually seek out the words |
| 13 | ni-di a-hi-im# la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not abandon the neighboring people! |
| 14 | wa-ar-ka-si-na pu-ru-us2 | After that, he set up a scepter. |
| 15 | sza _3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ {d}iszkur-szar-rum | of 3 minas of silver Adad-šarrum |
| 16 | a-na ni-id-na-tim mu-ti a-ha-ti-szu | for the nidnātu-offering of his brother-in-law, |
| 17 | _zu2-lum_ id-di-in-ma | dates he gave and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ it-ta-di-in | for silver he has given |
| 2 | _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ sza a-na bi-ti-szu i-ru-bu szu-um-ma | the orchardist who to his house entered, |
| 3 | _2(asz) gur zu2-lum_ la id-di-nu-ma | 2 gur dates they did not give and |
| 4 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi wa-ar-ka-si-na | there is no reopening of the case. |
| 5 | pu-ru-us u3 szu-u2 ha-at,-t,a3-am | “Pūrūšû-disease and ḫaṭṭūḫam-illness, |
| 6 | na-szi-szu-nu-szi um-ma szu-ma | he brought them, thus he: |
| 7 | a-na sa-bi-ku-nu _zu-lum_ id-na-szu | to you the dates he gave him. |
| 8 | te-KI#-it szi-ka-ri _zu2-lum_ u2-sze-ri-bu-ma | they brought in the harvest of dates, and |
| 9 | sza _3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ it-ta-di-in | of 3 minas of silver he has given. |
| 10 | a-wi-lu-u2 na-szi _gu2-un_ sza i-na {gesz}kak-szu | the man bears the tribute that in his kakku-vessel |
| 11 | _zu2-lum_ na-szu-u2 _e2?_ a-na BI IZ BI im | dates to carry, the house(?) for that ... |
| 12 | i-ru-bu i-ba-asz-szi | will enter, there will be. |
Sources & licences
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