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LAOS 1, 47 (P481090)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LAOS 1, 47 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481090 |
| Museum no. | SIL 034 |
| Collection | Leipziger Altorientalischen Institut, Leipzig, Germany |
| 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 be-el-szu-nu | to their owner |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma qur2-di-sza-ma | Thus (says) her warrior: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am | thus you wrote me: |
| 6 | um-ma at-ta!-ma | Thus you: |
| 7 | _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ ma-as,-s,a-ri | 1 bur3 1 eše3 surface area, field of the guard |
| 8 | am-ta-ha-as, | I struck. |
| 9 | isz-tu _gu4-hi-a_ ta-ak-lu-ku | from the oxen you will slaughter |
| 10 | _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ ma-as,-s,a-ri | 1 bur3 1 eše3 surface area, field of the guard |
| 11 | ta-am!(A2)-ha-as, | you crush |
| 12 | sza-at-tu-um | Šattum |
| 13 | u2-ul it-ta-la-ak-ma!(KA) | he did not go, and |
| 14 | ki-ma te-isz-mu-u2 | like a listener |
| 15 | sza#-at-tam _sze_-am | a year of barley |
| 16 | u2-ul* el-qe2-e | I did not take. |
| 17 | _a-sza3_ sza {d}utu-li-s,i2 | field of Šamaš-liṣi |
| 18 | i-na me-e na-di-in* | given in water |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta#-[asz]-ni _a-sza3_ sza!-tu | that field |
| 2 | _sze-gesz-i3_ e-pu-usz | sesame I made. |
| 3 | _sze-gesz-i3_ sza te-pu-szu | sesame that you made |
| 4 | lu ha-ar-pu | may it be destroyed. |
| 5 | ni-di a-hi-im | the nīdi of Aḫum |
| 6 | la# ta-ra-szi-ma | do not abandon her, and |
| 7 | [x]-e?*-ka la ip*-pa-sza-ar | Your ... shall not be disturbed. |
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