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AbB 14, 218 (P493663)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 14, 218 |
|---|---|
| ID | P493663 |
| Museum no. | AO 20334 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, 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 nu-ur2-{d}utu# | to Nur-Šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Šamaš-nāṣir: |
| 4 | mi-nu-um sza ni-isz _lugal_ i-pi2 a-wi-le-e | What is it that the king, my lord, sees? |
| 5 | tu-ur-gul-la2{ki}-_mesz_ ta-asz-ta-na-ka-nu | Tūr-gulla is yours, |
| 6 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma ni-isz _lugal_ sza a-na _a-sza3_-ma | Thus you, the king's gift that to the field |
| 7 | u2-ra-du | |
| 8 | a-na na-sa-hi-im u2 sza-ka-nim | for the nasāḫim and šakanim |
| 9 | qa2-at-ka-a i-te-li | (Sum) My hand has turned away from you (Akk) Your hand turned away |
| 10 | na-sa3-hu u3 sza-ka-nu | nasaḫu-disease and šakkanu-illness |
| 11 | sza qa2-ti sza qa2-ti-ka# | of the hand of your hand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-nu-um-ma asz2-tap-ra-am | Herewith I have written to you |
| 2 | a-wi-le-e i-na isz-ka-ri-szu-nu | “(If) a man among them |
| 3 | ma-am-ma-an la u2-da-ab-ba-ab-szu-nu | nobody will ever seize them. |
| 4 | u3 a-na tu-ur-gul-la2{ki} | and to Turgulla |
| 5 | la ta-ta-ar-ma | do not return, and |
| 6 | la ta-la-ak | do not go! |
| 7 | i-na a-ka-li u3 sza-ti-im | in food and water |
| 8 | a-wi-le-e ta-ad-da-al-[pa] | a man you have sworn |
| 9 | sza 3(disz) szu-szi _zu2-lum_ | of three hundred dates |
| 10 | mi-nu-um-ma x-du-um | What ... |
| 11 | at-tu-nu _u4 1(u)-kam_ | You, on the 10th day |
| 12 | tu-usz!-ba-ma a-wi-le-e ta-da-al-pa | You sit down, and the man will be pacified |
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