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AbB 14, 219 (P494008)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 14, 219 |
|---|---|
| ID | P494008 |
| Museum no. | AO 24159 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 ba-li-e-ra-[ah] | to Bali-Erah |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma qi2-isz-tum-ma | Thus Qištum: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum sze-e-em | Concerning the barley |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 7 | mi-im-ma la ta-ta-na-asz-sza-asz-szi | [Do] not let her go away! |
| 8 | ur-ra-am szum-ma {disz}s,i-li2-{d}gu-la | In the future, if Ṣillī-Gula |
| 9 | szum-ma a-na-ku-u2 | If I |
| 10 | ni-il-la-kam-ma | we shall come, and |
| 11 | sze-a-am [(x)] bi-si-le-e-tim | barley of the bi-silētum-festival |
| 12 | nu-sza#-ar-sza | he did not release her |
Sources & licences
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