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AbB 14, 217 (P494220)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 14, 217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P494220 |
| Museum no. | AO 29691 |
| 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 ba ba-li-e-ra-ah | to Ba-Bali-Erah |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni-ma | thus Sîn-imguranni: |
| 4 | {d}utu _mu 1(szar2)-kam_ li-ba-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive for a thousand years! |
| 5 | asz-szum _lu2 hun-ga2_ sza um-ma a-na-ku-u2 | Concerning the hireling about whom I said: |
| 6 | wu-szi-ra-asz-szu | he shall redeem him. |
| 7 | aq-bu-ku-um | I said |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 9 | a-di t,e4-em-szu i-s,a-ba-tu | until his report they will seize. |
| 10 | la a-da!-la-ah-szu | I shall not approach him. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na szi-ip-ra-am-mi | Now, my work |
| 12 | ta-as,-s,a-ba-at | you will seize. |
| 13 | szum-ma i-na ki-tim | If in the land |
| 14 | a-hi at-ta <<ta>> | You, your brother, |
| 15 | {disz}a-bu-um-dingir _lu2 hun-ga2_ <<sza>> | Abum-ilī, the hireling |
| 16 | sza {d}suen-ni-ia | of Sinniya |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na _ensi2-mesz_ | to the governors |
| 2 | a-na _iri{ki}_ an-za-gar3-ku-na-nu-um{ki} | to the city of Anzagar-kunanum |
| 3 | wu-usz-szi-ra-asz-szu | weeps for him |
| 4 | u3 a-na _iri#_ [x]-gu#-nu#-um{ki} | and to the city ...gunum |
| 5 | a-li-ik-ma | went, and |
| 6 | sze-a-am am-ta#-da-ad | barley I measured out |
| 7 | u3 sze-a-am sza# ta#-aq#-bi-a-am | and the barley that you said |
| 8 | a-hi-ta#-a#-ma | Aḫitāma |
| 9 | asz-ta#-ka#-an-mi | I have placed. |
| 10 | sze-um x x x-mi | barley ... |
| 11 | u2-KU-x [x] | ... ... |
| 12 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 13 | a-sza-ar ki-ma ta-qa2!-bu-u2 | I will ask like you said. |
| 14 | lu-ud-di-in | I shall give. |
Sources & licences
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