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FAOS 02, 148 (P509692)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 148 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509692 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12731 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) |
| Coordinates | 31.8383, 45.4810 |
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 {d}utu-sipa | To Šamaš-sipa |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma sza-at-{d}suen-ma | Thus Šāt-Sîn: |
| 4 | _ig#-zu_ a-na ma-tim# | the door to the land |
| 5 | be el ta lu i di isz | O lord, what ...? |
| 6 | ma-na-am e-li-sza | a mina above her |
| 7 | ti-szu-u2 _ig-zu_ ta-as,#-ba-at | Tišû, the doorkeeper, you will catch. |
| 8 | mu-ti _ig-zu_ | the husband of the door |
| 9 | [...] x la ma sza | ... not ... |
| 10 | [...]-i#-di-na-am | ...-idinam |
| 11 | [...] e#-li-ia | ... above me |
| 12 | [...] x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | sza ki-i-ma# x x x | which like |
| 3' | pi4-ku-u2-nu [x?] | your mouth |
| 4' | ta-ta-di-in | you have given. |
| 5' | sza da ku x | of ... |
| 6' | {disz}su-mu-dingir | Sumu-ilī, |
| 7' | u2-ul ta-mu-ur | you will not see. |
| 8' | i-nu-ma i-ma-ra-s,u2 | when they are exhausted, |
| 9' | a-na pi2-di na-pi2-isz-ti-szu | for his life |
| 10' | al-pi2 sza su-mu-dingir | (Property) of Sumu-ilī. |
| 11' | i-ta-na-di-nu | they have given. |
| 12' | tu-bi-il-ma | you raised up, and |
| 13' | x x a-na qa2-ti | to the hand |
| 14' | {disz}si2-ia-ti-im | Siyatum |
| 15' | x ta-asz-ku-un | [... you] placed. |
| left | ||
| 1' | ur-{d}nin-urta | Ur-Ninurta |
| 2' | i di [x] na ti | ... ... |
| 3' | ki [...] | the place of |
| 4' | a-sza-pa-ra#-[kum] | I will send to you. |
Sources & licences
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