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FAOS 02, 155 (P509699)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509699 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12536 |
| 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 ib-ni-sza#-du#-um#-ma | Thus Ibni-šadum: |
| 4 | 1(u) _erin2_ ki-na-tu-u2 | 10 loyal troops |
| 5 | na-szi tu-up-szi-ki#-im# | bearer of the tablet |
| 6 | 5(disz) _erin2_ na-a-szi ma-ar#-ri#-im# | 5 labor-troops, carrier of the cargo; |
| 7 | bi-i-tam | a house |
| 8 | li#-si2#-ru# | may they bind. |
| 9 | 1(u) _erin2_-ma | 10 troops |
| 10 | na-szi tu-up-szi-ki#-im# | bearer of the tablet |
| 11 | li-ru-bu | may they enter. |
| 12 | na-a-szi ma-ar-ri#-[im] | bearer of the pledges |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la i-ru-bu | did not enter |
| 2 | a#-pu-tum | |
| 3 | at-ta | You, |
| 4 | {disz}wa-qar-tum | Waqartum |
| 5 | {disz}nu-ur2-ma-ti-szu | Nurmatišu |
| 6 | 4(disz)# _erin2_ dam#-qu2#-tum# | 4 Damqutum troops |
| 7 | 5(disz) _erin2 dumu_ me i im# [...] | 5 labor-troops, sons of ... |
| 8 | li-zi-zu | may they stand. |
| 9 | {disz}la-lum | Lalum, |
| 10 | u3 ha-ma!-ti | and Hamāti |
| 11 | e#-li ki-na-te-szu!-nu | above their foundations |
| 12 | li-zi-zu-ma | stand, and |
| 13 | szi-pi2#-ir-szu!-nu | their work |
| 14 | li-sze-pi2-szu | may he make it. |
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