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FAOS 02, 159 (P509703)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509703 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12527 |
| 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 | re-du-u2 | the shepherd |
| 5 | sza# bu-nu-ma-szar | of Bunumašar |
| 6 | sza# an-da#-ku-li | of Andakulu |
| 7 | i-na-s,a-ru# | they will keep watch |
| 8 | la te-de-ki-szu-nu-ti | do not abandon them! |
| 9 | szum#-ma# ul-lu-tum# | If a slave |
| 10 | _u4 5(disz)-kam_ i-nu!-hu | The 5th day is favourable. |
| 11 | an-nu-tum | these |
| 12 | mu-sza#-am# | the night |
| 13 | u3# u4-ra-am | and daily |
| 14 | i-la-ku | he will go. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la# te-de-ki-szu-nu-ti | Do not approach them! |
| 2 | wa-ar-ki | after |
| 3 | asz-li#-im# | Ašlum |
| 4 | u3 qa2-ni-im | and the qānum |
| 5 | pa2-asz-tum sza {d}nin-<gesz>-zi-da | a canal of Ningešzida |
| 6 | u3 ku-ku-ra-tum# | and kukuratum |
| 7 | sza {d}nin-urta | of Ninurta |
| 8 | li#-li#-ik-ma | may he go and |
| 9 | _kiri6_ | orchard |
| 10 | su2-ni-iq | |
| 11 | 1(iku) _GAN2 a-sza3_ | 1 iku field |
| 12 | sza i-te-ra-am | that he returned |
| 13 | a-sza-al-ka | I ask you. |
Sources & licences
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