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FAOS 02, 161 (P509705)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509705 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12541 |
| 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 | Thus Ibni-šadum |
| 4 | re-du-um | |
| 5 | i-sza-ru-u2-um | Išarum |
| 6 | x x [x] x li x x [x]-szu# | ... his ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _GAN2#_ [...] | Field ... |
| 2' | u3 ZA-x-[...] | and ... |
| 3' | pa#-na#-ka# | in your presence |
| 4' | szu-ku-un-ma | place, and |
| 5' | um-ma at-<ta>-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 6' | 1(esze3) _GAN2_ a-ia-am-ma | 1 eše3 surface area |
| 7' | 1(esze3)! _GAN2_ ub-ba-al | 1 eše3 field area: Ubbal |
| 8' | a-na qa2!-ti-ka | into your hands |
| 9' | s,a-ba-at | seized |
| left | ||
| 1 | ki-a-am | thus |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | li-bi | its limbs |
| 4 | [hu-di] | hireling |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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