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FAOS 02, 166 (P509710)

Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE

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Designation	FAOS 02, 166
ID	P509710
Museum no.	VAT 12708
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# a#-hi#-ma	to another
2	qi2#-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um#-ma ib-ni-kur{+i}-ma	Thus Ibni-kur:
4	asz#-szum# a-ma-zi-im	concerning Amazim
5	ta-sza-la-ni-ma#	you will give me, and
6	um-ma a-na-ku-ma#	Thus I:
7	al-pa-am
8	i-di-szum	he gave him.
9	a#-na mi-ni-im	Why
10	la# tu-sza-ri-am#	do not delay!
reverse
1	{disz}su-mu-el3 at-ma	Sumu-el, I
2	lu# a-sza!-at-ka!	May I ask you!
3	al-pa-am
4	sza a-ma-zi-im	of Amazim
5	u3 1(disz) _gu4_ sza!-ne2-em#	and 1 second ox
6	le!-qe2!-ma	take, and
7	<_gu4_> sza a-ma-zi-im <u3 _gu4_ sza-ni-am>	<Ox> of Amazim, and another ox
8	a#-na# s,e-ri-ia	to my country
9	[szu-ri]-a-am	a gift

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