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FAOS 02, 178 (P509722)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 02, 178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509722 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12791 |
| 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 ba-la-t,i3# | for the life |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma sa3-bi-ia-ma | Thus Sabiya: |
| 4 | ma-asz-ka-nam | of Maškanam |
| 5 | sza _sze-esztub_ ad-di-isz | I added to the amount of barley. |
| 6 | _sze-musz_ uh2!-hu-ra | muš barley rations |
| 7 | {disz}{d}iszkur-en-nam u3 ta-ap2-pa-szu | Iškur-ennam and his messenger |
| 8 | al-pi2 e-ri-isz-ma# | “Alpi was cut off, and |
| 9 | u2-la i-di-nu-ni-im# | did not give |
| 10 | {disz}nu-<ur2>-ri-ia | Nuḫurriya |
| 11 | _2(u) gu4_ i-di-nam-ma | 20 oxen he gave, and |
| 12 | _sze-esztub_ u2-da#-qi2-iq | he will measure out the barley. |
| 13 | a-za-ru-u2-ma | they will be gathered, and |
| 14 | a-na ma-ha-ar di-im-tim | before the judges |
| 15 | sza nu-ka-ri-bi | of Nukaribi |
| 16 | a-di mu-u2! | until the year |
| 17 | i-ma-qu2-tu-ni-im | they will kill me. |
| 18 | a-ta-ba-al | I will weigh out. |
| 19 | _6(disz)# gi-gur_ x [x] | 6 reeds ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-ih-mu-t,u2#-nim# | may he be merciful to me |
| 2 | u3 x x sza ta#-asz-pu-ra-am | and ... about which you wrote me |
| 3 | sza le-et ti-li-im# | of the evil of the tilīm |
| 4 | me-e um-ta-li | I have filled with water. |
| 5 | a-na {d}iszkur-en-nam u3 ta-pi2-szu# | to Iškur-ennam and his son |
| 6 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 7 | s,a-bu#-um# i-na bi-ti-szu-nu | the troops in their houses |
| 8 | i-ba-asz-szi | there is |
| 9 | a-wi-le-e hu-mu-sza#-a | may a man prosper |
| 10 | li-di-nu-ni-im-ma | let them give me, and |
| 11 | eq-lam lu-usz-ta#-si2-iq | I will make the steppe pass by |
| 12 | u3 ma-la a-na sza-am#-ni-im | and as much as for the šammu |
| 13 | a-na er-re-szi!(SZU) | for the erreši-service |
| 14 | in#-na#-di#-nu# szu-up#-ra-am | Send me a report! |
| 15 | szum-ma# a#-na# er#-re-e-szi | If for the errû-service |
| 16 | na#-da#-nam# ta#-qa2-bi | You will give it, you will say. |
| 17 | x x [x] x x x | |
| 18 | [...] | |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | u3 x x [...] | and ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | qa2-ab-li-tam | a field |
| 2 | a-na sze-im | for barley |
| 3 | u2 SAG# a-na sza-am-ni-im | and the head for the šammu |
| 4 | i-ne2-pe2-esz | he shall perform. |
| 5 | an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam | This is not the case. |
| 6 | szu-up#-ra#-[ma] | send, and |
| 7 | li-ih#-mu#-[tu2-nim] | may they rejoice over me. |
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