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CHJ pl. 01 HE 102 (P510461)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CHJ pl. 01 HE 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510461 |
| Museum no. | HE 102 |
| Collection | École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 i-bi-{d}suen | to Ibbi-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _ensi_-ma | thus the governor: |
| 4 | {d}nanna u3 {d}nin-gal | Nanna and Ningal |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | tup-pi2 i-na a-ma-ri-ka | A tablet at your disposal |
| 7 | _1(asz) gur sze_ a-na HI-TAR-i3-li2 | 1 gur of barley for Hitar-ilī |
| 8 | i-di-in | gave. |
| 9 | la ta-ka-la-szu | do not hold him back! |
| 10 | [asz]-szum _sze_ sza asz-pu-ra-ak#-ku | Concerning the barley about which I wrote to you |
| 11 | ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am | thus you wrote me: |
| 12 | um#-ma# at#-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 13 | asz-ta-pa-ar | I have sent. |
| 14 | ki-ma sza-at-ta | like a year |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sze-a-am la i-szu-u2 | they do not have barley. |
| 2 | u3 bi-ti bi-ru u2-ul ti-de-e | And you did not know the dividing line of the house. |
| 3 | szum#-ma-an an-ni-tam | If this |
| 4 | tup#-[pi2] ki-ma ta-ma-ra-a-am | a tablet like you will read |
| 5 | _1(u)+[n gin2] ku3-babbar_ u-sza-bi-il5-ma | 10+n shekels of silver he had brought, and |
| 6 | li-sza-mu-ni-im-ma | may he proclaim, and |
| 7 | bi-ti la i-be2-er-ri | the house shall not be seized. |
| 8 | szu-pu-ur-ma | send, and |
| 9 | sze-a-am li-il-li-ku-ni-ma _dub_-ka | May barley come and your tablet |
| 10 | _sze_ szu-bi-lam | send me barley! |
Sources & licences
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