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CHJ pl. 03 HE 106 (P510465)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CHJ pl. 03 HE 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510465 |
| Museum no. | HE 106 |
| 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 a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma BI-AB-UD-ma-a-NI _dumu_-ka!-ma! | Thus (says) BI-AB-UD-ma-NI, your son: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 e2-a u3 {d}dam-gal-nun-na | Šamaš and Ea and Damgalnuna |
| 5 | asz-szum bi-it a-bi-ia | Concerning the house of my father |
| 6 | a-na da-ri-a-tim li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May they keep you alive forever. |
| 7 | i-na babila2{ki} ni-na-mi#-ir-ma | in Babylon we rejoiced |
| 8 | mu-ru-us, li-ib-[bi]-ka# | who soothes your heart, |
| 9 | tu-sze-li-a-am#-ma# | you brought up, and |
| 10 | li-ib-ba-ka u2-na-pi-isz | your heart he filled. |
| 11 | u3 ki-a-am aq-bi-kum | And thus I said to you: |
| 12 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 13 | {disz}{d}utu-li-ib-lu-ut, | Šamaš-libluṭ |
| 14 | t,u3-ur-dam-ma | write me, and |
| 15 | sza _1/3(disz)? gin2 ku3-babbar_ | of 1/3 shekel of silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _i3-gesz_ lu-sza-bi-la-ak#-kum# | oil I shall send to you. |
| 2 | as,-s,u2-ur-ma u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ra-am | I have guarded, but you did not send me. |
| 3 | u3 a-na bad3-tibira{ki} | and to Badtibira |
| 4 | a-na su2-ti-ia sza-qa2-li-im | To my high priestess, the highest one, |
| 5 | al-li-kam-ma | came, and |
| 6 | {disz}en-du11-ga-ni-mah ki-a-am iq#?-bi#?-am#? | Enduganimmah said thus: |
| 7 | asz-pu-ra-ak-kum um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I wrote to you thus: |
| 8 | szu-up-ra-am-ma _i3-gesz_ an-ni-a-am | send me, and this oil |
| 9 | li-il-qu2-ni-ik-kum | may they take from you. |
| 10 | u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 11 | am-mi-ni mu-ru-us,# | Why do you smite me? |
| 12 | li-ib-bi-im [an]-nu-um | the heart of Anum |
| 13 | ik-szu!-da-an-ni | he has bound me |
| 14 | i#-na#-an-na isz-tu i-na-an-na | Now, from now |
| 15 | _iti 2(disz)-kam_ {disz}{d}utu-li-ib-lu-ut, | 2nd month, Šamaš-libluṭ |
| 16 | li-il-li-kam-ma | may he come, and |
| 17 | _i3-gesz_ sza ub-ba-lu# | the oil that he brought |
| 18 | lu-sza-bi-la-ak-kum | let me send to you. |
| left | ||
| 1 | ki-ma _1(ban2) i3-gesz_ [a]-na pi-isz-sza-ti szu-x-[...] | like 1 ban2 of oil for the extispicy |
| 2 | ta-la#-pa-tu | |
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