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CHJ pl. 07 HE 119 (P510470)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CHJ pl. 07 HE 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510470 |
| Museum no. | HE 119 |
| 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 ne2-me-lum qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Nēmum: |
| 2 | um-ma i-bi-{d}suen-ma | Thus Ibbi-Sîn: |
| 3 | {d}utu {d}marduk u3 {d}asznan ba-ni-ka | Šamaš, Marduk and Ezina who created you |
| 4 | asz-szum-ia da-ri-isz u4-mi | Because of my life, forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | mah-ri-ka an-ni-a-tum | This before you |
| 7 | am-mi-ni in-ne2-ep-sza | Why is he doing this? |
| 8 | u3 am-mi-ni tu-usz-ta-hi | and why did you turn away? |
| 9 | a-wi-il-tum sza u2-s,i-a-am | the man who went out |
| 10 | a-ma-at szar-ri-im | the word of the king |
| 11 | u3 a-na le-qi2-ia ka-li-a-at | and for my full payment |
| 12 | a-x x x a-na szar-x x x | to [......] |
| 13 | a-ak-la x a x [...]-x | (Sum) ... (Akk) I ... |
| 14 | u2-ul i-di e2-a {d}asznan# | I do not know, the temple of Ezina |
| 15 | sza na-pi-isz-tim a-hi x x | belonging to the napištu-official, brother . |
| 16 | asz-szum {d}utu | concerning Šamaš |
| 17 | pi-isz-ti pi-sza-at-ka | Release my guilt, release my guilt! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 s,a-bu-ur-ti s,a-bu-ur-ta#-ka# | and the ṣābūrûtu-gift, the gift of yours, |
| 2 | ap-pu-na-ma na-pi-isz-tam | “I looked, and the life |
| 3 | i-s,e-ed-da-an-ni-ma | keeps me awake, and |
| 4 | ba-lum x x x it-ta-s,i-a-am | without [......] has come out |
| 5 | {disz}be-el#-szu-ni | Belšuni |
| 6 | sza a-na i-din-ia-tum | that to Iddiniatum |
| 7 | isz-pu-ru-ma | sent, and |
| 8 | wa-s,a-sza iq-bu-u2 | “She said to her husband’s wife: |
| 9 | qi2-bi-szum i-ma-ga-ar-ka | “Speak to him, he will accept you.’ |
| 10 | a-na {d}utu u3 {d}asznan | To Šamaš and Ezina |
| 11 | ki-a-am a-qa2-ab-bi um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I will say thus: "I |
| 12 | a-ha-am ar-szi-i-ma | I sought out each other, and |
| 13 | wa-ar-ka-ti u2-ul i-pa-ra-as | later he will not release. |
| 14 | u3 a-la-ak-ti | and the road |
| 15 | u2-ul isz-te-ne2-'i3(HI) | he shall not raise a claim. |
| 16 | i-na szi-ri-ia la t,a-bi-im | in my speech not good |
| 17 | mi-nam te-el-qe2 | Why did you take it? |
| 18 | szum-ma qi2-bi-it _e2-gal_-lim# | If the command of the palace |
| 19 | szu-up-ra-am-ma RA? nu-uh2 | send to me, so that I may be calm(?) |
| left | ||
| 1 | szum-ma la qi2-bi-it _e2-gal_ a-na i-din-ia-tum | If it is not the command of the palace to Iddiniatum |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma li-it-ru-u2-szi | Speak, so that they may return to her. |
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