SCT 073 (P511367)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SCT 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P511367 |
| Museum no. | Smith College 283 |
| Collection | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA |
| 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 be-el-szu-nu | to their owner |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma {d}utu-ha-zi-ir-ma | Thus Šamaš-hazir: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | s,u2-ha-ra-tum re-qa2 _1(u) ma-na siki_ szu-bi-lam | ṣuharatum-reeds, the remainder, 10 minas of wool send here. |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma sa3-an-qum u3 qi2-isz-ti-{d}nin-szubur | Now Sa-anqum and Qīšti-Ninszubur |
| 7 | at,-t,ar-dam# | I have sent. |
| 8 | x x x [x x] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3 x [...] | and ... |
| 2' | sze-am a-NA/TA# ma li DA? x [x x] | barley ... ... |
| 3' | a x x sza li-iq-bi-a-[(x)] | ... that he should say ... |
| 4' | [x] x e? x i?-szu sze-am# li-id#-di#-nu-nim#? | ... let them give me barley |
| 5' | x x x a x s,u2-ha-ra-am# | ... ṣuḫaram |
| 6' | am x x x x a sza/ta | wild bull ... |
| 7' | x x at# ti# x x [x] x sza/ta | ... you ... |
| 8' | s,u2#-ha-ra x x x x | ṣuḫara ... |
| 9' | s,u2#-ha-ra#-am# x x ra am | The ṣuḫaram priest ... |
| 10' | a x tum | ...; |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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