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Fs Van Lerberghe 286-290 (P512469)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Van Lerberghe 286-290 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512469 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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]-wi-le-e | to a man |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ib#-ni#-{d}suen# | Thus Ibni-Sîn |
| 4 | u3 ip#-[qu2-{d}]na-bi-um | and Ipqu-Nabium |
| 5 | {d#}utu# u3# {d#}amar#-utu# da#-ri#-isz# u4-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti | may they keep you alive!” |
| 7 | lu sza-al-ma-tu#-nu lu# ba#-al-t,a-tu-nu | Whether they are healthy or sick, |
| 8 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ku-nu# re#-esz-ku-nu# a-na da-mi-iq-tim# | May the god who protects you, your head, be well. |
| 9 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 10 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ku-nu asz-pu#-ra#-am# | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 11 | szu-lum-ku-nu ma-har {d}utu u3 {d#}amar#-utu# | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 12 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 13 | {disz}a-ha-am-nir-szi sza i#-na# _e2-gal_ zimbir{ki}-am-na-nim | Aḫam-nirši, who in the palace of Sippar |
| 14 | i-na mu-uh-hi ma-as,-s,a-ar-ti | on top of the guard |
| 15 | wa-asz-bu | stationed |
| 16 | a-wi-le-e sza u4-mu-szu-nu i-ta-ar-ku | “A man who in the future will seek a lawsuit or litigation |
| 17 | pa-qi2-dam la i-szu-u2 | They have no claim. |
| 18 | qa2-as-su2 u2-sze-sze-er-ma | he made his hand bow down, and |
| 19 | a-wi-le-e ub-ta-az-zi-ma# | (If) a man stands up and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 i-na li-bi-it-ti | and in the middle |
| 2 | a-wi-le-e u2-ma-ah-hi-is, | the man shall remove |
| 3 | da-ba-ba-am szu-a-ti | that speech |
| 4 | u2-ub-lu#-ni-a-szi-im-ma | brought to her, and |
| 5 | a-na _e2-gal_ e-ru-ub sza-ap-ti-szu-nu | to the palace entered, their lips |
| 6 | ni-isz-me2-e-ma | we heard, and |
| 7 | i#-na a-wi-le-e bu-uz-zu-i | On a man's body |
| 8 | u3 li-bi-it-ta i-na mu-uh2-hi-szu-nu | and libittu-disease on their account |
| 9 | pu-us-su-si | |
| 10 | uk-ti-in-nu-szu | they have imposed upon him |
| 11 | {disz}a-ha-am-nir-szi szu-u2 | Aḫam-nirši is he. |
| 12 | {disz}{d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 tap-pa-szu | Adad-manšum, his companion, |
| 13 | id-du-uk-ma s,u2-ba-as-su2 | he killed, and his garment |
| 14 | u3 _tug2 bar-si#-ga#_-szu# | and his outer garment |
| 15 | x x [...] x-su2 | ... his ... |
| 16 | i-na x x [...] x x ub-lu-ni-a-szi-im | in ... brought to us |
| 17 | wa-ar-ka#-su2# sza ka?-lu#-u2 | After that of the kalû-priest |
| 18 | ni#-ip-ru-us2-ma | we sent, and |
| 19 | [mu]-uh2-hu-su2 a-an-nam u2-sza-pi#-lu# | 'Why did they make him tremble?' |
| 20 | a-na szu-di-ku-nu ni-isz-pu-ra-am | We have sent to you. |
Sources & licences
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