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Stuneck diss. p. 51-52 07 (P512752)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Stuneck diss. p. 51-52 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512752 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03521 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, 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] na-bi-{d}utu qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Nabi-šamaš |
| 2 | um-ma {d}alamusz-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Alamuš-nāṣir: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | {gi#}ku-tu-um-mu sza tu-sze-pi2-szu i-s,u2 | The kukūtummu that you had made, he went out. |
| 5 | _[x] x hi-a_ ku-tu-um bu-qu2-mi-im | ... in place of the cowherd |
| 6 | ru#-ud-di | |
| 7 | u3# _{gi}ha-an hi-a_ u2-nu-ut bu-qu2-mi-im | and a reed bundle, a piece of buqummû-wood |
| 8 | szu-pi2-isz | he smote |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}a-hi-lu-mur | Now Ahī-lumur |
| 10 | _gi sa hi-a_ ub-ba-la-ak-kum | reed bundles of fine flour I shall bring to you. |
| 11 | _gi sa hi-a_ ki-ma ub-ba-la-ak-kum | reeds and cress like I have brought to you |
| 12 | mu-hu-ur-szu-ma | received from him, and |
| 13 | ka-ni-ik-ka i-di-in | he gave to you. |
| 14 | {disz}i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am | Ilī-ippalsam, |
| 15 | i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-kum | will send to you. |
| 16 | {disz}ku-ub-bu-ur-tum# um-ma-sza | Kubburtum, her mother |
| 17 | u3 ma-re-e-sza | and her wife |
| 18 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-ri-i-szum | Šurīšam |
| 2 | i-nu-ma an-pi4-{d}na-bi-um | when Anpī-Nabium |
| 3 | {d}suen-tab-ba-we-di | Sîn-tabba-wēdi |
| 4 | u3 i3-li2-ma-a-bi | and Ilī-ma-abi, |
| 5 | isz-tu sa-am-ni-i{ki} it-ta-al-ku-nim | from Samnî they went, |
| 6 | i-na re-e-esz ar-hi-im | at the beginning of the year |
| 7 | _u8 udu hi-a nig2-szu_ nu-ra-tum | sheep and goats, possessions of the nuratum-priest |
| 8 | _udu nig2-szu_ {d}utu-{d}en-lil2-i3-li2 li-ra-am-mi-ku-ma | the sheep of the property of Šamaš-Enlil may they love, and |
| 9 | li-ib-ba-aq-ma | may it be smashed, and |
| 10 | a-nu-um-ma na-am-rum-i3-li2 | Now Namrum-ilī |
| 11 | mu-ti {munus}ha-an-pa-tum | the husband of Hanpatum, |
| 12 | at,-t,ar-da-ak#-kum | I have sent to you |
| 13 | _1(asz) sze gur_ a-na {munus}ha-an-pa-tim | 1 kor of barley for the female slave |
| 14 | i-di-in a-di a-al-la-kam-ma | I will give until I come. |
| 15 | pi2-ha-tam a-pa-aq-qi2-du-szum | I will entrust it to him. |
| 16 | u3 a-na _gi sa hi-a_ ma-la ub-ba-lu-ni-ik-kum | and to the reed bundles as much as he brought to you |
| 17 | la te-eg-gu | do not turn back! |
Sources & licences
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