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Stuneck diss. p. 57-58 12 (P512757)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Stuneck diss. p. 57-58 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512757 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03529 |
| 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 | [asz]-szum _lu2-tug2-du8-a_ sza ta-at-ra-asz-szu-nu-ti-[ma] | Concerning the tailor who you have treated them, and |
| 5 | ki#-a-am iq-bu-ni-ik-kum | thus said to you |
| 6 | um#-ma szu-nu-u2-ma _1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ i-du _u4 1(disz)-kam_ | Thus they: 15 grains of silver is the rent for 1 day |
| 7 | _a2-bi 1(disz) lu2_ szum-ma _1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | its labor: 1 man. If 15 grains of silver |
| 8 | la ta-sza-qa2-al | you shall not raise. |
| 9 | _2(ban2) sze 5(disz) sila3 kasz_ u3 _4(disz) sila3 ninda_ [i]-na# _u4 1(disz)-kam_ | 2 ban2 of barley, 5 sila3 of beer and 4 sila of bread on the 1st day |
| 10 | ni#-li-iq-qi2 iq#-bu-kum-ma | “Let us pray,’ he said to you, and |
| 11 | ta#-asz-pu-ra-am | you wrote me. |
| 12 | _a2#-bi lu2-hun-ga2_ i-na _na4_ na-re-e | the hire of a hireling from the stone of the stele |
| 13 | sza#-t,e4-er | to write |
| 14 | [ki]-ma# iq-bu-ni-ik-kum | when he spoke to you |
| 15 | [lu]-u2 _sze_-am lu-u2 _ku3-babbar_ | either barley or silver |
| 16 | [i]-di#-szu-nu la ta-ka-al-la-ma | Do not be negligent, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ki]-ma# at-ta-al-[kam] | like I have gone |
| 2 | [wa]-ar-<ka>-tam a-pa-ra-as2#-ma# | I will examine the reed-bed and |
| 3 | [i]-na# li-ib-bu szi-ip-ri-szu#-nu# | in the middle of their work |
| 4 | u2-sza-ah-ra-as-su2-nu-ti# | shall return to them. |
| 5 | u3# szu-gur-rum sza in-ne-ep-pu-szu | and the šugurrum-vessels that they will make |
| 6 | mi-im-ma _1(asz) gu2_ la i-ma-as,-s,i | all that 1 talent he shall not cut off |
| 7 | _3(u) ma-na_ li-ib-ba-am | 30 minas of ivory |
| 8 | _1(u) ma-na_ szu-ta-am _szunigin 4(u) ma-na_ szu-gur-rum | 10 minas of šutām, total: 40 mina of carnelian |
| 9 | _1(disz) ninda_ szi-id-du-um u3 _1/2(disz) ninda 1(disz) kusz3_ ru-up-[szum] | 1 šiddum-bread and 1/2 ninda 1 cubit rupsum |
| 10 | szu-gur-ra#-am szu-a-ti | that šugurram |
| 11 | li-isz-ku-nu-szi | may they place for her. |
| 12 | u3 _lu2_ eb-ba-am szu-ku-um-ma | and a pure man a šukum |
| 13 | ma-ah-ri-szu-nu li-szi-ib | May he sit before them. |
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