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Stuneck diss. p. 59-60 13 (P512758)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Stuneck diss. p. 59-60 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512758 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03532 |
| 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 | tup-pa-ti-ka ma-la tu-sza-ab-<ba>-lam | Your tablets, as many as you will make available, |
| 5 | e-sze-em-me | he heard. |
| 6 | asz-szum _munus esz3-nun-na{ki}-mesz_ | Concerning the woman of Ešnunna |
| 7 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 8 | um-ma at-ta-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | s,u2-ha-ru-tum sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | The ṣuḫarūtu that you wrote me |
| 10 | at,-ru-da-ak-kum-ma | I have sent to you, |
| 11 | tu!-wa-asz-sze-ru-szi-na-ti | you will release them. |
| 12 | i-da-tim a-na _dumu-mesz_ a-li-szi-na | the days to the sons of their fathers |
| 13 | id-bu-ba-a-ma | spoke, and |
| 14 | 5(disz) _munus_ esz3-nun-na{ki#}-mesz# | 5 women of Ešnunna |
| 15 | i-na ba#-[bi]-im it-ta-[as,-ba-ta] | at the beginning he has seized |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-as,-s,a-ar-[ta-szi-na] | their guard |
| 2 | ut-ta-ak-[ki-il-szi]-na#-szi#-[im] | he made them bow down. |
| 3 | sza ta-asz-pu-[ra-am] x x | As to what you wrote ... |
| 4 | ki-ma ta-asz-[pu-ra-am s,u2]-ha#-ra-tim szi-na-ti | Just as you wrote me, these ṣuharû-containers |
| 5 | ma-as,-s,a#-[ar-tam tu]-uk-ki-il-ma | you have smashed the guard, and |
| 6 | as2-ku-up#-pa#-tam sza ba-bi#-im la us,-si-a | I did not remove the arrows of the gate. |
| 7 | u3 isz-tu u2-ri-im a-na ba-bi-im | and from the city to the city |
| 8 | la [ip]-pa-al-la-sa-nim | he shall not look at me |
| 9 | asz-szum x x _sag-ARAD x x x x x x-mesz_ | Concerning the slave ...s |
| 10 | sza [{d}]suen#-tab-ba-we-di-[im] x x x x | of Sîn-tabba-wedim |
| 11 | x x ul#-lu x x x x-kum-ma | ... ... and |
| 12 | x x x x x x x-am | [......]... |
| 13 | x x x x x x-szu-nu | [......] them |
| 14 | x x x x x x-um | [......]um |
| 15 | x x x x x x [tu]-uk-ki-il-szu-nu-szi-im | ...... you have bound them |
| 16 | x x x x x x x x-szu | [......] him |
| 17 | a-di a-wi-lum i-il-la-kam | until the man comes, |
| 18 | _kur6_-ma-ti-szu-nu-ma li-t,e4-nu | their enemies, let them escape. |
| 19 | asz-szum _{na4}ur5_ sza-mi-im | concerning the šamû stone |
| 20 | sza# ta#-asz-pur#-am# | of which you wrote |
| 21 | [i-na] babila2{ki} | in Babylon |
| 22 | as2-hu-ur-[ma mi-im-ma _{na4}]ur5_ | I returned, and all the ur5 stones |
| 23 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| 24 | _{na4}ur5_ i-im-ma-ru-ma | bur5-stone they saw, and |
| 25 | <i>-sza-pa-ru#-[ni]-ik#-kum | send to you. |
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