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Akkadica 140, 186 (P524047)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Akkadica 140, 186 |
|---|---|
| ID | P524047 |
| Museum no. | IM 080437 |
| 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]-lim | to a man |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-szu#-[mu]-un-dab5 | Thus (says) Šamaš-sumundab |
| 4 | {disz}ib-ni#-{d#}iszkur#-[ma] | Ibni-Adad |
| 5 | {d#}utu# u3 {d}marduk da#-ri#-isz _u4_-mi# | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 6 | [asz]-szu-mi-[ni] li-ba-al-[li-t,u2-ka] | I ask you, may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | lu# sza#-al-ma-ta# lu ba-al-t,a#-[ta] | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 8 | [_dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re]-esz#-ka# a#-[na da-mi-iq-tim] | May the god who protects you, your shepherd, be at peace with you. |
| 9 | li#-[ki-il] | may he bind. |
| 10 | a#-na# szu#-ul#-mi-ka ni#-isz#-[pu-ra-am] | We have written to you for your well-being. |
| 11 | szu#-lum#-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}[marduk] | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 12 | lu# da-ri# | May it be forever! |
| 13 | asz-szum _sze#_-e# u2-ku-li-[szu-nu] | Concerning the barley that I roasted them |
| 14 | [...] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x a-na na-kam-ti al-[li-kam-ma] | ... I went to the storehouse and |
| 2 | ap#-he-e | Aphê |
| 3 | [_sze_] la na-da-na-am a-na pa#-ni#-[ka] | The barley is not given to you. |
| 4 | ni#-iq#-bi-a-ak-[kum] | We shall say to you: |
| 5 | a#-di a-na-ku# u3-lu-u2 tap-pe2-e#-[ia] | as long as I, my companion |
| 6 | i#-na# gi#-ir#-ri# _iti# bara2-za3-gar#_ i-il-la-[ku] | They will go at the threshing floor in the month of Nisannu. |
| 7 | u3 za-he-ep-ni te#-le#-qu2-u2 | and you will take the šaḫepnu-vessel |
| 8 | _1(disz) sila3 sze_ a-na _lu2#-kuruszda-mesz_ | 1 sila3 of barley for the fatteners |
| 9 | u2-ul ta-na#-ad-di-in | you will not give. |
Sources & licences
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