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OLZ 18, 169-173 (P529708)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OLZ 18, 169-173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P529708 |
| Museum no. | HS — (= BJ 84) |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 i3-li2-a-wi-lim-ra-bi | to Ilī-awî-lim-rabi |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 4 | {disz}{d}marduk-ni-szu | Marduk-nišu |
| 5 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu-u2-ma | he said thus: |
| 6 | a-na _e2 hi-a nu-{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ | to the house of hia the orchardists |
| 7 | sza qa2-ti-ia | of my hand |
| 8 | _lu2_ ka-ak-mu u3 _lu2_ ar-ra-ap-hu-um{ki} | the enemy and the Arrapḫumites |
| 9 | it-ta-du-u2 | they have sworn |
| 10 | i-nu-ma a-na _e2 hi-a_-szu-nu | when to the house of their relatives |
| 11 | _lu2-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | these men |
| 12 | id-du-u2 _nig2-ka9_-szu-nu | their accounts |
| 13 | s,a-ab-tu-u2-ma | seized, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na babila2{ki} wa-asz-bu | in Babylon, where |
| 2 | a-nu-um-ma tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum | Now, I have sent you my tablet. |
| 3 | _lu2_ ka-ak-mu u3 _lu2_ ar-ra-ap-hu-um{ki} | the enemy and the Arrapḫumites |
| 4 | i-na _e2 hi-a nu-{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | in the house of hia, those orchards |
| 5 | szu-s,i2-i | šuṣi, |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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