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DAAM 2, 12 (P531498)
Letter, Middle Babylonian, Šapinuwa · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | DAAM 2, 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531498 |
| Museum no. | 28-1597-90 + 28-1611-90 |
| Collection | Museum of Corum, Corum, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Šapinuwa (mod. Ortaköy) |
| Coordinates | 40.2541, 35.2375 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Vs. | ||
| 1′ | [ ] bi-r[i?- ] x [ | ... ... |
| 2′ | [ ] ... | |
| 3′ | [ ] ki-a-am ta-qáb-bi [ ] x [ ] iš-tu pa-⸢na-a-ti⸣ x [ | thus you said ... from the supplications |
| 4′ | [ {URU}]ḪA-AT-TI uš-te-né-bé-lu-u-⸢um⸣-mi ša x [ | The city Ḫāṭa-AT-TI has been entrusted to me. |
| 5′ | š[a? -š]u-nu iš-tu tup-pí qí-bí-ma | That one, speak from a tablet |
| 6′ | š[u?-bí-il?-šun-nu]-ti u iš-tu pa-na-a-ti | They have been taken away and taken away from me. |
| 7′ | [ ] x-⸢ti⸣ iš-tu KUR {URU}ḪA-AT-TI i-na KUR ⸢{URU}⸣mi-iṣ-ri-i | from the land Ḫabat-balāṭu in the land E-misrî |
| 8′ | [ ] a-wa-tam ... ka₄-tam-ma lu-ti-i-⸢de₄⸣ | a word , let me open the mouth to it |
| 9′ | [ ta-qáb-b]i {m}du-wa-a {LÚ}GAL-ka | You said: Duwâ, your chief |
| 10′ | [ É.G]AL-⸢lì-ia a⸣-ši-ib-mi | my palace I adorn. |
| 11′ | [ ta]-qáb-⸢bi-mi⸣ DUMU˽KIN-ia | You speak to the son of Ululiya |
| 12′ | [ šu-pur-š]u a-š[a-a]p-pár-šu-mi | my fingernail I am sending to him |
| 13′ | [ a-n]a m[a]-⸢aḫ⸣-ri-šu šu-pur-šu | To Maḫi-ēriš his fingernail |
| 14′ | [ ] KUR-⸢ka⸣ a-na e-re-bi | to enter |
| 15′ | [ ] ... | |
| 16′ | [ ] x táq-bi | you said |
| 17′ | [ ] x a-na {LÚ}SANGA | to the priest |
| 18′ | [ {m.GI]Š}GIDRU.DINGIR-lim | Šamaš-ilum |
| 19′ | [ ] ⸢i⸣-ša-a-al-ma | it is ešāl |
| u. Rd. | ||
| 1 | [ ] mi-nu-me-e | whatever |
| 2 | [ i]-ṭá-ar-ra-d[u?]-⸢ma?⸣ | Iṭarra-duma-e23 |
| 3 | [ ] ... | |
| Rs. | ||
| 1 | [ ] xx xx [ | |
| 2 | [ ] ⸢URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A}⸣ la xx [ ] x-an-ni-mi | the “city-of-the-goddess-house"(?) not my |
| 3 | [ ] x it-⸢ta-na-aṣ⸣-[ṣa-ar?] | ... he has sworn. |
| 4 | i-nu-m[a LUG]AL? LU[GAL?{MEŠ}] at-ta ma-⸢la⸣ ia-ti | When you, the king, the chief(?) |
| 5 | it-ti LUGAL GAL k[a]-an-na ta-dáb-bu-up | You speak with the great king. |
| 6 | šu-ul-ma-na ⸢te-te⸣-né-pu-uš ú-lu-ma-a ba-⸢ar⸣-ta | (Sum) My well-being has been made perfect for you (Akk) I am well-behaved, I am pure |
| 7 | te-te-né-pu-uš | you continually perform |
| 8 | a-di a-bu-ka ⸢bal⸣-ṭù ⸢it⸣-ti a-bi-ia ka-an-na i-dáb-bu-ub | until your father speaks the balātu-song of my father forever. |
| 9 | šum-ma a-wa-at ma-mi-ti ta-dáb-bu-up a-bu-ka ⸢ki⸣-i ma-a-mi-tam | If you speak a word about a man: your father will destroy the man. |
| 10 | it-ti KUR {URU}ḪA-AT-TI i-iḫ-ṭù-ú ⸢ù⸣ a-bu-ia tup-pa-am la! i!-⸢iḫ⸣-ṭù-\⸢ú⸣ | With the land of Ḫabat-balāṭu my father did not write a tablet. |
| 11 | šum-ma ta-⸢qáb⸣-bi tup-pa an-na-a-am ú-še-⸢bíl-la-ak-ku⸣ | If you are to read this tablet, I will translate it |
| 12 | a-na pa-⸢ni⸣-ka i-⸢ša⸣-sú-ni-ik-ku xx xx x | When you enter your chamber, ... |
| 13 | i-nu-ma a-na URU{D[IDLI.ḪI].A} táq-bi šum-⸢ma URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A} a-nu-um-mu-ut-ti⸣ | When you say to the fort, if the fortress is to be destroyed, |
| 14 | ma-an-dá-at-ta mi-im-ma-a ⸢i-za-bi-lu-ni-ik-ku⸣ | You have given me everything that I have brought to you. |
| 15 | {D}UTU-ši la ú-wa-aš-šar-šu-nu-ti ⸢mi-nu-um-me-e ma-an-dá-at-ta⸣ | “Šamaš did not give them over to me, I have been given over to you. |
| 16 | i-za-bi-⸢lu⸣-ni-ik-ku i-na-an-na-ma ⸢li⸣-iz-bi-⸢lu-ni-ik-ku⸣ | Now, he is going to go to you. |
| 17 | ⸢i⸣-nu-ma ⸢tup⸣-pí ⸢LÚ {URU}ḪA-AT-TI⸣ xx x [ | “If a house, a man’s house, an orchard, |
| 18 | [ÉRIN?]{MEŠ} {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ} mi-i-iṣ-mi x [ | The men and chariots |
| 19 | ⸢ú⸣-ul i-ma-aḫ-ḫa-aṣ-mi [ | “If he does not fill the temple, |
| 20 | ⸢ù⸣ ÉRIN{MEŠ} te-te-né-er-ri-i[š | “I have sent the troops to you. |
| 21 | [ ] x x-⸢ia muš⸣-šìr-šu-⸢nu⸣-t[i | my ..., the one who engendered me |
| 22 | [ ] ⸢ÉRIN?{MEŠ}⸣ x [ | ēru-workers(?) |
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
- Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0 · Müller, G., Prechel, D., Rieken, E., Schwemer, D. (2026). TLHdig Beta Version 0.3. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20328284
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