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Ashm 2010-0055 (P550469)

Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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DesignationAshm 2010-0055
IDP550469
Museum no.Ashm 2010-0055
CollectionAshmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
LanguageSumerian; Akkadian
PeriodUr III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
GenreAdministrative
Find spotPuzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Coordinates32.0591, 45.2922

English translation

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LineEnglish
obverse 1(1-2) Say to Tutu-nas,ir, my father,
obverse 3thus (says) Sîn-Abūszu, your son:
obverse 4(4-5) I wrote to my father regarding Iballut,,
obverse 5the son of Azazza?, and
obverse 6(6-9) thus you wrote to me,
obverse 7“Put him at ease and [send? him] to me.
reverse 1(1-4) [...] alert him to make (him) go in?.:
reverse 2He (i.e. Iballut,) wrote to you, (as follows):
reverse 5“And Tabs,illum, the chief officer,
reverse 6(6-7) led away my consecrated woman
reverse 7together with the boy to Labaszar.
reverse 8Should I myself go,
reverse 9(9-10) then they will lead me off to Labaszar too.”
reverse 11That’s what he said to me.
reverse 12If in the role of an ox-driver,
reverse 13you, my father, are detained
left 1write to… and [...].
left 2(2-3) Let them bring the wife of Iballut, to [me?], together with her son.

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1a-na tu-tu#-[na-s,ir? a-bi-ia]
2qi2#-bi2#-ma#
3um#-ma {d}suen-a-bu-szu ma-ru-ka-ma
4asz-szum i-ba-lu-ut, dumu a-za-az-za?
5a-na a-bi-ia asz-pu-ra-am-ma
6ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am
7um-ma at-ta#-a-ma
8ne-eh-ha-asz-szu#-ma
9a-na s,e-ri#-[ia]
reverse
1x [...]
2nu-uh2-hi-is#?-su2#-[ma]
3szu-ri-[ib?]
4isz-tap-ra-ak-kum#
5u3 t,a3-ab-s,il2-lum ra-bi ha-at,-t,im
6na-ap-t,a2-ar-ti qa2-du-um s,u2-ha-ri-im
7a-na la-ba-szar{ki} it-ru
8a-na-ku a-al-la#-ak-ma
9u3 ia-ti-i a-na la-ba-szar!{ki}-ma
10i-tar-ru-ni-in-ni#
11ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am
12szum-ma i-na kul2#-li-[zu-tim?]
13a-bi at-ta# [ka-li-a-ta?]
left
1a-na x x-mi?-i szu-pur-ma u3 x [x x x]
2asz-sza-at i-ba-lu-ut, qa2-du-um ma-ri-sza a-na s,e#-[ri-ia?]
3li-it-ru-nim-ma x [x x x]

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