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Letter from Šamaš-ṭāb to Ilak-ni'id (Q000580)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from Šamaš-ṭāb to Ilak-ni'id |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000580 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}i-la-ak-ni-id u₃-na-dug₄ | Ilak-nid he satisfied. |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-DUG₃-e na-ab-be₂-a | Šamaš-ṭāb speaks: |
| 3 | kaskal itid 1(DIŠ) ud 15-kam ud IM-za he₂-bi₂-DU | 1 month, 15th day, eponymy of Šamaš-šarru-uṣur. |
| šag₄ ni-qum{ki}-ma-še₃ a-na-še-am₃ itid-da ud 3(EŠ₅)-kam-ma-bi ni-qum{ki}-ma-ta | As for the field of Niqum, what is it that is to be done? In the third month, on the 3rd day of the year, from Niqumma | |
| 5 | a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂-zu na-ma-tum₃ | Your laborers should not bring your labor. |
| 6 | bar-zu en₃ bi₂-in-tar ŋiri₃-zu si ba-ab-sa₂ | He inquired after your body, he determined your course. |
| 7 | 2(MIN) anše-ŋiš-am₃ kug-bi 4(LIMMU₅) giŋ₄ | 2 donkeys, each its silver: 4000 reeds |
| 8 | 1(DIŠ) šag₄-ga-du₃ gada kug-bi MAŠ giŋ₄ | 1 šag-gadu-garment, linen, its silver is the interest of the reed |
| 9 | a₂ {ŋiš}ma₂-zu 1(DIŠ) giŋ₄ | labor of a boatman, 60 reeds |
| a₂ mas-su {ŋiš}ma₂-zu 1(DIŠ) 1/3 giŋ₄-am₃ ma-zu ma-zum {ŋiš}ma₂-zu ma₂-zu | labor of the massu-offering, your boat is 1 1/3 reeds, your house is a mashmazu-boat, (and) your boat | |
| 11 | a bi₂-si-ig | he filled with water. |
| 12 | zig₃-ga dili-dili-zu šag₄-bi-ta nu-ŋal₂ | Your rising, your dividing lines are not carried off from its inside |
| 2(|AŠ.AŠ|) gun₂ siki da-gal-tum-ma kug-bi ha-ra-da-šid da-ga-al-tum-ma da-ga-AN-tum-ma | 2 talents of broad wool and its silver I had brought to you. The broad one and the broad one | |
| niŋ₂-sam₂-ma kug 1(DIŠ) 2/3 ma-na-kam an-na-a gi₄-ma-ni-ib 2/3 | It is the price of 1 2/3 minas of silver. Return it to me 2/3 | |
| {na₄}du₈-ši-a {na₄}nir₇-igi {na₄}nir₇-muš-ŋir₂ {na₄}nir₇-muš-su₃-ud | Dušia, nirigi-stone, nermušbir-stone (and) nirisud-stone | |
| 16 | ŋeštug₂-zu he₂-en-ŋal₂ | May he carry your garment. |
| kug dili-dili-zu saŋ-bi ha-ra-ab-dab₅ im-ma hu-mu-ra-ab-tag hu-mu-ra-ab-ak | May your single silver be seized for you, may it be smashed for you! | |
| 18 | ud-da-ta a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂-zu he₂-em-tum₃ | From day to day, may your labor be carried off. |
| 19 | a-ma-ru-kam | It is an amaru. |
Sources & licences
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