BE 17/1, 009 (P266776)
Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 11635Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Letter; (Obv)12x(Rev)12 lines)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. _ARAD_-ka _{disz}du3_-a-sza2-_{d}marduk#_
en: Your servant Banâ-ša-Marduk:
2. a-na di-na-an be-li2-ia lul-lik
en: I shall go as my lord's substitute!
3. a-na _iri{ki}_ u3 _edin_ sza be-li2-ia
en: Regarding the city and (its) hinterland of my lord:
4. szu-ul-mu
en: everything is in best order.
5. um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-ma
en: (Speak) the following to my lord:
6. ad-ru szu-te-su-uq?
en: The threshing floor is prepared,
7. u3 ma!-hi-s,a-[...]-szu-ma
en: and a māḫiṣu ... him, and
8. e-pe-[sza? ...]-bi#
en: to do ...
9. um#-[ma-a ...]-a-ma
en: the following ... and
10. asz-[szu14 ...] sza# be-li2
en: Regar[ding ...] which my loard
11. x-[...]
en: ...
12. a-[... _{disz}{d}iszkur_-ra]-im-_numun_
en: ... Adad-rā’im-zēri (?)
reverse
1. [...] u2-ba#-[...]
en: ...
2. [x]-x-u2-ma ki-ki-i as,?#-[...]
en: [... ] and how ... I [...]
3. {disz}e2-sag-il2-s,u2-ri-ia [x-x]
en: Esagil-ṣūrīja ...
4. _gar_-in-t,e3-mi sza _e2-{disz}{d}3(u)_-ma#-gir#
en: After the šakin-ṭēmi of the province Bīt-Sîn-magir
5. _1(disz) me erin2-hi-a_ gi-in-na-ta
en: 100 ṣābu workers in a confinement
6. ki-i ig-nu-na _erin2-mesz_ sza be-li2-ia
en: had confined, the ṣābu workers of my lord
7. ir-ta-pi-is u3 _ka2_ at-ta-de-e
en: he beat. And I erected a gate.
8. ib-ta-ta-aq
en: He broke through (it).
9. a-na szi-bu-ti-ia _{disz}{d}nergal_-ba-ni
en: As my witnesses Nergal-bāni,
10. ha-za-na sza {iri}ra-ka-be
en: the ḫazannu of Rakābu,
11. u3 ha-za-an-na sza _e2_ {disz}ki-din-ni
en: and the ḫazannu of Bīt-Kidinnī
12. asz-ta-ka-an
en: I have put up.
obverse
1. _ARAD_-ka _{disz}du3_-a-sza2-_{d}marduk#_
en: Your servant Banâ-ša-Marduk:
2. a-na di-na-an be-li2-ia lul-lik
en: I shall go as my lord's substitute!
3. a-na _iri{ki}_ u3 _edin_ sza be-li2-ia
en: Regarding the city and (its) hinterland of my lord:
4. szu-ul-mu
en: everything is in best order.
5. um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-ma
en: (Speak) the following to my lord:
6. ad-ru szu-te-su-uq?
en: The threshing floor is prepared,
7. u3 ma!-hi-s,a-[...]-szu-ma
en: and a māḫiṣu ... him, and
8. e-pe-[sza? ...]-bi#
en: to do ...
9. um#-[ma-a ...]-a-ma
en: the following ... and
10. asz-[szu14 ...] sza# be-li2
en: Regar[ding ...] which my loard
11. x-[...]
en: ...
12. a-[... _{disz}{d}iszkur_-ra]-im-_numun_
en: ... Adad-rā’im-zēri (?)
reverse
1. [...] u2-ba#-[...]
en: ...
2. [x]-x-u2-ma ki-ki-i as,?#-[...]
en: [... ] and how ... I [...]
3. {disz}e2-sag-il2-s,u2-ri-ia [x-x]
en: Esagil-ṣūrīja ...
4. _gar_-in-t,e3-mi sza _e2-{disz}{d}3(u)_-ma#-gir#
en: After the šakin-ṭēmi of the province Bīt-Sîn-magir
5. _1(disz) me erin2-hi-a_ gi-in-na-ta
en: 100 ṣābu workers in a confinement
6. ki-i ig-nu-na _erin2-mesz_ sza be-li2-ia
en: had confined, the ṣābu workers of my lord
7. ir-ta-pi-is u3 _ka2_ at-ta-de-e
en: he beat. And I erected a gate.
8. ib-ta-ta-aq
en: He broke through (it).
9. a-na szi-bu-ti-ia _{disz}{d}nergal_-ba-ni
en: As my witnesses Nergal-bāni,
10. ha-za-na sza {iri}ra-ka-be
en: the ḫazannu of Rakābu,
11. u3 ha-za-an-na sza _e2_ {disz}ki-din-ni
en: and the ḫazannu of Bīt-Kidinnī
12. asz-ta-ka-an
en: I have put up.
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
- Condition Description: u. half
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primary: BE 17/1,, 009
[Radau1908BE17/1] Radau, Hugo. 1908. Letters to the Cassite Kings from the Temple Archives of Nippur. Babylonian Expedition 17/1.
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- Museum No.: CBS 11635
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2019-03-14 at 04:33:07 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-12-19 at 02:23:25 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-08 at 22:57:33 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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