| Line | Text original | Text translated |
|---|---|---|
| o. 1 | a-na na-bi–du[tu qi₂-bi₂-ma] | To Nabīum-Samaš, say: |
| o. 2 | um-ma dla[l3–na-ṣi-ir-ma] | thus speaks Alammuš-nāṣir |
| o. 3 | dutu u₃ damar.utu l[i-ba-al-li-ṭ]u₂-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you in good health! |
| o. 4 | aš-šum 1/2 ma.na k[u₃.babbar ša qa₂?-ti?]-ia | Concerning the 1/2 mina (250 g) of silver at my disposal? |
| o. 5 | a-na i₃.giš[glossary=šamnum] ša-[mi-i]m | to buy sesame oil |
| o. 6 | u₂-ša-bi-la-a[k-k]um-m[a] | I sent (it) to you, and |
| o. 7 | ṭup-pa-ka ša t[u-š]a-bi-lam eš-[me] | I heard your letter that you sent me. |
| o. 8 | iš-tu-ma i₃.gi[š] ta-as₂-ḫu-r[u-ma] | |
| o. 9 | la ta-mu-ru ku₃.babbar šu-a-ti | |
| o. 10 | i-na qa₂-ti-ka-ma u₂-ṣu₂-ur | |
| o. 11 | a-na ku₃.babbar na-ṣa-ri-im | |
| o. 12 | la te-eg-gu | |
| o. 13 | k[i-m]a [aš]-pu-ra-ak-kum | As I wrote you, |
| o. 14 | [1? gur? še.g]iš.i₃[glossary=šamaššammū] i-na bi-tim | |
| o. 15 | [e-zi-i]m-ma | |
| r. 1 | [ši-t]a-at še.giš.i₃ š[a …] | |
| r. 2 | u₃ ša iš-tu sa-a[m?-ni?-i?ki?] | |
| r. 3 | ub-lu-ni-ik-ku[m] | |
| r. 4 | i-nu-ma a-na 1 gur še.giš.i₃ ṣa-ḫa-tim[glossary=ṣaḫātum] | |
| r. 5 | [š]a 1/2 gin₂ ku₃.babbar še-am | |
| r. 6 | [t]a-na-ad-di-nu | |
| r. 7 | [1?] gur? še.giš.i₃ ša aš-pu-ra-ak-kum | |
| r. 8 | [i-n]a bi-tim e-zi-im-ma | |
| r. 9 | [g]a-me-er še.giš.i₃ | |
| r. 10 | a-na ṣa-ḫa-tim i-di-in | |
| r. 11 | lu ti-de u₃ ṭe₄-em še.giš.i₃ | |
| r. 12 | ma-la a-na ṣa-ḫa-tim | |
| r. 13 | ta-na-ad-di-nu | |
| r. 14 | pa-nam šu-ur-ši-a-am-ma | |
| r. 15 | šu-up-ra-am | |
| u.e. 1 | dumu ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma–diškur[individual=Mannu-kīma-Addu] sur.ra[glossary=ṣāḫitum] | |
| u.e. 2 | aṭ-ṭar-da-ak-[kum] | |
| u.e. 3 | 2 gur še.giš.i₃ [o o] | give him 2 kur (600 l) of sesame seeds […], and let him extract (the oil). |
| le.e. 1 | ⸢i⸣-d[i-i]m-[m]a li-iṣ-ḫu-ut | |
| le.e. 2 | […] ni/i₃*? x an*? […] | […] |
AbB 09 011
Commentary
For a copy of the tablet, see Lutz (1917) pl. IV.
This letter from Alammuš-nāṣir to his steward first mentions silver given in order to buy sesame oil. But his steward didn’t find oil, so Alammuš-nāṣir orders him to keep the silver vigilantly and gives instructions for sesame seeds to be pressed: an oil presser, dispatched to his steward, would receive 600 litres of sesame for extracting oil from it.
Bibliography
- Driver 1924 = Driver, Godfrey Rolles (1924): Letters of the First Babylonian Dynasty. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts 3. Oxford: Oxford University.
- Lutz 1917 = Lutz, Henry F. (1917): Early Babylonian Letters from Larsa. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 2. New Haven and London: Yale University; Oxford University.
- Stol 1981 = Stol, Marten (1981): Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift und Übersetzung 9. Leiden: Brill.