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Adab 0636
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Primary publication	Adab 0636
Author(s)	Yang Zhi
Publication date	1989
Secondary publication(s)	FAOS 19 (Ad 08); Sollberger, JCS 10 (1956): 17. P. Michalowski, Letters no. 30
Collection	Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum no.	OIM A00636
Accession no.
Provenience	Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Excavation no.
Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates referenced
Object type	tablet
Remarks
Material	clay
Language
Genre	Letter
Sub-genre
CDLI comments
Catalogue source	nn
ATF source	Englund, Robert K.
Translation	Kienast, Burkhart; Volk, Konrad
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001s30hb
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Seal no.
CDLI no.	P217470

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Tablet

obverse
1. lugal-mu
en: To my lord
2. u3-na-du11
en: say
3. i3-li2-isz-ta2-kal2-e na-be2-a
en: what Ilī-ištakal says:
4. [1(asz@c)] {gesz}gigir e2-|UMBINxLU| 2(disz@t)
en: “1 2-wheeled transport wagon
5. ba#-ma in-na-du11
en: give out to me,” I said to him,
6. nu-ma-ba
en: but he did not give to me;
7. e3-ni-sze3
en: as to his sending out,
8. ki-babbar-ra{ki}-ka
en: in Kibabbara,
9. e2 ba-zi-zi-ka
en: in the house of Bazizi,
10. 1(asz@c) {gesz}gigir e2-|UMBINxLU| 2(disz@t)
en: 1 2-wheeled transport wagon
11. al-gal2
en: is available;
12. lu2-mu igi im-mi-du8-am3
en: my own man saw it!
13. lu2 kin-gi4-a-ka-ni
en: After his (my lord’s) messenger
14. u3-mu-gi4
en: has returned,

reverse
1. ha-ma-ab-szum2-mu
en: may he (my lord) have him (Bazizi) give it to me!
2. _ARAD2_ kal-ga-ni-me-en6
en: His (my lord’s) strong servant am I;
3. ga-na sza3-mu he2-eb2-hul2-le
en: come now, may my gut be happy!
4. im sar-ra-bi#
en: The written document of this case
5. igi#-ni-sze3 [he2]-gal2#
en: should be before him (Bazizi)!
6. ur5-e gesztu2#-ga-na
en: In this way to his mind
7. he2-na-[ni]-ib2#-ru#-gu2#
en: it should this be made clear!
8. u3 ga2-e sza3-ga-ni ab-hul2-le-en6
en: Then I will myself make his (my lord’s) gut happy!

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