Gimil-Marduk
letter writer · Babylonia · c. 18th–17th century BC
A man of Old Babylonian times who wrote a clay-tablet letter to a woman named Bibêa. Whether they were husband and wife or lovers is not known.
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c. 18th–17th century BC · A letter to a woman named Bibêa. Johns, the translator, says it “may be fairly described as a love-letter”. Marchesvan is the eighth month, in autumn.
I went to Babylon and did not see thee. I was greatly disappointed. Send me the reason of thy leaving, and let me be cheered. In Marchesvan do thou come. For my sake keep well always.An Old Babylonian letter on a clay tablet · in C. H. W. Johns, Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters (1904) · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)
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