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LIH 005 (P275080)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275080 |
| Museum no. | BM 012818 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# {d}suen#-i#-di2#-nam# [qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | [um-ma ha-am]-mu#-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 3 | i7# [...] ka#-lu-sza it-te-eh-re | The canal ..., all of it, turned away |
| 4 | i7# [li-ib-bi a-lim sza] unu{ki} u2-ul he-ri-a-at-ma | The important river of Uruk was not irrigated |
| 5 | mu#-[u2 a-na ...] a-lim u2#-ul# i-ir-ru-bu | The young man will not enter the city ... |
| 6 | u3 [...] x x sza a-ah _i7_ bad3#{ki#} | and ... of the side of the Dūr canal |
| 7 | [i-na la] _a-mesz#_ na-di-a-at | It is given without water. |
| 8 | e-pi2#-[esz i7] szu#-a-ti u2-ul ma-du | The work on that canal is not good. |
| 9 | a-na [erin2-im] sza# ma-ah-ri-ka | to the troops in your presence |
| 10 | _esz2#-gar3# u4 3(disz)-kam#-ma#_ | ešgar offering on the 3rd day |
| 11 | t,up-pi2# an#-ni#-a-am i-na a-ma-ri-im | This tablet from the inspection |
| 12 | i-na e#-mu-qa2#-at erin2-im | with the strength of the troops |
| 13 | sza ma-ah-ri-ka | which before you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i#-na# li-ib-bi _u4 3(disz)-kam#_ | on the 3rd day |
| 2 | i7 li-ib-bi a-lim sza unu{ki} | the Libbi canal, important one of Uruk |
| 3 | hi-ri | |
| 4 | isz-tu i7 szu-a-ti te-eh-te-ru-u2 | they will return from that canal. |
| 5 | szi-ip#-ra-am sza asz-pu-ra-kum | The work that I wrote to you |
| 6 | [e]-pu-usz | he built. |
Sources & licences
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