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LIH 025 (P275100)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275100 |
| Museum no. | BM 015329 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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# | to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 4 | {disz}me-en-di-bu-um | Men-dibum, |
| 5 | {disz}{d}en-lil2-da-he2#-til# | Enlil-daḫetil |
| 6 | u3 masz-pa-ru-um# | and mašparum |
| 7 | ki-a-am isz-pu-ru-nim | he wrote to me thus: |
| 8 | um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 9 | {disz}{d}suen-i-di2-nam | Sin-iddinam |
| 10 | 1(disz) li-<im> _erin2_ a-na _u8#-udu-hi-a_ ba-qa2-mi#-im# | 1 thousand labor-troops for ewes, slaughtered |
| 11 | id-di-na-an-ni-a-szi-im# | gave to her |
| 12 | erin2-um sza a-na _u8#-udu-hi-a_ | labor-troops who for sheep |
| 13 | ba#-qa2-mi-im# | of Baqamum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza#-ak-na-an-ni-a#-szi#-im# | are placed for her |
| 2 | a-na bu-ni _u8# udu# hi#-a#_ | for the slaughtering of the ewes and sheep |
| 3 | mi-is,-s,a | miṣṣu |
| 4 | ki-a-am isz-pu-ru-nim# | as he wrote to me |
| 5 | erin2-am e-mu-qa2#-a-tim | labor-troops, troops |
| 6 | szu-ku-un-ma | place, and |
| 7 | ar-hi-isz bu-qu2-mu#-um | quickly buqumum |
| 8 | li-ik-ka-mi-is | may he seal. |
Sources & licences
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