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LIH 026 (P275101)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275101 |
| Museum no. | BM 015348 |
| 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-din-nam | to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 4 | {disz}{d}suen-ma-gir _szusz3_ | Sîn-magir, cattle manager |
| 5 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu-ma | he said thus: |
| 6 | _giri17-dab5-mesz_ sza qa2-ti-ia | the nose-ropes of my hand |
| 7 | sza i-na ka-ni-ik be-li2-ia | which in the sealed document of my lord |
| 8 | ka-an-ku-nim | are sealed. |
| 9 | {disz}i-nu-uh2-sa-mar | Inuḫsamar |
| 10 | a-na _aga#-us2-mesz_ u3 il-ki-im a-hi-i-im | to soldiers and the ilkû-services, dependents |
| 11 | um-ta-al-li-szu-nu-ti | I carried them off. |
| 12 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | he said thus: |
| 13 | a-na mi-nim _giri17-dab5-mesz_ | why are they seized? |
| 14 | sza i-na ka-ni-ki-ia | which in my sealed document |
| 15 | ka-an-ku | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _aga-us2#-mesz_ u3 il-ki-im a-hi-i-im | for soldiers and the ilkû-service, dependents |
| 2 | tu-ma-al-li | you will fill. |
| 3 | _giri17-dab5-mesz nig2-szu_ {d}suen-ma-gir | captives, property of Sîn-magir |
| 4 | sza pi2-i ka-ni-ki-ia | according to the wording of my sealed document, |
| 5 | sza te-el-qu2-u2 | that you took |
| 6 | te-er-szum | he shall return. |
Sources & licences
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