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LIH 027 (P275102)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275102 |
| Museum no. | BM 015862 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am i-na a-ma-ri-im | This tablet, at the beginning |
| 5 | _erin2 {gi}dusu_-ka u3 _erin2 {gi}dusu_ sza-pi2-ir ma-[tim] | your reed-workers and the “shepherd-of-the-mountain’s-troops, the šappīr of the land |
| 6 | sza li-ti-ka sza it-ti _erin2 {gi}dusu giri3-se3-ga_ | of your life, who with the ṣibtu-workers and the guards |
| 7 | szi-ip-ra-am i-te-ne-ep-<pu>-szu s,i-im-dam | The work that he is doing is good. |
| 8 | pa-ni _erin2 {gi}dusu_ szu-a-ti | the face of that reed-worker’s staff |
| 9 | 1(disz) _dumu-e2-dub-ba_-ka li-is,-ba-tam | one of your scribal apprentices may he seize |
| 10 | _zi3-kaskal iti 1(disz)-kam#_ ri-gi-im-tam | road flour, 1st month, rigimtam |
| 11 | u3 _nam-1(u)-e 1(disz) ma2-1(u)-gur_ li-il-qi2-a-am-ma | and a one-year-old shall take one boat, and |
| 12 | i-na _iti sig4-a u4 1(disz)-kam_ | in the month of Simanu, the 1st day |
| 13 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | ma#-ah-ri#-ia# u2#-ul# [...] | He did not ... before me |
| 2' | i-na _erin2 {gi}dusu_ szu-a-ti 1(disz) _lu2_ x x | from among those reed workers, 1 man |
| 3' | _szu-gi4 u3 tur_ | šugi and small |
| 4' | la in-nam-mar | he shall not be seen |
| 5' | et,-lam da-an-nam-ma t,u2-ur-dam | (Sum) The young man is strong, he is merciful. (Akk) Strong one, be merciful to me. |
| 6' | u3 <a-na> ha-di-a-nim | and to Ḫadiānum |
| 7' | sza asz-pur-ak-kum | As to what I wrote you: |
| 8' | _u4 1(disz)-kam_ la u2-la-ap-pa-tu-nim | on the 1st day they shall not release. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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