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LIH 040 (P275115)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275115 |
| Museum no. | BM 023152 |
| 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 | a-na _ugula-mesz ma2-i3-dub_ sza li-ti-ka | to the foremen of the barge of yours |
| 5 | szu-pu-ur-ma | send, and |
| 6 | ki-ma i-na _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_ | in the month of Addarum, the 30th day |
| 7 | qa2-du-um _ma2-i3-dub_-szu-nu# | together with their boat |
| 8 | a-na babila2{ki} sa3-na-qi2-im | to Babylon he presented it. |
| 9 | li-ma-ad-di-du-ma | may they keep going, and |
| 10 | pa-ni _ma2-i3-dub_-szu-nu | before their boat captain |
| 11 | ga-am-ri-im | the whole |
| 12 | li-is,-ba-tu-nim | may they seize me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_ | in the month of Addarum, the 30th day |
| 2 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 3 | li-is-ni-qu2-nim | may they pluck up. |
| 4 | u3 tap-pu-ut _ugula-mesz ma2-i3-dub_ | and adjoining the foremen of the quay |
| 5 | a-li-ik-ma | went, and |
| 6 | e-ma _ma2#-i3-dub_-szu-nu ka-lu#-ma | wherever their docks are full, |
| 7 | mu-s,a-a-am la i-szu-u2 | they do not have a captive. |
| 8 | li-sze-lu-nim-ma | may they bring to me, and |
| 9 | a-na ha-de-nim sza asz-pu-ra-ak#-kum# | For the good deeds about which I wrote to you |
| 10 | la u2-la-ap-pa-tu-nim | they shall not release me. |
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