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LIH 050 (P275123)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	LIH 050
ID	P275123
Museum no.	BM 017298
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 ib-ni-{d}suen	to Ibni-Sîn
2	_dumu_ {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir	son of Marduk-naṣir
3	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
4	um-ma am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-ma	thus Ammī-ṣaduqa:
5	bu#-qu2-mu#
6	[i-na] _e2_ a-ki-tim	in the Akitu temple
7	[isz]-sza-ak-ka-an	he placed.
8	[ki-ma] tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am#	according to this tablet
9	[ta]-am-ma-ru	you see
10	[pa-ni] _u8# udu hi-a_ sza te-re-hu-u2	total, ewes, sheep and goats that were brought in.
11	[s,a]-ab-tam	seized
12	[u3] ka-ni-ka-at _u8 udu hi-a_	and the guarantee of the sheep and goats
13	sza a-na s,i-i-tim tu-sze-s,u2-u2	which you brought in to the future,
14	li-qi2-a-am-ma	may he take, and
15	a-na babila2{ki} al-kam	to Babylon come!
16	la tu#-[la]-ap#-pa#-tam	you shall not open.
reverse
1	i-na _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_	in the month of Addarum, the 1st day
2	a-na babila2{ki}	to Babylon
3	si2-in-qa2-am	a good thing

Sources & licences

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