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LIH 075 (P275148)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275148 |
| Museum no. | BM 027288 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 3 | {disz}ta-ri-ba-tum ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | Tarībatum said thus: |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| 5 | _erin2 ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ sza be-li2 i-si-ha-am | the labor-troops of the “barge-of-inspector’s chariot that my lord brought in, |
| 6 | a-di-ni u2-ul id-di-nu-nim-ma | they did not give me until now, and |
| 7 | _ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ u2-ul e-pu-usz ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | I did not build a dock, but as he said, |
| 8 | a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam ma2-i3-dub_ ka-lu#-szu#-nu# ka-am-su2#-u2 | for 1 month, the barge-man, all of them, ka-am-sû, |
| 9 | i-na ki-ma i-na-an-na _ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ | In the same way now, the sailor |
| 10 | u2-ul in-ne-pu-usz | he shall not do. |
| 11 | i-na ma-ti-ma in-ne-pu-usz | at any time they shall do. |
| 12 | _u4_-um tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am | The day of this tablet |
| 13 | ta-am-ma-ru | you see. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _erin2 ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ ta-ri-ba-tum# | labor-troops of the “barge-of-the-mouth’ workers,' workers of Taribatum |
| 2 | a-pu-ul-ma | I poured, and |
| 3 | _ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ sza qa2-ti-szu | a boat of emmer belonging to his hand |
| 4 | li-pu-usz | may he do. |
| 5 | ar-hi-isz _erin2 ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ | quickly the labor-troops of the quay docks |
| 6 | u2-ul ta-ap-pa#-al-szu-ma | you will not listen to him and |
| 7 | pi2-ha-tum szi-i i-na mu-uh2-hi-ka | It is a pihatu-demon on your account. |
| 8 | isz-sza-ak-ka-an | he placed. |
| 9 | u3 _erin2_-am ma-la a-na _ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ | and the troops as much as for the sailor |
| 10 | ta-ad-di-nu | given. |
| 11 | u3 i-na-an-na ta-na-ad-di-nu | And now they are giving it. |
| 12 | szu-me-sza-am ig#-ri#-sza#-am | her name is ikrišam |
| 13 | szu#-ut,-ra-am-ma szu-bi-lam | Write and send me! |
Sources & licences
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