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LIH 080 (P275153)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275153 |
| Museum no. | BM 027269 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 | _kar#_ zimbir#{ki#} | quay of Sippar |
| 3 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir#[{ki}] | and the judges of Sippar |
| 4 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 5 | um-ma sa-am-su-i-lu-na-ma# | Thus Samsu-iluna |
| 6 | ki-ma a-na _a-gar3_ ra-bi-i-im# | like to a large meadow |
| 7 | u3 _a-gar3_ sza-am-ka-nim | and the meadow of Šamkānum |
| 8 | _ma2 hi-a szu-ku6-mesz_ | a boat of fish, |
| 9 | it-ta-na-ar-ra-ad#-[ma] | keeps wandering about, and |
| 10 | _ku6 hi-a_ i-ba-ar-ru# | the fish will be killed. |
| 11 | iq-bu-[nim] | said to me: |
| 12 | _1(disz) lu2-kas4-e_ | 1 courier, |
| 13 | at,-t,ar-dam# | I have sent. |
| 14 | ki-ma is-sa3-an-qa2-ak#-[kum] | like he has smeared you |
| 15 | _ma2 hi-a szu-ku6-mesz#_ | a boat of fish, |
| 16 | sza i-na _a-gar3_ ra-bi-i-im | which in the large meadow |
| 17 | u3 _[a-gar3]_ sza#-am#-ka-nim | and the meadows of Šamkanum |
| 18 | [_ku6 hi-a_ i-ba-ar-ru] | fish will be cut off. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3 la i-ta-ar-ma | and he has not returned, and |
| 2' | _ma2 hi-a szu-ku6-mesz_ | a boat of fish, |
| 3' | a-na# _a-gar3_ ra-bi-i-im | to the large meadow |
| 4' | u3 _a-gar3_ sza-am-ka-[nim] | and the meadow of Šamkanum |
| 5' | la# ur-ra-ad | he shall not return |
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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