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LIH 082 (P275155)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	LIH 082
ID	P275155
Museum no.	BM 026251
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	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma a-bi-e-szu-uh-ma	Abī-ešuh says thus:
4	{disz}ni-id-na-at-{d}suen mu-sza-ad-di-in _sila4 hi-a_	Nidnat-Sîn, the seller of the sheep
5	ki-ma _sila4 hi-a_ ne-me-et-ta-ka	like a lamb, your limbs
6	a-na _e2-gal_ la tu-ub-lam	did not bring to the palace
7	iq-bi-a-am	spoke to me,
8	a-na mi-nim a-di i-na-an-na	Why, until now
9	_sila4 hi-a_ ne-me-et-ta-ka	a sheep of your own free will
10	a-na _e2-gal_ la tu-ub-lam	did not bring to the palace
11	a-na e-pe2-szi-im an-ni-i-im	for this work
12	ki-i la ta-ap-la-ah#	If you do not fear
13	[a]-na# mi#-nim# x [x x (x)]	what ...?
reverse
1	[x x x (x)] x x x [x (x)]
2	_sila4# [hi]-a_ ne-me-et-ta-ka#	You are a sheep of your own free will.
3	s,i-[im]-dam#-ma a-na babila2{ki#}	he brought to Babylon.
4	szu-bi-lam	send me!

Sources & licences

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