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LIH 083 (P275156)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275156 |
| Museum no. | BM 026959 |
| 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 | {disz}{d}utu-szu-mu-un#-dib x [x (x) (x)] | Utu-šumundib |
| 3 | _kar_ zimbir{ki} u3 _di-[ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki} qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to the quay of Sippar and the judges of Sippar: |
| 4 | um-ma a-bi-e-szu#-[uh-ma] | Abī-eshuh speaks thus: |
| 5 | {disz}{d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ {d}marduk#-a-[x (x)] | Marduk-mušallim, son of Marduka- |
| 6 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum# | and the judges of Sippar-Yaḫrum |
| 7 | ki#-a-am isz-pu-ru-nim# um-ma szu-nu-ma | Thus they wrote to me: |
| 8 | _[e2] dumu-munus_ szul-gi | household of daughter of Šulgi |
| 9 | [x x (x) (x)] x sza _e2_ {d}utu | of the temple of Šamaš |
| 10 | [... ka]-ia-ma-nim | ... of the land |
| 11 | [i-nu-ma a-na] s,i#-bu-ut _e2-gal_ | when for the ṣibût of the palace |
| 12 | [x x x (x) (x)] x ip-pe2-et-tu-u2 | ... they opened |
| 13 | [_sanga-mesz di-ku5-mesz_] zimbir#{ki} _u2-tul2-mesz sza3-tam-mesz_ | sanga priests, judges of Sippar, šatam priests |
| 14 | [e-ri-ib _e2] gudu4 abzu-mesz_ | entered the house of the gudu priest of the Abzu. |
| 15 | [u3 {lu2}]qa2-ab-ba-hu-u2 | and the Qabbaḫu |
| 16 | [a-na] _e2_ {d}utu | to the temple of Šamaš |
| 17 | [i-ir]-ru#-bu-ma | enter, and |
| 18 | [_e2 dumu-munus_ szul-gi i]-pe2#-et-tu-u2 | the house of the daughter of Shulgi they shall remove |
| 19 | [...] x x | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | [{disz}]{d}suen-i-din-nam _di-ku5_ [(x) (x) (x)] | Sîn-iddinam, judge |
| 22 | _dumu_ {d}nanna-mah# | son of Nanna-maḫ |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _kar_ zimbir{ki} u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir#[{ki}] | the quay of Sippar and the judges of Sippar |
| 2 | _e2 dumu-munus_ szul-gi | house of daughter of Šulgi |
| 3 | ip-tu-u2-ma | opened, and |
| 4 | sza# i-pu-szu u2-ul ni-de-e-ma# | we did not know what they did, and |
| 5 | u3 ni-a-ti u2-ul is-su-ni-a-ti#-[ma] | and the people did not agree with me, and |
| 6 | u2-ul ni-iz-zi-iz | we did not stand. |
| 7 | ki-a-am isz-pu-ru-nim | he wrote to me thus: |
| 8 | a-na s,i-bu-ut _e2-gal_ a-ii-i-tim | for the building of that palace |
| 9 | ba-lum _sanga-mesz di-ku5-mesz u2-tul2-mesz sza3-tam-mesz_ | without the priests, judges, and cooks of the interior |
| 10 | e-ri-ib _e2 gudu4 abzu-mesz#_ | entered the house of the gudu priest of the Abzu. |
| 11 | u3 {lu2}qa2-ab-ba-hi-i | and the Qabbaḫi |
| 12 | _e2 dumu-munus szul-gi_ ki te-ep-ti-[a] | the house of the daughter of Šulgi from Teptiya |
| 13 | t,e4-ma-am szu-up-ra-nim | Send me a report! |
Sources & licences
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