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LIH 086 (P275159)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275159 |
| Museum no. | BM 026962 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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] _dam#-gar3#-mesz_ zimbir{ki} qi2-bi2-ma# | Speak to the merchants of Sippar: |
| 2 | [um-ma a-bi-e]-szu#-uh-ma | Abi-ešuh says thus: |
| 3 | [asz-szum sza] ta#-asz-pu-ra-nim | Concerning what you wrote me |
| 4 | [um-ma] at#-tu-nu-ma | Thus you: |
| 5 | _[dam-gar3-mesz lu2-mesz]_ zimbir#{ki} | merchants and people of Sippar |
| 6 | [sza i]-na# ma#-[at] x x x | which in the land of ... |
| 7 | [x] x [x x x (x)] x x x x | |
| 8 | u2-ul# [(x) (x) (x) il-li]-ku-nim-ma | did not ... come to me, and |
| 9 | u3 _[ku3-babbar igi-sa2_ u2-ul u2-sza-bi-lu-nim] | and the regular silver they did not send to me. |
| 10 | szum#-ma# be-el-[ni i-qa2-ab]-bi# | If our lord commands |
| 11 | 1(disz) x [(x)] li#-sza#-ki#-in#-ma | 1 ... may he place, and |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar# igi#-[sa2] dam-gar3-mesz lu2-mesz_ zimbir{ki} | the silver before the merchants and men of Sippar |
| 13 | sza# [i-na] ma-at x [x x x (x)] | who in the land of ... |
| 14 | li#-is,#-mi-[dam]-ma | may he send, and |
| 15 | li#-il#-qi2#-a-am | may he take |
| 16 | sza# ta#-asz-pu#-ra-nim | of which you wrote to me |
| 17 | x [x x (x) i]-il#-la-ak | ... goes |
| 18 | u2-da#-ab-ba-ab | he shall redeem. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na# esz18-dar-isz-me-szu sza-pi2-ir# [ma-tim] | to Ishtar-išmeshu, the governor of the land |
| 2 | asz-szum _ku3-babbar igi-sa2 dam-gar3-mesz_ szu-nu-ti# | Because of the silver before them, those merchants |
| 3 | de#-ke#-[e]-em-ma | may he say, and |
| 4 | a-na babila2{ki} szu-bu-li-[im] | to Babylon he sent. |
| 5 | it#-ta-asz-pa-ar# | has written |
| 6 | u3 at-tu-nu _dam-gar3-mesz_ be-el pi2-ha-tim | and you, merchants, lords of rebellion |
| 7 | _ku3-babbar igi-sa2 dam-gar3-mesz_ szu-nu-[ti] | the silver before the merchants |
| 8 | li-is,-mi-du-ma | may they look at, and |
| 9 | li-il-qu2-ni-ik-ku-nu-szi-im | they must take from you. |
| 10 | szum-ma _ku3-babbar igi-sa2_-szu-nu la usz-ta-bi#-[lu-ni-ik-ku-nu-szi-im] | If the silver of their eyes has not been brought to you |
| 11 | _dam-gar3-mesz_ szu-nu-ti a-na ma-ah#-[ri-ia] | these merchants before me |
| 12 | li-ir-du-[nim] | may they lead me. |
Sources & licences
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