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LIH 105 (P275178)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275178 |
| Museum no. | BM 086275 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 ib]-ni#-{d}marduk | to Ibni-Marduk |
| 2 | [{disz}{d}]suen#-i-din#-nam | Sîn-iddinam |
| 3 | [_x (x)]-mesz#_ zimbir#{ki} | ... of Sippar |
| 4 | [u3] _di#-ku5-mesz#_ zimbir#{ki} | and the judges of Sippar |
| 5 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 6 | [um-ma] sa-am-su-i-lu-na-ma | Thus Samsu-iluna |
| 7 | [asz-szum] sza# ta-asz-pu-ra-nim# | Concerning what you wrote me |
| 8 | [um]-ma# at-tu-nu-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | _ugula#-mesz_ ra-bu-tum | the chief foremen |
| 10 | pa-ni be-li-ni# li#-mu#-ru# | May they see the face of our lord. |
| 11 | a-na di#-na-[an be-li-ni] | to our lord |
| 12 | i ni-il#-[li-ik] | we will go. |
| 13 | it-ti be-li#-[ni] | with our lord |
| 14 | i ni-in-na#-[me-er] | may he not be forgotten. |
| 15 | [ki-a-am] ta#-asz-pu-ra#-[nim] | thus you wrote to me: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [i]-na# [ki]-ma i-na#-an-na e-re-szum | In the same way now, the servants |
| 2 | [i]-na# qa2-ba-al e-re-szi-i-im | at the command of the cedar |
| 3 | [a]-na# babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 4 | [ta]-al-la-ka-nim | go! |
| 5 | [ki]-ma# e-re-sza-am ta-ak-ta-am-sa | like a cedar you have surrounded her. |
| 6 | [a-na] babila2#{ki#} al-ka-nim-ma | to Babylon I came, and |
| 7 | [it-ti-ia] na-an-me-ra | should come with me. |
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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