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RIME 4.03.06.12Sumerian, ex. 02 (P430808)
Official or display, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.03.06.12Sumerian, ex. 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P430808 |
| Museum no. | BM 091069 (was BM 012212) |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1 | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | Hammurapi |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 3 | lugal ka2-dingir-ra{ki} | king of Babylon |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2 | king of the four quarters: |
| 5 | kalam dim2-dim2-me | who fashioned the nation |
| 6 | lugal nig2 ak-ak-bi | the king of all things |
| 7 | su {d}utu | the body of Utu, |
| 8 | {d}marduk-ra | for Marduk |
| 9 | ba-du10-ga-me-en | I am the one who is good. |
| 10 | bad3 zimbir{ki} | the wall of Sippar |
| 11 | sahar-ta | from the soil |
| 12 | hur-sag gal-gin7 | like a great mountain range |
| 13 | sag-bi | its top |
| 14 | he2-mi-il2 | I raised up. |
| 15 | ambar-ra hu-mu-ni-nigin2 | I surrounded it in the marshes. |
| 16 | {i7}buranun | the Euphrates |
| 17 | zimbir{ki}-sze3! | to Sippar |
| 18 | hu-mu-ba-al | he shall fill. |
| 19 | kar silim-ma-ke4 | at the safe harbor |
| 20 | hu-mu-ni-us2 | I set up. |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | Hammurapi |
| 2 | kalam dim2-dim2-me | who fashioned the nation |
| 3 | lugal nig2 ak-ak-bi | the king of all things |
| 4 | su {d}utu | the body of Utu, |
| 5 | {d}marduk-ra | for Marduk |
| 6 | ba-du10-ga-me-en | I am the one who is good. |
| 7 | zimbir{ki} | of Sippar, |
| 8 | ka2-dingir-ra{ki}-bi-da-ke4 | of Babylon, |
| 9 | ki-tusz ne-ha | a peaceful dwelling |
| 10 | du-ri2-sze3 | for eternity |
| 11 | he2-em-mi-tusz | I settled. |
| 12 | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | Hammurapi |
| 13 | sze-ga {d}utu | favorable to Utu, |
| 14 | ki-ag2 {d}marduk-me-en | beloved of Marduk, |
| 15 | u4 ul-li2-a-ta | from distant days |
| 16 | lugal lugal-e-ne-er | king of the kings |
| 17 | ba-ra-an-dim2-ma | he did not build, and |
| 18 | {d}utu lugal-ga2# | Utu, my king |
| 19 | gal-bi hu-mu-na-du3 | I built for him. |
Sources & licences
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