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RIME 4.03.06.12Sumerian, ex. 04 (P430810)
Official or display, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RIME 4.03.06.12Sumerian, ex. 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P430810 |
| Museum no. | BM 091079 (was BM 012222) |
| 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 world quarters |
| 5 | kalam# dim2#-dim2#-me | who fashioned the nation |
| 6 | lugal nig2 ak#-ak#-[bi] | the king whose acts |
| 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-em-mi#-il2# | I raised up. |
| 15 | ambar-ra# hu#-mu#-ni-nigin2 | In the marshes he surrounded it. |
| 16 | {i7}buranun | the Euphrates |
| 17 | zimbir{ki}-sze3# | to Sippar |
| 18 | hu-mu-ba#-al# | may he carry. |
| 19 | kar silim#-ma#-[ke4] | of 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 whose acts |
| 4 | su# {d}utu | the body of Utu |
| 5 | {d}marduk-ra | for Marduk |
| 6 | ba#-du10-ga#-[me]-en | I am a good one |
| 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 long days |
| 11 | he2#-em-mi-tusz# | I made dwell there. |
| 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 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. |
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