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PIHANS 131, 059-061 07 (P512862)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 059-061 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512862 |
| Museum no. | IM 049222 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 i-ku-pi2-sza | to Ikūpiša |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dingir-ma-ma | Thus (says) Dingir-Mama. |
| 4 | a-na szu-mi-ka | to your name |
| 5 | ta#-ak-la-ku-ma | you are able, and |
| 6 | a#-na# su-mu-le-el | to Sumu-lēl |
| 7 | [mi]-im-ma | everything |
| 8 | u2#-la# a-sza-pa-ra-am | I will not send. |
| 9 | qi-ta-ba-am | speak! |
| 10 | a#-[nu]-me#-am | Now |
| 11 | [li]-iq#-ta-na-ab#?-bi#? | may he say to him |
| 12 | a#-di-szu | together with him |
| 13 | iq-ta-na#-ab#?-[bu?-ma] | they said to him, and |
| 14 | a#-na# t,u2-bi#?-[im?] | for profit |
| 15 | li-bi usz-ta-ni | he set his mind to it. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(disz)#? gin2 ku3-sig17!(ZI)_ | 1 shekel of gold |
| 2 | na-szu-ku-um | Našukum |
| 3 | ta-ma-ar-ti# | the audience gift |
| 4 | a-na su-mu-a-bi#-im i-[di-in] | to Sumu-abim he gave. |
| 5 | u3 1(disz) ku-ku-ra-at | and 1 kukurat |
| 6 | ka-ra-ni-im | of Karanum, |
| 7 | a-na su-mu-le-el | to Sumu-lēl |
| 8 | 1(disz) ku-ku-ra-at | 1 kukurat |
| 9 | ka-ra-ni-im | of Karanum, |
| 10 | a-na i-me-ri-im | to Imerum |
| 11 | szum-ma# be-li at-ta | If my lord |
| 12 | bi-ti szu-li-im | the house of Šulim |
| 13 | we-de-szi-ka#-ma | wed you, and |
| 14 | a-na s,e-ri-[ia] | to my country |
| 15 | al-ka-am-ma | come, and |
| 16 | mi-im-ma | everything |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | sza# ki-ma na-t,u2#-ti-sza | who like her own life |
| 2 | [i] ni-ta-wu | we have sworn |
| 3 | [ma]-ar# szi#-ip-ri-im | the price of the work |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | sza ma-ma-an | of nobody |
| 2 | i-ti-ka# | with you |
| 3 | la i-la-ka-am# | does not come |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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