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PIHANS 131, 052-055 05 (P512864)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 052-055 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512864 |
| Museum no. | IM 049240 |
| 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 | u3 i-ku-pi2-sza | and her debts |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma dingir-ma-ma | Thus (says) Dingir-Mama. |
| 5 | a-na su-mu-na-bi-ia-ri | to Sumunabiyari |
| 6 | aq-bi-ma um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I said, thus I: |
| 7 | i-ti-ka lu-li-ik | Let me go with you. |
| 8 | um-ma szu-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| 9 | i-ti dingir-ma-i3-la | from the account of Dingir-ma-ila |
| 10 | u2-la a-pa-hu-ur# | I do not fear. |
| 11 | a-na mi-ni-im ta#-[la]-ak# | Why did you go? |
| 12 | um-ma# a#-na-ku#-[ma] | Thus I: |
| 13 | u2-mu#-ia# ir-te-qu2# | my days have passed |
| 14 | mi-il#-ka-ni | his dowry |
| 15 | um-ma szu#-ma | Thus Šu: |
| 16 | t,e4-em pu#-uh-ri-ia | report of my request |
| 17 | lu-ul-ma-da#-am-ma# | let me know, and |
| 18 | ka-ta-am lu-um#-li#-ik# | Let me go in full. |
| 19 | su-mu-na-bi-ia-ri-im | Sumunabi-yarim |
| 20 | li-tu-ra-am-ma | may he return, and |
| 21 | u3 at-tu-nu | and you |
| 22 | t,e4-em pu-uh-ri-szu# | news of his appeal |
| 23 | li-im-da-ma | he should measure out, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wa-at-ku-nu | your words |
| 2 | li-s,i2-pa-am-ma | may he tear out, and |
| 3 | sza ta-sza-pa-ra-ni-im# | that you sent to me |
| 4 | lu-pu-usz lu-te-er-ba-am | let me do, let me return. |
| 5 | [x] zi-ri | ... zīru |
| 6 | sza#? ak-lu-ma#? la a-le-qe2-am | that I took, but I did not take |
| 7 | um-ma a-na#-ku-ma | Thus I: |
| 8 | mi-de su-mu-a-bu#-um | What does Sumū-abum know? |
| 9 | u3 masz-pa-ru-um | and mašparum |
| 10 | i-na a-wa-ti-im# ne#-hu | In a favorable case |
| 11 | u2#-la-nu-ku-nu# a#-ha-am | they will give to you. Each other |
| 12 | u2-la i-szu | he does not have |
| 13 | a-ku-nu-szi-im-ma tak2-la#-ku | I am with her, and you are attentive. |
| 14 | su-mu-a-bu-um | Sumū-abum, |
| 15 | masz-pa-ru-um | mašparum |
| 16 | u3 dingir-ma-i3#-la# | and Ilumma-ila |
| 17 | sza pi2-ku-nu szu-pu-sza-am | whose mouth is full of tears, |
| 18 | te-le-e-<a> | |
| 19 | szu-li-ma#-[ni]-ni | Šulimani |
| 20 | sza a-na zimbir#{ki}-ma | which to Sippar |
| 21 | qu2-ri-ba-ni-ni | his warriors |
| 22 | a-wi-la-am | a man |
| 23 | sza i-na le-et du-ri-im | who in the dark night |
| 24 | u2#? a#-szu-um t,u2-pi2 | and ašum ṭūpu |
| 25 | ta#-aq#-bi-<a>-ni-im | you spoke to me |
| 26 | i-nu-ma t,e4-mi-ia | When my report |
| 27 | usz-ta-ak-li-szu | he caused him to die |
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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