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PIHANS 131, 122-124 38 (P512871)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 122-124 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512871 |
| Museum no. | IM 049226 |
| 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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2-ma | Nanna-manšuma |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ sza u2-da-am | the field of Udam |
| 5 | ta-aq-bi-am# | you said |
| 6 | li-we#-du-ni-im | may they bless me. |
| 7 | i-na li-bi _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti | in the middle of that field |
| 8 | _1(bur3) GAN2 u3 2(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ e-re-sza-am | 1 bur3 surface area and 2 bur3 area of cedar field |
| 9 | ta-aq-bi-am | you said |
| 10 | szum-ma li-bi be-li2-ia | If my lord’s heart |
| 11 | _a-sza3_ sza pi2-ka ta-di-na-am | the field in your responsibility is given |
| 12 | li-we-du-ni-im | may they bless me. |
| 13 | sza-ta-am | another |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | be-er-ki-ia | of Bēkriya |
| 2 | qu2-li-el | |
| 3 | a-di al-pi2-ni | as far as Alpini |
| 4 | e-pi2-na-am | he made. |
| 5 | u2-sza-ra-am | he shall pay. |
| 6 | _a-sza3_ sza su-mu-le-el | field of Sumu-lēl |
| 7 | na-da-na-am | to give |
| 8 | iq-bi-am | spoke, |
| 9 | e-li be-li2-ia | against my lord |
| 10 | szu-du-na-am | šudunam |
| 11 | i-szu-u2 | he has |
| left | ||
| 1 | szum-ma li-bi be-li2-ia _a-sza3_ | If the heart of my lord the field |
| 2 | a-ni-am u3 a-ni-am a-na i-ku-pi2-sza | “Why and why to her oven? |
| 3 | _dumu_ ar-wi-im i-di-in | son of Arwim he gave |
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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