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PIHANS 131, 056-068 06 (P512872)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 056-068 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512872 |
| Museum no. | IM 049274 |
| 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 Ikupīša |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dingir-ma-ma | Thus (says) Dingir-Mama. |
| 4 | dingir a-sza-al-ma | I ask the god, and |
| 5 | u2-za-ki-ma# | I cleared, and |
| 6 | i-ku#?-[pi2?]-sza lu2#? x x x? | Ikū-pîša |
| 7 | ba-ru [x (x)] x x x im | ... ... |
| 8 | u3 sza sza-ad-la#-asz2#? | and that of the šadla’s |
| 9 | ba-ru-um sza-nu-um | two-thirds (of the world) |
| 10 | ki-la-li#-in | Kilalin |
| 11 | usz-ta-wu#-ma | he smote, and |
| 12 | um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 13 | szi-ru-um u2-la i-sza-ar | The širû-priest shall not write. |
| 14 | _1(disz) iti_ u2-t,u2-ul | 1 month, eponymy of |
| 15 | a-szu!-um ki-am | Ašum thus |
| 16 | a-ta-ar | I have returned. |
| 17 | su-mu-na-bi-ia-ri-im# | Sumunabi-yarim |
| 18 | u2-sze-ti-iq | he caused to pass. |
| 19 | sza-ni-ta-am | another |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wa-at# [szi]-pi2-ir | the word of a written document |
| 2 | su#-mu-[na]-bi#-ia-ri-im# | Sumunabi-yarim |
| 3 | u3# [szi?]-pi#?-ir#? | and the šipir(?) |
| 4 | [sza]-ka#-na#-ki-im | are placed. |
| 5 | sza [i]-szim#-{d}szul-gi | of Išim-Šulgi |
| 6 | szi-pi2-[ir]-ta-szu-nu | their work assignment |
| 7 | te-es-li#-tu-um-ma | teslītum |
| 8 | u3 u2-ne-ne-tum | and utensils |
| 9 | te-er-ta-szu-nu | return them. |
| 10 | ma-ah-ri-ka i-di-nu | they gave before you. |
| 11 | bu-na-am ta-t,u2-ul | “Goodness, you have been compensated! |
| 12 | ki-i t,e4-mu-um | according to the order |
| 13 | szum-ma# u2-zu-um# | If uzû |
| 14 | szum-ma ne-eh-tu-um | If the nēḫtum-demon |
| 15 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 16 | lu i-de# | may he know. |
| 17 | ki-i ta-am-li-ik | like a boatman |
| 18 | al-pi2 u2-sze-be2-er | (Sum) He brought out the reed-beds (Akk) He made the riŋītu-trees rise |
| 19 | szi-ip-ra-am | the work |
| 20 | [li?]-pe2-szu u2-ul# [x x] x am | They should not do ... |
| 21 | [x] x x x | |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | mi-im-ma# | everything |
| 2 | sza i-in#-ka# | of your eye |
| 3 | ma-ah-ru | received. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | szu-up-ra-am | send! |
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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