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PIHANS 131, 125-127 39 (P512873)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 125-127 39 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512873 |
| Museum no. | IM 049307 |
| 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 ha-am-mi-s,u-ra be-li2#-ni | To Hammi-ṣura, our lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | ka-ru-um zimbir{ki} | Karum of Sippar, |
| 4 | sza i-na ma-ri{ki} | who in Mari |
| 5 | u3 mi-isz-la-an<{ki}> wa-asz-bu# | and Išlan, who dwells |
| 6 | u3 qa2-qa2-su2 | and his head |
| 7 | szi-pi2-ir-ka i-li-ka-ma# | Your work will come to you. |
| 8 | szi-bu-ul-ta-ka | your rations |
| 9 | a-na ha-la-dingir i-di-in | he gave to Ḫala-dingir. |
| 10 | um-ma szar-ru-um-ma ku#-ru-um | Thus (says) the king, the kurûm |
| 11 | u3 ha-la-dingir a-di | and Ḫala-dingir as far as |
| 12 | _ku3#?-an_ la ni#-is,#-ba#-tu# | We did not seize the silver. |
| 13 | ha-ra-na-am u3-la | for the ḫarānum-disease, |
| 14 | nu-wa-sza-ar | Nuwašar |
| 15 | a-na ki-am ma-ru szi-ip-ri-ka | In accordance with the word of your work |
| 16 | ni-ik-la um-ma ni-nu-ma | We sat down, saying: "We are |
| 17 | a-wa-at-ni a-na ha-am-<mi>-s,u2#-ra# | our word to Hammiṣur |
| 18 | bi2-il | he carried off. |
| 19 | a-di ma-ru szi-ip-ri-ka | until the time of your work |
| 20 | [u2]-wa#-sza#-ru | they shall remove. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x-szum | ... ... to him |
| 2 | [...] am#-mi-ni | ... why |
| 3 | x x x ra am | ... wild bull |
| 4 | ha-ra-na-am la tu-wa-sza#-ra#-am# | Do not delay! |
| 5 | szar#?-ru-um [x] x ni | the king |
| 6 | [...] x [x] x | |
| 7 | ha#-ra#-na#-[am ...] | In the future ... |
| 8 | i-ni-mi-[id? a?-di?] | he defeated, until |
| 9 | ni x ad x x x | ... [......] |
| 10 | ha-[ra]-na-am la tu#-wa#-sza#-ra#-am# | Do not delay! |
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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