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PIHANS 131, 039-041 01 (P512877)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 039-041 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P512877 |
| Museum no. | IM 049225 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 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 | {d}en-lil2-en-nam | Enlil-ennam |
| 5 | u3# i-ku-pi2-sza | and her debts |
| 6 | szum-ma i-ta-wu-ma | If he has argued, and |
| 7 | a-wa-ti-ia s,a-ba-am | my words seized |
| 8 | u2-la#-ma-du | did Ulamadu |
| 9 | u3 at#-ta sza pi2-i t,u2-pi2-im | And you, according to the wording of a sealed document |
| 10 | lu-mi-id | I will measure out. |
| 11 | szum-ma# ma#-ma-an# | if nobody |
| 12 | [la u2-la]-mi-du-szu# | they shall not let him go |
| 13 | szum#-[ma i]-in#-[ka] | If your eye |
| 14 | ma#-hi#-ir | received. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 at-ta la tu-la#-[ma-ad] | and you will not be satisfied. |
| 2 | isz#-tu szi-bi-ia | From my womb |
| 3 | u3 a-wa-ti-ia da-na-ti#-im# | and my enduring words |
| 4 | i-na qa2-ti-ia s,a-ab-ta-ku | In my hand I am seized. |
| 5 | a-di# u4-mi-im | as long as |
| 6 | sza i-lu-um u2-sza-la-ma-ni-ma | (Sum) The one who fills the temple with a lament (Akk) The lament that fills up the temple |
| 7 | a-la-ka-am-ma | I will go, and |
| 8 | a-ta-wu-u2 | Atawû |
| 9 | a-szu-um | Ašum |
| 10 | li-bi la t,a3-bu | its libi not good, |
| 11 | pu-te-tu-um | “Putētum |
| 12 | ka-ab-ta-am | |
| 13 | sza i-in-ka ma-ah-ru | who have received your payment. |
| 14 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
| 15 | szi-pi2-ra-tu-ia ma-da-ku-um# | My šipirātu-work, the land of Adakum |
| 16 | mi-im#-ma la ta-ha-da-ra ma-ma-an | No one should be angry with me! |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | sza# a#-wa-ti-<ia> | of your words |
| 2 | [i]-ga-ma-ru-szu-um | Igamarušum |
| 3 | [szum]-ma# la ka-ti i-ba-szi | If he does not know, |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | t,e4-mi u3 t,e4-em szi-pi-ir-ti-im | a report and a written report |
| 2 | sza <i>-szim-{d}szul-gi | of Išim-Šulgi |
| 3 | szu-up-ra-am-ma lu i-de | send me, so that I may know. |
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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