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PIHANS 131, 042-044 02 (P525122)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 042-044 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525122 |
| Museum no. | IM 049221 |
| 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)
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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 | ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you wrote me. |
| 5 | um-ma at-ta-ma | Thus you: |
| 6 | i-la-am a-sza-al-ma | I will ask and |
| 7 | sza-al#-ma-at | well-being |
| 8 | a#-na wa-ar-ki-at u4-mi-im | in the future |
| 9 | sza-al-ma#-at | well-being |
| 10 | ta#-ge#-er-tum | tagertum |
| 11 | u2-la i-ba-szi | there is none. |
| 12 | ki-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am | thus you wrote me: |
| 13 | u3 a-na-ku | and I |
| 14 | u2-la e-gi | did not return. |
| 15 | 6(disz)#? pu#-ha#-di3# e-pu-usz-ma | I built 6 puhādi, and |
| 16 | [x x x]-x-szu#-[nu] | their ... |
| 17 | [ba-ru-u2 u2]-ba#-lu!-ni-ma | the scepter they brought to me, and |
| 18 | [um-ma szu]-nu-ma | thus they: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szi-ru-um u2-la# i-sza-ar | The širû-priest shall not contest. |
| 2 | u2-t,u2-ul | |
| 3 | la ta-la-ak | do not go! |
| 4 | u3 a-na-ku a-mu-ur-ma | and I saw |
| 5 | szi-ru-um i-ni | this širum stone |
| 6 | u2-la ma-hi-ir | did not receive. |
| 7 | e-te-el-pi2-{d}suen | Etel-pī-Sîn, |
| 8 | 2(disz) u4-mi a-ka-la | 2 days of Akalla |
| 9 | a-sza-ar# ba#-ru#-u2#-a# | I will ask, but I will not answer. |
| 10 | u2-ba-lu-ni-ma | he brought, and |
| 11 | szum-ma a-la-ka-am | If I go |
| 12 | iq-ta-bu-ni | said: |
| 13 | i-na sze-ep# | in the steppe |
| 14 | e-te-el-pi2-{d}suen | Etel-pī-Sîn, |
| 15 | ma-ar szi-ip-ri-im | before the work |
| 16 | sza su#-mu-na-bi-ia-ri | of Sumunabiyari |
| 17 | i-la#-ka-am-ma | will come, and |
| 18 | dingir#-ma#-i3-la | Ilumma-ila |
| 19 | ni-isz i-li-im | the life of the gods |
| 20 | u2-sza-az2-ka-ar-ma | shall place, and |
| 21 | e-ru-ba-am | entered. |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | szum-ma szi-ru-um# | If a širum |
| 2 | la i-sza-ar# | he shall not pay. |
| 3 | t,e4-mi e-te-el-pi2-{d}suen | News of Etel-pî-Sīn: |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | u2-ba-la-szu#-um# | he shall carry out. |
| 2 | 1(u) u4-mi u2-te-qi2 | 10 days he has passed |
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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