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PIHANS 131, 045-047 03 (P525123)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 045-047 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525123 |
| Museum no. | IM 049543 + IM 049238 |
| 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 | szum-ma i-in-ka# | If your eye |
| 5 | ma-hi-ir | received. |
| 6 | be-el gi-mi-li-ia | my lord of rejoicing |
| 7 | la usz-ma-ad | he shall not be negligent. |
| 8 | {disz}su-mu-na-bi-ia-ri | Sumunabi-yari |
| 9 | u3 {d}suen-na-da | and Suen-nada |
| 10 | gi-mi-la-am e-li-ia | a reed mat for me |
| 11 | la i-sza-ka#-nu | they shall not place |
| 12 | u3 dingir-ma#-i3-la | and Ilumma-ila |
| 13 | ki-ma i-na nu-la-ni | like in a nulanu |
| 14 | ni-isz i-li-im | the life of the gods |
| 15 | [la] u2-sza-az2-ki-ru# [aq]-ta#-bi | I said: |
| 16 | [x x x] x x x x kum | ...... you |
| 17 | [um-ma] a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 18 | [a-na] dingir#-ma#-i3-la | to Ilī-ma-ila |
| 19 | [um-ma] at#-ta-ma | Thus you: |
| 20 | [x x (x)] qi2-bi | ... speak! |
| 21 | [x x (x)] x ra# ad ka | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x (x)] ri ik | ... ...; |
| 2 | [i-na ba]-bi-im ra-bi-im | in the great city |
| 3 | [x x] x za-ku-ur-szu-ma | ... he is exempt from taxes and |
| 4 | [lu-usz-te]-ri-ba-ku-usz | let me send to you. |
| 5 | [x x (x)] x bi ia# | ... for me |
| 6 | [u3 ki]-am# i-pu-ul-ka | and as he performed against you |
| 7 | [x x] x ka-bi-it-ku-ma | ... are sealed and |
| 8 | [x x] x aq-bi | ... I said |
| 9 | [x x (x) su]-mu-a-bi-im | ... Sumu-abīm |
| 10 | [x x (x)]-ma li-iq-bi | ... may he say |
| 11 | [x x (x) su-mu]-a#-bu#-um# | ... Sumû-abum |
| 12 | u3# [mi-ma] sza# ta#-qa#-bu-szu-um-ma | and whatever you say to him |
| 13 | sza pi2#-ka i-pe2-szu | according to your command he will do |
| 14 | a-na-ku i-de | I know. |
| 15 | i-nu-ma a-na ni-isz i-li-im | When to the rites of the god |
| 16 | a-na ba-bi-im ra-bi-im# | to the great rulers |
| 17 | pi2-szu it-ta-ad-nu-ku-um | he has given to you. |
| 18 | lu e-te-le-ti | may they be pure. |
| 19 | a-na szu-ru-bi-ia | to send to me |
| 20 | pi2-ka i-di-szu-um | by your mouth he is his helper |
| 21 | szum-ma be-li at-ta# | If my lord |
| 22 | a-ha-am isz-te-en | each other |
| 23 | u3 ti-la#?-ta-am isz-te-at | and life together |
| 24 | sza za um? ri? ka | of ..., |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] x x | |
| 3 | [x x x] mu-um | ... year |
| 4 | [szum-ma ni-isz i]-li-im | if the god's word |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | [sza su-mu]-le-el | of Sumu-lēl |
| 2 | [sza] pi2#-ka ta#-di-na-am | of your mouth you gave me |
| 3 | u3# ni-isz# i-li-im | and the life of the gods |
| 4 | li-t,i3-ba-ku-um | may they keep you alive! |
| 5 | szum-ma be-li at-ta | If my lord |
| left col 3 | ||
| 1 | we-di-szi-ka-ma | wedīška, and |
| 2 | al-ka-am | come! |
| 3 | ur-ra-am | in the future |
| 4 | lu-mu#-ur-ka | Let me see you. |
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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