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PIHANS 131, 079-080 16 (P525130)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 079-080 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525130 |
| Museum no. | IM 049234 |
| 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 Ikupiša |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ba-zi-zu#-um-ma | Thus Bazizu: |
| 4 | szu-um-ma# be2#-li a-ta | If my lord, why |
| 5 | _a#-[sza3]_-lam# x GAN2# e-pu-usz | a field of x hectares I built. |
| 6 | i-na#-an#-na _1(bur3) GAN2_ e-ri#-isz | Now, 1 bur3 of field is surplus. |
| 7 | u3# [n] GAN2#? u2-hu#-ru# | and n hectares of cultivated land |
| 8 | x zu zi x im | ... ... |
| 9 | u2 u2-ku-li na x x | They eat grass ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | isz-tu | From |
| 2 | _4(disz) iti 2(disz)_ al-pu-u2 | 4 months and 2 months have passed, |
| 3 | u2 3(disz)! a-wi-lu-u2 | and 3 men |
| 4 | i-ku-lu | they ate. |
| 5 | _1(asz) 3(barig) gur sze_-am | 1 gur 3 barig barley |
| 6 | a-na _gu4_-ia | to my ox |
| 7 | a-di-in | I gave. |
| 8 | [x x] x x na x ti im | ... ... |
| 9 | [x x] x pa ri i | ... ...; |
| 10 | a#-na# sza#-ka-ki-im# | to Šakkim |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-ma be-li a-sza3 i-na-di#-[in] | If my lord gives the field |
| 2 | _[n] 4(barig) gur sze_-am i-[di-in] | n gur 4 barig barley he gave. |
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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