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PIHANS 131, 081-082 17 (P525131)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 081-082 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525131 |
| Museum no. | IM 049229 |
| 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 her adversity |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | nu-ur2-{d}suen-ma | Nur-Sîn |
| 4 | szum-ma# a#-bi# u3# be-li2 | If my father and my lord |
| 5 | at#-ta# la ta-szu-sza-ni | You did not abandon me, |
| 6 | u3# a#-ah#-ka | and your brother |
| 7 | e-li# _e2_-ti-ia | above my house |
| 8 | la ta-na-di | do not abandon! |
| 9 | gi4-mi-la-ka# | of the bridewealth |
| 10 | an#-ni-am# tu#-ra-am | This is a return. |
| 11 | [e?-le?]-i#? | above? |
| 12 | [x x x] x | |
| 13 | [at?]-ta#-ap-la-as | I have inspected |
| 14 | ki#?-ma-ma tab-ba-ka | in the place of the tabba priest |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku a-ta bur/gir? | I, from the water of the bowl(?) |
| 2 | u3 u2-ta u2-di | and from the ūta-vessel |
| 3 | a-na [x x]-ka-ma | to your ... |
| 4 | 3(disz) al-[pi2] sza# x x x | 3 al-pi-vessels of ...; |
| 5 | _2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 2/3 mina of silver |
| 6 | isz-qu2-lu-ma | they plundered, and |
| 7 | szi-na# ip#-t,u2-ru-ni-im | they have released me. |
| 8 | bu-ra-am sza ki-[ma] | a cow that like |
| 9 | _1(disz) ma-na ku3-<babbar>_ i-na | 1 mina of silver in |
| 10 | i-ni-ia wa-aq#-[ru] | my name is slain |
| 11 | i-te9-ez-bu-ni-im | he smote |
| left | ||
| 1 | szum-ma a-bi at-ta2 szu-pu-ur | If you, my father, write me, |
| 2 | li#-ip-t,u2-ru-ni-szu-ma | they shall release him, and |
| 3 | a-wa-at al-pi2# ku-szu-ud | The word of the engraver is defeated. |
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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