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PIHANS 131, 087-088 20 (P525133)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 087-088 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525133 |
| Museum no. | IM 050472 |
| 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 Ikūpuša |
| 2 | qi2-bi-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | [{d}]utu-na-s,i-ir-ma | Shamash-nāṣir |
| 4 | [asz-szum] _2/3(disz)# ma-na ku3!-babbar_ | Concerning 2/3 mina of silver |
| 5 | sza# ta-di-nam | that you gave |
| 6 | _1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/2 mina 2 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 7 | [a]-na {d}suen-i-din-nam | to Sîn-iddinam |
| 8 | as-ni-iq | I cut off. |
| 9 | _7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ szi-ta-ti | 7 1/2 shekels of refined silver |
| 10 | [{d}]suen#-en-num | Sin-ennum |
| 11 | [na]-szi-ku-um | to be seated |
| 12 | u3 t,u2-pa-am | and ṭūpam |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [sza n] _ma-na# ku3#-babbar#_ | of n minas of silver |
| 2 | na#?-szi#-ku#-um | Našikum |
| 3 | _ku3#-babbar#_ u3# t,u2#-pa-am | the silver and the profit |
| 4 | [le?-qe2?] li#-ba-szu | may he take. His heart |
| 5 | [t,a3?-ab?] a-wa-su2 ga-am-ra-at | his word is favourable(?) |
| 6 | [u3] _a#-sza3_ sza-t,e6-er | and the field written down |
| 7 | [x x] ki-na-tu-u2 | ... true |
| 8 | [x x] sze-am ia-ta-ra-tum | ... barley of Yataratum |
| 9 | [x x] x x | |
| 10 | [x x] x am | ... wild bull |
| 11 | u3# {d#}suen#-en#-num _sze_-am | and Sîn-ennum barley |
| 12 | e#-ri-isz-ma le-mu na-da-na-am | The evil one is to be given away. |
| 13 | x x x a ia-ta-ra-tum | [......] Yataratum |
| 14 | x x x | |
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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