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PIHANS 131, 089-091 21 (P525134)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 089-091 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525134 |
| Museum no. | IM 049224 |
| 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 um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | {disz}puzur4-ku#-bi#-um#-ma | Puzur-Kubium |
| 4 | a-na mi-ni-im ki#-am#-ma | Why, thus |
| 5 | ta-asz-pu-ra-am ki-ma# | You wrote me as follows: |
| 6 | {disz}{d}suen-en-nam | Sin-ennam |
| 7 | la a-ra-mu | I do not love. |
| 8 | wa-ar-ki-szu _igi-3(disz)-gal2# ku3#-babbar_ | After that, 1/3 (shekel) of silver |
| 9 | la u2-ba-lu | he did not bring. |
| 10 | i wa i mi ma | Woe, woe! |
| 11 | x x a gi ak x [(x)] | ... reed |
| 12 | a#-wi#-lum i-na-ma | a man when |
| 13 | la-si2-mi{ki} wa-szi-ib | of Lasumi resides. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szum-ma be-li2 u3 a-bi# at#-[ta] | If my lord and my father |
| 2 | {disz}nu-ur2-e2-a | Nur-Ea |
| 3 | a-s,e-er {disz}ba-ga-a-a# | survey of Bagaya |
| 4 | szu#-pu-ur2 | šupur |
| 5 | u2#-lu i-ti {disz}ba-ga-a-a | or with Bagaya |
| 6 | u3 a-bu-hu-um a-hi#-szu | and Abum, his brother |
| 7 | wa-szi-ib i-na-ma | who resides, when |
| 8 | la-si2-mi{ki} wa-asz-bu | of Lāsim, who dwells |
| 9 | {disz}ba-ga-a-a | Bagaya |
| 10 | nu-ur2-e2-a ma-gi-ir | Nūr-Ea received. |
| 11 | mi-ma u3-ul i-ka#-la# | he does not have anything. |
| 12 | i-di-ka i x [x x] | with you ... |
| 13 | nu-ur2-e2-a tu/li# [x x] | Nūr-Ea ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | u3 szum-ma x x ar ne | and if ... |
| 2 | u3-ba-al a-na-ku i-ki-si2-a lu-usz-qu2-ul | (Sum) I am the one who screams, I want to pacify my heart (Akk) May I be pacified to my heart |
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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