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PIHANS 131, 103-104 29 (P525139)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 103-104 29 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525139 |
| Museum no. | IM 049255 |
| 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]-pi4-sza | to Ikupīša |
| 2 | [u3 x x (x)] x zu | and ..., |
| 3 | [qi2-bi2-ma] um#-ma# | speak! Thus |
| 4 | [x x x] x x x x | |
| 5 | [a-szum _n] gu2#_ sza x | Concerning the ... neck of ... |
| 6 | [sza] asz-pu-ra!-ku-ma#? | which I wrote to you |
| 7 | [x (x)] har x at [x] x | ... bracelet ... |
| 8 | [x]-ru-um a-na | ... to |
| 9 | di-bu-bu{ki} il-li#-[ik] | of Dibubu he went |
| 10 | u3 i-tu-ra-am# | and returned |
| 11 | a-na pa-ar-s,i2-im | to the enemy |
| 12 | [i]-ta-sza-ab a-szum | he sat down. Asum |
| 13 | [x] x u3 ta-asz-pu-ra-am | ... and you wrote me |
| 14 | [i]-na-na a-na#?-ku#? | Now, I |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta# bi e ma ri | What ...? |
| 2 | sza za nim x zu | of ... |
| 3 | im-ta-ah-ru u2-sze20-s,i2-szu | they turned him away, |
| 4 | szum-ma be-li2 at-ta | If you, my lord, |
| 5 | u3 ia-ti _ku3-babbar_ | and me silver |
| 6 | i-te-er-szu-ni-ni | returned to him. |
| 7 | ku-usz-da-ni-ma | he smote, and |
| 8 | szu-s,i2-ni a-wi-lu-[u2] | bring out the man |
| 9 | [a]-hu-ia _1(asz) gu2 ku3-babbar_ | my brother 1 talent of silver |
| 10 | wa-s,a-ba-am i-ta-u2 | “He has been captured, he has gone out. |
| 11 | szum-ma be-li2 at-ta | If you, my lord, |
| 12 | ku-usz-da-an-ni | he seized me. |
| 13 | la a-ma-at# | I do not know. |
| 14 | ki-ma il-li-ku-ni-ma a-na _ku3-babbar_ | when they came, for silver |
| 15 | [...] x x-li-lu | ... lilu |
| left | ||
| 1 | [ku]-usz-da-an-ni# [i]-na e-bu-ri-im at x | I sat down in the steppe ... |
| 2 | x ta an a sza# am ki im na? ni? im? x | ... ... wild bull ... |
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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