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PIHANS 131, 105-107 30 (P525140)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 105-107 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525140 |
| Museum no. | IM 049235 |
| 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 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma geme2-{d}nin-[sun2-ma] | thus Geme-Ninsun: |
| 4 | ki-ma ma-ar-s,a#-[ta] | like a lion |
| 5 | esz-me-e-[ma] | he heard, and |
| 6 | i-na e-le-[pi2-im] | in the upper |
| 7 | a-na a-la#-ki-im | to go |
| 8 | a-na# s,e#-ri-ka# | to you |
| 9 | ar#-ka-ba-am-ma# | after me, and |
| 10 | {disz}e-ri-ib-e2-a | Erīb-Ea, |
| 11 | u3 dingir-na-s,i-ir | and Ili-naṣir |
| 12 | usz#-te#-lu-ni-in-ni | they have brought me up. |
| 13 | um#-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 14 | ma#-ru szi-ip-ri | “The man of the work |
| 15 | i-ti ma-ru szi-ip-ri-szu#-nu# | “It is enough! Their work |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i ni-isz-pu-ur-szu#-[nu-ma] | we shall send them, and |
| 2 | li-mu-ru-ni-szu | may they see him. |
| 3 | szum#-ma# mi#-im#-ma | If anything |
| 4 | x x x ti#? x | ...; |
| 5 | i ni-li-ik-ma | we will go and |
| 6 | i ni-ir#-di#-ki | your scepter |
| 7 | mi-im-ma la tu-ha-da#-[ri] | do not delay! |
| 8 | u3 szum-[ma x] x mu-x [x] | and if ... |
| 9 | qi2-[bi-ma] | speak! |
| 10 | ti-bi-am-[ma] | you are the one who says |
| 11 | a-ta-al-ka#-[am] | I went. |
| 12 | u3 na-ap-lu-[um?] | and Naplum(?) |
| 13 | ma-la su-mu-[...] | as much as Sumu- |
| 14 | tu-sze20-di-[szu] | you have brought him |
| 15 | szu-up#-ra-am# | send! |
| left | ||
| 1 | szum-ma u2-ra-am la a-mu-ur-ka | If in the future I do not see you, |
| 2 | e-te-bi-am-ma a-ta-la-kam u3 i3-li2-a-a | I went and went, and my (personal) god |
| 3 | ma-ah-ri-ka li-szi-ib | May he sit before you. |
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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