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PIHANS 131, 117-118 36 (P525146)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 117-118 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525146 |
| Museum no. | IM 049236 |
| 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# ar#-wi-um | to Arwum |
| 2 | qi2#-[bi2]-ma um-ma | speak! Thus |
| 3 | [...]-x-ma | ... and |
| 4 | [...] te#-er-ti-i | … the extispicy |
| 5 | [...] x [x] lu [x] | ... ... |
| 6 | [...] x zi [x] | ... true ... |
| 7 | [...] te# ni ku | ..., how is he treated? |
| 8 | [...] x x ku | ... ... |
| 9 | [x] x [x] x x | |
| 10 | [...] x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a-na _1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | for 15 shekels of silver |
| 2' | i-di-na-am | gave to me, |
| 3' | a-di wa-asz-ba-ku | as long as I live |
| 4' | be-el-ni e-li-szu | our lord over him |
| 5' | szi-ni-szu im-ta-aq#-ta#-am | his two hands he cut off |
| 6' | a-pu-tum s,a-ba-su2-ma# | “The apsû-demon seizes him and |
| 7' | _ku3-babbar_ szu-usz-qi2-il-szu | silver for his šuši-qilû-service |
| 8' | a#-ah-ka la ta-na!-di | Do not forget your father |
| 9' | szum#-ma a-bi2 u3 be-li# | If my father and my lord |
| 10' | at#-ta a-na a-wa-at | You to the word |
| 11' | t,up#-pi2-im la te-gi | The tablet is not returned. |
| 12' | _ku3#-babbar#_ szu-usz#-qi2-il-szu | silver for his šushqilu |
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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