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PIHANS 131, 119-121 37 (P525147)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 119-121 37 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525147 |
| Museum no. | IM 052834 |
| 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 | u3 giri3-ni-sa3 qi2-bi-ma | and her feet speak! |
| 3 | um-ma nu-ur2-{d}suen-ma | Thus Nūr-Suen: |
| 4 | sza-al-ma-a-ku | I am well; |
| 5 | u3 te-er-ti sza-al-ma-at# | and the extispicy is well. |
| 6 | i-na ma-ri{ki} wa-asz-ba-a-[ku] | in Mari I dwell |
| 7 | te-er-ti# sza _{gesz}ma2_ | “The extispicy of the boat |
| 8 | i-t,e4-hi-am sza-al-ma-at# | “Iṭeḫum is well. |
| 9 | _1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2-ta uruda dilmun-na#_ | 1 1/3 mina 5 shekels each copper Dilmunna |
| 10 | _1(u)# 1(disz)# gin2-ta an-na_ szu-uq-lum# | 11 shekels of refined tin |
| 11 | [wa-s,i2] ha#-ra-ni-im qe2-ru-ub | “Waṣi-Ḫarānum, inside |
| 12 | [...] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | x x [...] | |
| 4 | sza x [...] | of ... |
| 5 | du#? x [...] | ... ... |
| 6 | um#?-ma#? [...] | Thus ... |
| 7 | x [...] | |
| 8 | i# na# [...] | ... na ... |
| 9 | x x [...] | |
| 10 | x x [...] | |
| 11 | x x [...] | |
| 12 | x x [...] | |
| 13 | x x [...] | |
| 14 | [um]-ma# a#-na#-ku#-[ma] | thus I: |
| 15 | a#-wa-at ar-wi-um x [...] | The word of Arwīum |
| 16 | le-qe2-ma a-na mi-[...] | Take (it) and ... |
| 17 | [...] te-er-ti x x x x | ... extispicy |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | s,i2-ib-ma | ṣibma |
| 2 | sza# ki-ma ar-wi-um | who like an arwum |
| 3 | isz#-pu-ra-am e-pu-usz | he wrote to me, I shall do. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | u3 sza te!-zi-ba#-[am] | and that you will leave |
| 2 | a-na szu-mi-ka | to your name |
| 3 | i-ti-iq a-[wa?-at?-ka?] | he passed by your word |
| 4 | u2-la im-gu-ru | he did not pay. |
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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