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PIHANS 131, 128-130 40 (P525148)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 128-130 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525148 |
| Museum no. | IM 049305 |
| 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 e-la-li | to Elali |
| 2 | u3 ur-sig5 | and Ur-sig |
| 3 | qi2-bi-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {d}suen-i-mi-ti-ma | thus Sîn-imitti: |
| 5 | _1(disz) ma-na# 1(u) 8(disz) gin2-ta uruda_ | 1 mina 18 shekels each of copper |
| 6 | _1(u) 8(disz) gin2-ta an-na_ | 18 shekels each |
| 7 | _1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta siki_ | 1 1/2 minas of wool |
| 8 | di-in-ki#-a-tum | |
| 9 | _1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na#-ta siki_ | 1 2/3 minas of wool |
| 10 | ra-ba-tum | the great |
| 11 | _2(disz) ma-na-ta# sze-gesz-i3_ | 2 minas of sesame |
| 12 | _1/2(disz) ma-na-ta i3 du10-ga#_ | 1/2 mina each good oil |
| 13 | _1/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz# | 1/3 mina 2 shekels of oil |
| 14 | _[1/3(disz)?] ma-na i3-szah2_ | 1/3? mina of lard |
| 15 | x ma ma [x] x | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 4 | [x x] x x [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [x] na# x x [...] | ... sunrise to moonset: ... |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | x x [...] | |
| 10 | usz? x [...] | ... , |
| 11 | isz me? [...] | Išme |
| 12 | [x] x [...] ar# | ... ... behind |
| 13 | [x] x na-ra-am-e2-a | ... Naram-Ea |
| 14 | u2-s,i2-ni-im | he brought in |
| 15 | szu x x ta ma ar | ... ... |
| 16 | u3 a-na-ku | and I |
| 17 | i-ti-szu-nu-ma | with them and |
| left | ||
| 1 | u2-s,i2-am a-na me-nim ki-ma t,up-[pa-am] | I went out to the sea like a tablet. |
| 2 | la# u2#-sza#-bi#-lam# ta#-asz#-pu#-ra#-nim# | I did not send to you, you wrote to me. |
| 3 | a i [x] x [...] | ... ... |
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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