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PIHANS 131, 133-135 42 (P525150)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 133-135 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525150 |
| Museum no. | IM 049227 |
| 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 ...] x | to ... ... |
| 2 | [qi2-bi2]-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma ...-ma] | Thus ...: |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| 5 | [...] x [...] ri# ib | ... ..., |
| 6 | [...]-na-am | ... of his |
| 7 | [x] x _sag#-il2#_ | ... the head |
| 8 | x x _e2#_ {d}amar-utu | the house of Marduk |
| 9 | li-sze20-ri-bu | may they bring forth. |
| 10 | {d}amar-utu mi-de# | Marduk knows |
| 11 | u2-ne-ni-sza | he imposed upon her |
| 12 | i-le-qe2 | shall take. |
| 13 | a-sza-ri-isz | Asariš, |
| 14 | la a-la-ka-am-ma | I shall not go, and |
| 15 | la a-da-li-ip | I shall not go. |
| 16 | an-nu-ni-tum | Annunītum |
| 17 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | re:de-a-am | the shepherd |
| 2 | e-li-ia i-szu | against me he |
| 3 | {disz}sa-mu-a-bi-im | Samu-abīm, |
| 4 | a-sza-al-ma | I asked, and |
| 5 | u2-za-ku-ma | he cleared, and |
| 6 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 7 | re-de-a-am | the shepherd |
| 8 | u2-ul im-gu-ur | he did not return. |
| 9 | szum-ma an-nu-ni-tum | If Annunitum |
| 10 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 11 | re-de-a-am | the shepherd |
| 12 | i-ma-ga-ra#-an#-ni | he will compensate me. |
| 13 | u2-ma-am#-ma# | Now, |
| 14 | lu-ur-de-a-szi# | let me bring to her |
| 15 | a-pu-tum | |
| 16 | szum-ma ki#?-am# | If thus |
| 17 | lu# ha-di#-[a]-ku# | may I be glad. |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [a?-nu?-um?]-ma#? | Herewith |
| 2 | a#-na _e2_ [{d}]amar#-utu# | to the temple of Marduk |
| 3 | lu-ur-de-[a]-szi# | I shall bring her. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | mi-de asz-szum a-na# | Why, to |
| 2 | _e2_ {d}amar-utu la e-re-bi-im | the temple of Marduk not to enter |
| 3 | ma-ar-s,a-at | he is ill. |
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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