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PIHANS 131, 139-141 44 (P525152)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PIHANS 131, 139-141 44 |
|---|---|
| ID | P525152 |
| Museum no. | IM 050871 |
| 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)
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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 a-x [...] | Thus ... |
| 4 | a-wi-lu-u2# | a man |
| 5 | sze-am u2-la i#-[szu] | barley without interest |
| 6 | a-na {disz}en!-num-{d}suen# | to Ennum-Sîn |
| 7 | aq-bi-ma um#-ma# a#-na#-ku#-ma | I said, thus I: |
| 8 | i-na ma-asz-ka3#-na#-tim | in the storehouse |
| 9 | sze-am lu-us,-ba#-at# | I shall harvest the barley. |
| 10 | um-ma szu-ut-ma e#-zi#-ib# | Thus says he: "Disregard." |
| 11 | a-na mi-nim | what |
| 12 | i-na ma-asz-ka3-ni-im | in the storehouse |
| 13 | ta-s,a-ba-at-ma | you will seize, and |
| 14 | ri-ig-ma-[am] | a wild bull |
| 15 | ta-sza-ka3#-[na]-am# | you will place. |
| 16 | ki-ma a-hu#-[ka] | like your brother |
| 17 | a-na-ku | I, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sze-um li-ib#?-[szi?-ma] | the barley rations |
| 2 | ki-ma li-bi e-x-[...] | Like a lion ... |
| 3 | i-nu-hu lu-pu-usz# | I shall perform an innuhu-offering. |
| 4 | a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im | to the ṣuḫarum |
| 5 | ma-ru szi-ip-ri-szu | his work |
| 6 | i-la-ka3-kum | will come to you. |
| 7 | a-wa-ta#-am# du-ni-na-szum | the word of Duninašum |
| 8 | x x x x sza mi-sa3-ri-im | ... of mīsārim. |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ szu-qu2-ul-ma | the silver shall be paid, and |
| 10 | a-na {disz}en!-num-{d}suen# szu#-bi-lam | Send to Ennum-Sîn! |
| 11 | _tab#-ba_-e im-ta-ra-as,?-ma# | a rival fought with him, and |
| 12 | a-na a-li-im# it-ru-ni-szu | to the city they brought him. |
| 13 | u3! a-na-ku u2-la [ti-de] | and I do not know. |
| 14 | ri-qa2-ku-ma mi-ma# | I am afraid, and whatever |
| 15 | e-pe2-sza-am u2-la a-[le-i] | to do, if not, |
| 16 | i-na sza-am-ni-[a] | in my heart |
| 17 | _4(barig) 1(ban2) i3-[gesz_ ...] | 4 barig 1 ban2 of oil |
| left | ||
| 1 | _2(barig) 4(ban2) i3-<gesz>_ si-ta-at sza-am-ni-a szu-bi-lam | send me 2 barig 4 ban2 of pressed oil. |
| 2 | _2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2_ szi-ti _ku3-babbar_-pi2-a x x li | 2 1/2 shekels of refined silver |
| 3 | sza sza-hi-i sza-ma#-am# | of the šaḫītu-plant |
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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