LIH 001 (P275076)
Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 012812Provenience
Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Letter from Hammurabi to Sin-iddinam)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
82.0 mm × 51.0 mm
obverse
1. a-na {d}suen-i-di2-nam
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
4. asz-szum 1(disz) ib#-ni-{d}mar-tu _ugula muhaldim-mesz_
5. sza# e-mu-ut-ba-lum#
6. sza# asz#-szum# _4(disz) muhaldim-mesz_ u2-lam-mi#-da#-[an-ni]
7. asz-bur#-ak#-kum-ma
8. um-ma at-ta-a-ma
9. 4(disz) _muhaldim#-mesz_ szu-nu-ti
10. i-na pi2-i# ka-an-ki-szu u2-sza-asz2-t,i-ra-an-ni
11. u3 i-na li-bi-szu-nu
12. 1(disz) gi-mil-lum
13. a-na ma-har be-li2-ia at,-t,ar-dam
14. sza# ta-asz-bur-am
reverse
1. 1(disz) gi-mil-lum sza ta-at,-ru-da-asz-szu
2. a-na ma-ah-ri-ia# u2-sze-ri-bu-ni-isz-szu
3. a-wa-ti-szu a-mu-ur-ma
4. 1(disz) gi-mil-lum# szu#-u2 du-ur2-szu _muhaldim_
5. wa-at-ri-isz-szu# a#-na# _aga-us2_ isz-sza-t,e4-er
6. i-na-an-na gi-mil-lum szu-u2
7. i-na _muhaldim-mesz_-ma i-il-la-ak
8. pu-uh-szu sza-ni-a-am-ma a-na _aga-us2-mesz_ mu#-ul#-li#
9. u3 a-na pi2-i ka-an-ki-im
10. sza ib-ni-{d}mar-tu na-szu-u2
11. _muhaldim_ u3 tah-hu-szu# szu-tam-le-[e]-ma#
12. wa-at-ra-am sza i-na ka-ni-ki-im
13. la sza-at,#-ru-szu
14. a-na il-ki-im mu-ul-li
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 82.0 high × 51.0 wide
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primary: LIH, 001
[King1898-1900LIH] King, Leonard W. 1898-1900. The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi. Luzac & co.
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history: AbB 2, 1
[Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.
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- Museum No.: BM 012812
- Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0004
- Provenience: Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.00.00.00
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- Accounting Period: 0
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| 2024-05-25 at 15:44:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2017-12-10 at 12:34:40 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-15 at 12:04:21 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-10-08 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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