LIH 004 (P275079)
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 012817Provenience
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 × 57.0 mm
obverse
1. a-na {d}suen-i-di2-nam qi2-bi2#-[ma]
2. um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
3. asz-szum sza ta#-[asz]-bur#-am um-ma at-ta-ma
4. _erin2_ [...]-tim# u3 _erin2_ e-pi2-isz-tum
5. a-na szi-[ip-ri-im] sza _kun-hi-a i7_
6. sza# isz#-[tu sza]-ap#-la-nu-um ka-i7-didli{ki}
7. sza# i#-[na i7 i]-ba#-asz-szu-u2 is,-s,a-ab-tu i#-na# me#-e ru-us-su2#-[u2?]
8. [a-na] i-[ki] sa3-ka-pi2-im la na#-t,u2-u2-ma
9. [in]-ne#-ez-bu
10. [...] u3 _5(bur3)? GAN2 sahar#_ i-na-as-sa3-ah
11. [...] x i-na-as-sa3-hu
12. [...] x it-ti-szu-nu i-ip-pi2-esz
13. [...] be-li2 li-isz-bur-am#
14. [...] x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [a]-di# t,e4#-em-ka la asz-bur-am#-[ma]
2'. szi-pi2-ir i7-im sza ih-he-ru-[u2]
3'. la i-mu-ru-nim#
4'. mu-u2 a-na# szi#-ip-ri-im ga-am-ri-im
5'. la usz-ta-ar-du#-u2
6'. u3 isz-tu szi-pi2-ir# i7 sza i-na-an-na s,a-ab-ta-ti
7'. i-na he-re-e#-em# ta-ag-dam-ru#
8'. _i7_ buranun{ki} sza isz-tu larsa{ki#}
9'. a-di uri2{ki}
10'. mi-iq-ti-sza u2-su-uh2
11'. ha-mi-sza szu-ut-bi
12'. szu#-te-sze-er-szi
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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 × 57.0 wide
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primary: LIH, 004
[King1898-1900LIH] King, Leonard W. 1898-1900. The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi. Luzac & co.
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history: AbB 2, 4
[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 012817
- Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0009
- 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
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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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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