LIH 034 (P275109)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023131

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na _{d}suen_-i-din-nam
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
4. a-nu-um-ma zi-kir-i3-li3-szu _esz3-ab-du7_
5. u3 ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ba-ni _ra2-gaba_
6. a-na isz-ta-ra-a-tim sza e-mu-ut-ba-lim
7. re-de-e-em at,-t,ar-dam
8. ki-ma pi2-tim
9. isz-ta-ra-a-tim
10. i-na _ma2-la2_ szu-ur-ki-ba-am-ma
11. a-na _babila2{ki}_ li-il-li-ka-nim
12. u3 {mi2}ke-ez-re-e-tum
13. wa-ar-ki-szi-na
14. li-il-li-ka-nim
reverse
1. a-na _szuku_ isz-ta-ra-a-tim
2. _ninda kasz udu-nita2 hi-a ma2 gar-ra_
3. u3 _zi3-kaskal_ {mi2}ke-ez-re-e-tim
4. sza a-di babila2{ki} ka-sza-di-im
5. szu-ur-ki-ba-am
6. _erin2_-am sza-di-id asz-lim
7. u3 _erin2_-am be2-eh-ra-am
8. szu-ku-un-ma
9. isz-ta-ra-a-tim a-na _babila2{ki}_
10. li-sza-al-li-mu-nim
11. la u2-la-ap-pa-ta-nim
12. ar-hi-isz a-na _babila2{ki}_
13. li-is-ni-qa2-nim
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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
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  • primary: LIH, 034

    [King1898-1900LIH] King, Leonard W. 1898-1900. The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi. Luzac & co.

  • history: AbB 2, 34

    [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 023131
  • Accession No.: 1897-05-13, 0029

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-25 at 15:44:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-03-08 at 08:16:55 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2019-01-29 at 04:14:38 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2018-06-28 at 08:43:18 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-06-28 at 03:15:27 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2005-10-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“LIH 034 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275109.
LIH 034 artifact entry (No. P275109). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275109 (Original work published 2005)
LIH 034 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275109 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
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	title = {LIH 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275109},
}

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