LIH 092 (P275165)

Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027266

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}suen#-i-din-nam
2. _kar_ zimbir{ki}
3. u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki}
4. [qi2]-bi2-ma
5. [um-ma a]-bi-e-szu-uh-ma
6. {disz}{d}bu-ne#-ne#-na-s,i-ir
7. u3 s,il2-li2-{d}utu
8. _dumu-mesz_ ri-isz#-[{d}utu]
9. ki-a-am u2-lam-mi#-du#-ni-in-ni#
10. um-ma# szu-nu-ma
11. {disz}i3-li2-i-din-nam a-hu-ni ra-bu-um#
12. ha-ab-la-an-ni-a-ti
13. isz-tu _mu 2(disz)-kam_
14. ma-har _kar#_ zimbir{ki} ni-isz-ta-na-ak-ka-an-ma#
15. u2-ul usz-te-esz-sze-ru-ni-a-ti
16. ki-a-am u2-lam-mi-du-ni-i-ni
17. tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am# i-na a-ma-ri#-[im]
reverse
1. {disz}i3-li3-i-din-nam szu-a-ti#
2. u3 szi-bi mu-de-e a-wa#-[ti-szu]
3. sza# {d}bu-ne-ne#-na-s,i-ir
4. u3 s,il2-li2-{d}[utu]
5. _dumu-mesz_ ri-isz-{d}utu#
6. u2-ka-al-la-mu-ku-nu#-ti#
7. a-na babila2[{ki}]
8. t,u2-ur-da-nim#-[ma]
9. a-wa-a-tu-szu-nu# [li]-in#-nam#-ra
  blank space

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):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: LIH, 092

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

  • history: AbB 2, 74

    [Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 027266
  • Accession No.: 1898-07-09, 0054

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 13:32:21 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
2018-09-05 at 02:09:35 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2005-10-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“LIH 092 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275165.
LIH 092 artifact entry (No. P275165). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275165 (Original work published 2005)
LIH 092 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275165 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
@misc{2024LIH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {LIH 092 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275165},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275165},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P275165
LB  - CDLI:P275165
M1  - 2025/5/7/
TI  - LIH 092 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P275165
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.