LIH 028 (P275103)

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 023120

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 qi2-bi2-ma
2. um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
3. asz-szum sze-im mi-ki-is _a-sza3_-im
4. sza ib-ni-{d}mar-tu sza i-na qa2-at e-tel-pi2-{d}marduk
5. a-na ib-ni-{d}mar-tu na-da-nim
6. sza isz-ta-ap-ra-ak-kum-ma um-ma at-ta-ma
7. {disz}e-tel-pi2-{d}marduk ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu-ma
8. it-ti _a-sza3_-im sza ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
9. _a-sza3_-am a-hi-a-am e-ri#-isz-ma
10. sze-um a-szar isz-te-en#-ma# sza-pi2-ik
11. i-na _{gesz}tukul_ sza _dingir_ sze-am ma#-[la] i-na _a-sza3_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
12. ib-ba-szu-u2
13. li-bi-ir-ru-ma mi-ik-sa-am li-il-qu2-u2
14. ki-a-am iq-bi-ma
15. s,u2-ha-ar ib-ni-{d}mar-tu u2-ul im-gur
16. um-ma szu-ma
reverse
1. ba-lum ib-ni-{d}mar-tu u2-ul ub#-ta#-ar#
2. ki-a-am iq-bi-ma
3. it-ta-la-ak
4. sze-am ma-la i-na _a-sza3_-szu ib-ba-szu-u2
5. i-na _{gesz}tukul_ sza _dingir_ u2-ba-ar-ru-ma
6. mi-ik-sa-am i-na-ad-di-nu-szum
7. sza ta-asz-pur-am
8. ki-ma ta-asz-pur-am
9. sze-am ma-la i-na _a-sza3_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
10. ib-szu-u2
11. i-na _{gesz}tukul_ sza _dingir_ li-bi-ir-ru-u2-ma
12. sze-am mi-ki-is _a-sza3_-szu
13. {disz}ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
14. a-pu-ul
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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
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  • primary: LIH, 028

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

  • history: AbB 2, 28

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

  • history: AS 16, p.217-224, p. 220

    [Harris1965weapon] Harris, Rivkah. 1965. “The Journey of the Divine Weapon.” In Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, April 21, 1965, 217–24. Assyriological Studies 16. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

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  • Museum No.: BM 023120
  • Accession No.: 1897-05-13, 0018

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2019-03-08 at 08:15:37 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-06-28 at 01:22:35 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 028 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P275103.
LIH 028 artifact entry (No. P275103). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P275103 (Original work published 2005)
LIH 028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P275103 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {LIH 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P275103},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P275103},
}

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