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CT 44, 51 (P345556)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345556 |
| Museum no. | BM 078283 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}iszkur_-na-s,i#-[ir-ma] | Thus Adad-nāṣir: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ asz-szu-mi-[ia da]-ri#-isz u4-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 5 | a-bi li-ba#-[al-li]-t,u2 | May their fathers live! |
| 6 | asz-szum at-ta-de-e [x-x-x]-im-[x-x] | Because I know ... |
| 7 | _u4 5(disz)-kam_ se-ke-ri-im | 5th day, eponymy of |
| 8 | sza a-bi isz-pur-am | which my father wrote me |
| 9 | pi2-ha-at me-eh-ri-im an-[ni-im] | This is the opening of the second one. |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu#-u2 ik-bi-tu-nim-ma | he seized me, and |
| 2 | asz-pu-ur-ma | I wrote, and |
| 3 | at-ta-da-am wa-ar-ki-a-am | I have sworn by the following: |
| 4 | sza li-ib-bu ma-AG?-na-[x] | belonging to the household of Magana |
| 5 | isz-tu _u4 2(disz)-kam_ is-ZE?-ek-ru#-szu | From the 2nd day he will collect it. |
| 6 | isz-tu is-ki-ru#-szu | After he had sworn it |
| 7 | szi-ba-[x]-IB?-[x-x-x] | Šiba- |
| 8 | i-na [x-x-x-x-x] | in ... |
| 9 | DI?-ma-am a-na [x-x-x-x-x]-nu | Good health to ...! |
| 10 | a-na {iri}a-ta-szum#{ki} | to Atašum |
| 11 | ni-il-la-ak-ma | we shall go, and |
| 12 | pi2-tam szu-a-ti ni-se#-ki-ir-ma | We shall remove that opening and |
| 13 | t,e4-ma-am a-na a-bi-ia | News to my father: |
| 14 | a-sza-ap-pa-ra-am | I shall send. |
Sources & licences
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