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CT 44, 55 (P345560)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 55 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345560 |
| Museum no. | BM 078361 |
| 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-ni | to our father |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma] _di-ku5-mesz_-ma | thus the judges: |
| 4 | _[{d}]utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-mi | Shamash and Marduk forever. |
| 5 | a-ba-ni ka-ta li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | (Sum) My father, may he live in your mouth (Akk) May his father be alive from your mouth |
| 6 | a-bu-ni lu sza-lim lu ba-li-it, | May his father be well, may he live! |
| 7 | [_dingir_] na-s,i#-ir-ka re-esz a-bi-ni a-na da-mi-iq-tim | May the god who protects you, our father, be at peace. |
| 8 | [li]-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 9 | [a-na] szu#-ul-mi a-bi-ni ni-isz-pu-ra-am | We wrote to our father for the well-being. |
| 10 | szu#-lum a-bi-ni ma-har _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ | The health of our father before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 11 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 12 | asz-szum da-ba-bi-im sza isz-me-_{d}utu_ | Concerning the words of Išme-Šamaše |
| 13 | t,up-pu sza a-wi-lim ib-ni#-_{d}mar-tu_ | Tablet of the man: Ibni-Amurru |
| 14 | a-na a-wa-ti-szu a-ma-ri#-im# | to his words of utterance |
| 15 | u3 t,up-pu a-na a-bi-ni ka-ta | and the tablet to our father is yours. |
| 16 | asz-szum t,up-pa-ti sza {d}na-bi-um-mu-sza-lim _{lu2}ka-ka_ | Concerning the tablets of Nabium-mušallim the scribe |
| 17 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ni ba-ba-lim-ma | It was received before us. |
| 18 | DI?-BA? di-nim ga-ma-ri-im | Judge a case, render a verdict |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | il-li-ka-an-ni-a-szi-im-ma | came to us, and |
| 2 | t,up-pa-ti szi-na-ti u2-ul ub-lu-ni-a-szi-im | Those tablets he did not bring to us. |
| 3 | i-na-an-na t,up-pa-ni a-na a-bi-ni nu-usz-BI!-bi-il | Now, we have sent our tablet to our father. |
| 4 | szum-ma a-bu-ni ur2-ra-a-am i-il-la-kam | If his father goes to the back, |
| 5 | t,up-pa-ti# [szi-na-ti] li#-il#-qu2-ni-a-szi-im | These tablets may he take from us. |
| 6 | szum-[x x x x x x x] UB?-BU?-u2-UD? | ... ... |
| 7 | [x x x x x] {d}na#-[bi]um#-mu-sza-lim | ... Nabium-mušallim |
| 8 | li-il-qi2-a-am li-il#-li-kam-ma | he should take, he must come and |
| 9 | DI?-BA? di-nim i ni-iq-bi#-[szu]-nu#-szi-im-ma | Judge a case, and we shall say to them |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ru sza a-wi-lim ib-ni-_{d}[mar]-tu_ | the ṣuḫaru of the man, Ibni-Amurru |
| 11 | ne-me-et-tam la i-ra#-szi | (Sum) He does not have a fearsomeness, he does not rejoice (Akk) The fearless do not rejoice |
Sources & licences
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