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CT 44, 61 (P345566)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 61 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345566 |
| Museum no. | BM 078333 |
| 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 ...x] DI? | to ... |
| 2 | [...x] szu | ... hand |
| 3 | [qi2]-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 4 | [um-ma] ri-isz-_{d}utu#_-ma | thus Rīš-Šamaše: |
| 5 | [_{d}utu_ u3] _{d}marduk_ asz-szu#-mi#-ia# | May Šamaš and Marduk listen to my prayers. |
| 6 | [da-ri]-isz# _u4#_-mi#-im# li-ba-al#-li#-t,u2-ka | May they keep you alive forever! |
| 7 | [_lukur] {d}utu_ ki-a-am isz-pur-am | the nadītu of Šamaš wrote thus: |
| 8 | [um-ma] szi-i-ma | thus she: |
| 9 | [sza] _{disz}{d}nin-szubur_-mu-ba-li2-it, | of Ninshubur-muballiṭ |
| 10 | [ni]-pa#-tu i-na _e2_ a-ra-ri | nipātu-offerings in the house of the arari |
| 11 | szi-it-ta ka-li-a | “From all the lands |
| 12 | it-ti _{disz}{d}nin-szubur_-mu-ba-li2-it, | with Ninšubur-muballiṭ |
| 13 | a-na ba-ab ga-gi-im | to Baʿaba, the fattener |
| 14 | a-li-ik-ma | went, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wa-ti-szu gu-mu-ur-ma | his words I shall utter, and |
| 2 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ka-ma | before you |
| 3 | te-e-er-szu | his return, |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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