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CT 44, 65 (P345570)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CT 44, 65
ID	P345570
Museum no.	BM 080189
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)
reverse
1	[x x x x] i-s,a-ab-ba-tu# [...]	... they will seize ...
2	[x x]-HI?-[x-x-x]-MA?-AD?	...-MA-AD?
3	ki-ma# ti-du-u2	like a tidu
4	_iti_ an-nu-u2 sza _iti ab-e3_ i-qa2-ab-bu	This month, of the month of Abe, they shall speak.
5	_iti ziz2-a_ szu-u2	that month, a calf
6	u3 mi-lu ma-du sza _id2-idigna_	and much of the Tigris
7	i-na _iti# ziz2-a_ a-la-ak-szu	in the month of Addaru, his journey
8	a-wa-tam qi2-bi du-un-ni-in	speak a word for me!
9	a-wi#-le-e sza ia-a-am a-MA?-HI?	The man of mine
10	ID#?-ti s,a-ab-tu	seized the river(?)
11	li#-s,i-ru-ma	they should guard, and
12	ar-hi-isz bi-tu#-um li-IZ?-ZA?-[x]	Quickly, may the temple ...
13	[x-x]-la-AH?-[x-x]-KI?	...-la-AH-...-KI?
14	[a]-wa-tam sza asz-pu-ra-ak-kum	the word which I wrote to you
15	ni-di a-hi-im la# ta-ra-asz-szi	Do not abandon the neighboring people!

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