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CT 04, pl. 27, Bu 1888-05-12, 0342 (P355806)

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

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Designation	CT 04, pl. 27, Bu 1888-05-12, 0342
ID	P355806
Museum no.	BM 078439
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 be-el-szu-nu	to their owner
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma be-el-szu-nu-ma	thus their lord:
4	{disz}sza-lim-t,e4-eh-szu sza _{gesz}tukul_-ia	Šalim-ṭehšu of my weapon
5	wa-ar-ki tap-pe2-e-szu	after his companions
6	u2-hi-ra-am-ma	returned, and
7	i-na qa2-ti s,u2-ha-ri-im	from the hand of the ṣuḫarum
8	sza na-gal-lim 1(disz) _ku6_ el-qe2-e-ma	of the nākallum-official 1 fish I took, and
9	is,-ba-tu-szu-ma	seized him, and
10	ik-ta-lu#-szu#	they smote him
11	pu-ut,-t,e4-ra-asz-szu#-ma#	release him, and
reverse
1	a-na ma-ah-ri-ia	to my presence
2	t,u2-ur-da-asz-szu	Ṭurdašu
3	{disz}na-wa-ar-szu-lu-mur	Nawaršu-lumur
4	e-em i-la-ku-ma	whatever he goes and
5	u2-qa2-al-la-al	he shall hold.

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