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CT 04, pl. 39, Bu 1888-05-12, 0621 (P355844)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 04, pl. 39, Bu 1888-05-12, 0621 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355844 |
| Museum no. | BM 078709 |
| 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-ap-pa-a | to Appâ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma gi-mil-{d}marduk | thus Gimil-Marduk: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum-mi-ka ma-har a-wi-lim a-bi _erin2_ | Because of you, before a man, my father, the troops |
| 6 | ad-bu-ub-ma | I shall speak, and |
| 7 | um-ma szu-ma szu-pu-ur | Thus (says) Šūzur. |
| 8 | li-ra-hu-ni-szu-ma | may they curse him, and |
| 9 | li-id-bu-ub | may he speak |
| 10 | u3 tup-pa-ti sza i-na ma-har pa-ni#-szu | and the tablets which before him |
| 11 | ta-al-qi2-a | you took, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-ma pa-ni-ka li-qi2-a-ma | let him take me like your face, and |
| 2 | ar-hi-isz si-in-qa2 | quickly and quickly |
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