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CT 06, pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0413 (P365141)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 06, pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0413 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365141 |
| Museum no. | BM 080277 |
| 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-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ta-tu-ur-ma-tum _geme2_-ka-ma | Thus Taturmatum, your slave woman: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}a-a ka-al-la-tum | Šamaš and Aya, all |
| 5 | asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | As for me, forever |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | _e2_ sza-lim u3 s,u2-ha-ru-u2 | a house of well-being and peace |
| 8 | sza-al-mu-u2 | are well. |
| 9 | a-na {disz}ARAD2-i3-li2-szu asz-pu-ur-ma | I wrote to Abdi-ilīšu and |
| 10 | um-ma szu-u2-ma {disz}{d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2 | thus Enlil-manšum: |
| 11 | u2-na-ah-hi-da-an-ni | he smote me |
| 12 | um-ma szu-u2-ma _ku3-babbar_ i-na qa2-ti-szu | Thus he: silver from his hand |
| 13 | a-ga-na i-na i-ti-ni sza i-la-ku lu-tam | “Now, in our house, where the lord goes, |
| 14 | _e2_ pa-pa-ha-am is-si2-ru | the house of the cella he split. |
| 15 | u3 i-ga!-ar-tum se-re-et! | and Igartum, the young woman |
| 16 | um-ma {disz}e-tel-pi4-sza-[ma] | thus Etel-piša: |
| 17 | a-na ra-ma-ni-ia | to my own |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi-na-am e-te-ne-pu-usz# | what have I done? |
| 2 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}{d}en-lil2-ma-an-szum2 | Now, Enlil-manšum |
| 3 | ma-ah-ri-ka wa-szi-ib | He sat before you. |
| 4 | qi2-bi-szum-ma li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | Speak to him, and he will write to me. |
| 5 | an-ni-ki-a-am | this |
| 6 | i-ti-in-nam li-id-di-nu-nim | may he give me. |
| 7 | u3 mi-im-ma la# [ta-na]-zi#-iq | And you should not raise anything. |
| 8 | a-na pa-ni-ka e-pe2#-[esz]-ka# | I will do for you. |
| 9 | ni-ip-pu-usz | we shall do. |
| 10 | _{gi}gur-da_ sza _zu2-lum_ u3 {gi}qu2-pa-am | a basket of dates and a reed basket |
| 11 | sza _za3-hi-li-a{sar}_ sza tu-sza-bi-lam | of the zaḫiliya plant, which you sent |
| 12 | it#-[ta]-ab-lu-nim | they have brought. |
| 13 | [x x (x)]-UD sza {disz}{d}marduk-na-s,ir | -UD of Marduk-nāṣir |
| 14 | sza tu-ub-lu-szum | that you brought to him |
| 15 | il-li-kam-ma at-ba-al# | came and I examined. |
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