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CT 29, pl. 29-30, BM 029655 & CT 52, 189 (P365963)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 29-30, BM 029655 & CT 52, 189 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365963 |
| Museum no. | BM 029655 & BM 029655A |
| 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 nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta | to Nur-Kabta |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-li-wi-ir-ma | Thus Šamaš-liwwir: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}nin-si4-an-na a-na da-ri-a-tim# | Šamaš and Ninsiana forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | ki-ma _udu-nita2 hi-a_ ti-szu-u2 esz-me#-ma# | Like a sheep, he heard the following: |
| 7 | _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza a-a-i-im-ma | 1/3 mina of silver belonging to Ayumma |
| 8 | ka-li-a-ku | Kali-aku |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma tup-pi2 | Now, the tablet |
| 10 | {disz}i-ba-szar-rum | Ibaššarrum |
| 11 | s,u2-ha-ar a-wi-lim | the ration of a man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza _udu-nita2 hi-a_ ha-asz-hu | of sheep and goats, sucklings, |
| 2 | usz-ta-bi-la-[ak]-kum# | I have sent to you |
| 3 | szum-ma ni-t,i-il#-[ka] | If your gift |
| 4 | t,e4-em-ka ga-am-ra#-am# | Give me a firm positive answer! |
| 5 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 6 | a-wi-lum ki-is-su2 li-il-qi2#-ma# | May the man take his bond, and |
| 7 | li-il-li-ka-ak-kum | may they come to you. |
| 8 | _udu-nita2 hi-a_ i-di-isz-szum | a sheep he gave to him |
| 9 | u3 s,u2-ha-ru sza il-li-ka-ak-kum | and the ṣuḫaru that came to you |
| 10 | it-ti a-la-ak-tim | with the road |
| 11 | szu-ta-as,-bi-ta-asz-szu | they have seized him. |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na nu-ur2-{d}kab-ta | to Nur-Kabta |
| 2 | _dumu_ puzur4-a-ba | son of Puzur-aba, |
| 3 | _kiszib3_ {d}utu-li-wi-ir | Seal of Šamaš-liwwir |
| 4 | _dumu_ puzur4-a-ba | son of Puzur-aba, |
| 5 | a-hi-szu | his brother |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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