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CT 06, pl. 21, Bu 1891-05-09, 0370 (P385835)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 06, pl. 21, Bu 1891-05-09, 0370 |
|---|---|
| ID | P385835 |
| Museum no. | BM 080237 |
| 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 ra-ma-tum | to Rāmatum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-pu-ut,-ra-am-ma | Thus Šamaš-puṭram: |
| 4 | {disz}a-ha-ta-am ki-sza-ma | Aḫatam together |
| 5 | a-na-ku i-na t,u2-bi-ia | I in my happiness |
| 6 | at,-ru-da-asz-szu | I have sent to him. |
| 7 | um-ma szi-i-ma | Thus she: |
| 8 | ha-at,-t,um sza be-el-ti-ia | “The curse of my lady, |
| 9 | e-li-ia na-di-a-at | above me is a gift. |
| 10 | lu-ul-<<li>>-lik sze-ep | Let me go to the steppe! |
| 11 | be-el-ti-ia lu-is,-ba-at-ma | My lady, let me seize and |
| 12 | lu-ub-lu-ut, | let me live! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 s,u2-ha-ra-tim# | and ṣuharatum |
| 2 | sza ta-asz-pu-ri#-[im] | of which you wrote |
| 3 | a-szar i-di-im am#-[hu]-ur#-szi-na-ti | where I saw them |
| 4 | u3 ap-pa-an-dingir | and Appan-ili |
| 5 | a-sza-ri-isz wa-szi-ib | Asariš, who resides |
| 6 | a-na a-la-<<li>>-ki-im | to Alakum |
| 7 | pa-nu-szu sza-ak-nu | are placed before him. |
| 8 | an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam | This is not the case. |
| 9 | szu-up-<<ra>>-ri-isz-szu | send him! |
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