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CT 33, pl. 24, BM 097115 (P479392)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 33, pl. 24, BM 097115 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479392 |
| Museum no. | BM 097115 |
| 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-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma su-mu-{d}da-gan-ma | Thus Sūmu-Dagan: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 5 | a-bi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May my father keep you alive! |
| 6 | sza-ad-da-aq-di-im a-na _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ | a šaddaqdûm for the irrigation of the field |
| 7 | a-na a-bi-ia asz-pur-am-ma | I sent to my father, and |
| 8 | _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ a-bi u2-ul u2-sza-bi-lam | the harvest of the field his father did not send. |
| 9 | ki-ma a-bi i-du-u2 | like their father knows, |
| 10 | _nig2-ka9_ nam-ri-a-tim qe2-ru-ub | the account of the namrītu-offerings inside |
| 11 | 1(disz) szu-szi _pesz2 a-sza3-ga_ | 60 hectares of arable land |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-szar i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | wherever there is |
| 2 | a-bi li-sza-ma-am-ma | may my father hear, and |
| 3 | li-sza-bi-lam | may he send me. |
| 4 | i-na babila2{ki} szi-im-szu-nu | in Babylon their fate |
| 5 | lu-ud-di-in | I shall give. |
Sources & licences
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