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CT 29, pl. 01, BM 028447 (P479902)

Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE

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Designation	CT 29, pl. 01, BM 028447
ID	P479902
Museum no.	BM 028447
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
Genre	Letter
Find spot	Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
Coordinates	31.8383, 45.4810

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 li-pi2-it-esz18-dar	to Lipit-Ištar
2	u3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6	and Lu-Baba
3	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
4	um-ma a-hu-um-ma	Thus Aḫum:
5	mu-ta-a-nu	Muttanu,
6	a-nu-um-ma	Herewith
7	i-na a-li-im	in the city
8	i-ba-asz-szu-u2	there is
9	mu-ta-a-nu	Muttanu,
10	u2-la sza _{d}ne3-eri11-gal_	or that of Nergal
11	mu#-ta-a-nu	Mutanu
reverse
1	[sza {d}]asar# x [x]	of Asar ...
2	[na]-gi#-ru-[um]	Nagirum
3	li#-isz-si-ma	may he listen, and
4	ta-ap-hu-ri	you have turned back.
5	i-na isz-ri-im	in the threshing floor
6	a-na {d}asar#	For Asar
7	szu-uk-na-a-ma	be established, and
8	i-la-am su#-ul-li-ma#	“Ilam, purify, and
9	i-lu-um	Ilum,
10	li#-nu-uh2	may he soothe
11	a-di ta-ap-hu-ri-szu#	as far as its tip

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