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CT 29, pl. 41, BM 080885 (P479921)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 41, BM 080885 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479921 |
| Museum no. | BM 080885 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 ARAD2-{d}suen | to Warad-Sin |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-ha-am-nir-szi-ma | Thus Aḫam-nirši: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-<li>-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum ka-ni-ki-im | because of the seal |
| 6 | sza tu-ka-al-li-ma-an-ni | [w]ho you entrusted me, |
| 7 | ki-ma a-mu-ru | like a flood |
| 8 | ma-har sza-pir zimbir{ki} | before the šapir of Sippar |
| 9 | u2-sza-an-ni-ma | he gave me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 2 | isz-tu s,i-ib-tu | from Ṣibtu |
| 3 | i-sza-as2-su-u2 | they shall raise. |
| 4 | tup-pa-szu he-pi2 | his tablet broken |
| 5 | tup-pa-am szu-a-ti | That tablet |
| 6 | li-qi2-a-am al-kam-ma | let him take, come and |
| 7 | sza-pir zimbir{ki} | the šapir of Sippar |
| 8 | ku-ul-li-im | of Kullim, |
Sources & licences
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