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CT 52, 003 (P481752)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481752 |
| Museum no. | BM 080373 |
| 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-di-AN qi2-bi2#-ma# | Speak to Adad-ibni: |
| 2 | um#-ma ri-isz-{d}szu-bu-la#-ma# | Rīš-Šula speaks thus: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia da3-ri-isz u4#-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 4 | a-di#-AN li#-ba-al#-li-t,u2 | as long as he lives |
| 5 | ki-ma a-di-AN isz-pur#-am | As soon as Adad wrote me, |
| 6 | _kislah_ sza _dumu-mesz_ it-ti-{d}en-lil2-qi2-in-ni | the debt of the sons of Itti-Enlil-qinni |
| 7 | a-na i-di _kislah_ sza er-re-szi-tim-ma | for the rent of the threshing floor |
| 8 | a-na-ad-di | I will give. |
| 9 | u3 ki-ma na-sa-ka-am | and as a gift |
| 10 | ak-ta-am-su2 | I have seized him. |
| 11 | _gu4-hi-a_ sza {iri}pu-usz{ki} | oxen of Puš |
| 12 | [a]-na pu-usz{ki} a-x-[x-x] | to Puš |
| 13 | [x] szu? _gu4-hi-a_ [x] x x x x | ... oxen ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _u4#-3(disz)-kam_ u2-ra-ak-ma | 3rd day he shall serve, and |
| 2 | _1(disz) gu4 2(ban2) duh duru5-ta-am3_ | 1 ox, 2 ban2 of bran each, |
| 3 | u2-sza-ka-al-szu#-nu-ti | he shall hold them. |
| 4 | asz-szum gi-ri _{gesz}mar-gid2-da-hi-a_ | Concerning the wagons |
| 5 | sza um-ma a-di-AN-ma gi-ir-rum | “Adi-AN, the scribal apprentice, |
| 6 | szum-ma i#-sza-ar _gu4-hi-a_ | If he wishes, the oxen |
| 7 | ki-ma# x x szu-nu-ma | they are like . |
| 8 | _gesz#-mar-gid2#-da#_ a-na mi-nam-{d}suen x | a wagon for Inam-Sin |
| 9 | li#-it-ba#-lu-nim | may they carry off. |
| 10 | sza# [a-di]-AN# isz-pur#-am | As to what Ishtar wrote me: |
| 11 | gi#-ir#-[rum] a-na _{gesz}mar-gid2-da#_ | a reed mat for a wagon |
| 12 | [x x x] x x _gu4-hi#-[a_ ...] | ... oxen ... |
| 13 | x x x x [...] | |
| 14 | [x]-ma x x x [...] | ... and ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | asz-szum _gu4-hi-a_ da-i-szu-ti | Concerning the oxen that have been killed |
| 2 | a-ma-ri-ia a-di-AN isz-pur-am | “As soon as he wrote to me, |
| 3 | lu-usz-ta-a-al-ma t,e4-ma-am | Let me listen to the report |
| 4 | a-na a-di-AN lu-usz-pu-ra-[am] | I shall write to Assur. |
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