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CT 52, 004 (P481753)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481753 |
| Museum no. | BM 080374 |
| 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 Assur: |
| 2 | um#-ma [{d}suen-a-bu-szu-ma] | Thus Sîn-abūšu |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk# asz-[szu]-mi#-[ia] | May Šamaš and Marduk listen to my prayers. |
| 4 | a-di-AN [li-ba]-al#-[li-t,u2] | May they live as long as I live! |
| 5 | asz-szum t,e4-mi-[im sza] il#-li-kam | Concerning the report which came |
| 6 | ki-ma a-na a-di#-AN asz-pur-am | I wrote to Ašši-ilum: |
| 7 | a-wa-tum [it]-ta#-an-di | a word has spoken |
| 8 | i-na a-na _ugula gidri_ [x x] x gi?-im# x | to the foreman of the scepter ... |
| 9 | la il-li-ku x x x re-e-em | did not go [......] mercy |
| 10 | it-ta#-al-ku | have gone |
| 11 | a-wa-tum ki-a-am iq-qa2-bi | he said thus: |
| 12 | um-ma x x a-wa-tu x x x ni-ma | [Thus (says) NN], our word |
| 13 | ki? id? x x x x x | the place |
| 14 | in-na-as-sa3-qu2-u2-ma | they shall remove, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _erin2_-im isz-x-[x x] | to the troops ... |
| 2 | tup-pa-am a-na {d}marduk-mu#-sza#-lim | A tablet to Marduk-mušallim |
| 3 | szu-bi-lam-ma | send me, and |
| 4 | a-na-ku an-ni-ki-a-am la ka-li-a-[ku] | I am not able to do this. |
| 5 | u3 it-ti tup-pi2-im sza tu-sza-ba-la-asz-szum# | and with the tablet that you sent to him |
| 6 | zi-ki-ir szu-mi#-im-<<x-im>>-ma | the šumīma-priest |
| 7 | szu-bi-la#-szum | send to him! |
| 8 | u3 a-na nam-ti-la-ni-i3-du10 | and for his life |
| 9 | a-di-AN tup-pa-am ki-a-am li-sza-bi-la-szum | As long as he lives he will send him a tablet. |
| 10 | um-ma {disz}{d}suen-a-bu-szu# asz-szum a-na _lu2_ masz-kan2-szabra{ki} | Thus says Sîn-abūšu, concerning the man of Mashkan-Šabra: |
| 11 | sza-ka-nim u2-sze-lu-ni-isz-szu-u2-ma | they made him enter into a storehouse and |
| 12 | i-na babila2{ki#} wa-szi-ib | in Babylon he dwells |
| 13 | qi2-bi-ma li-wa?-e-ru-szu-u2-ma | speak, so that they may kill him, and |
| 14 | li-it-ta-la-ak la ka#-li# [x] | May he go without interruption ... |
| 15 | u3 it-ti tup#-pi2#-im# sza [...] | and with the tablet of |
| 16 | zi#-ki#-ir szu-mi-im# [...] | The utterance of my name |
| left | ||
| 1 | li#-il#-li#-[...] | May he go |
| 2 | [x] x um-szu-nu tu#-sza-ab-ba-lam# _ugula gidri-mesz_ | ... you will bring their troops. The foreman of the scepters |
| 3 | [x] il#-tu?-nim-ma a-wi#-lu-u2 li#-[in]-nam-ru-ma | ... they have ...ed me, so that the man may proclaim, and |
| 4 | [x] x im li-isz-sza-ak-nu a-wa-tam an-ni-tam | ... may they place. This word |
| 5 | {disz}nam-ti-la-ni-i3-du10 iq-bi | Namtilani-idu said: |
Sources & licences
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