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CT 52, 007 (P481756)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481756 |
| Museum no. | BM 080424 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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-hu-um#-[... qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Aḫum-... |
| 2 | um-ma zalag2-i3-li2-szu#-[ma] | Thus (says) Zalag-ilišu: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 il#-ka {d}szakkan2 asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and your ilku-service (are) as my request. |
| 4 | da-ri-isz u4-mi li#-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka# | May they keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | sza-al-ma-ku i-na x x x e x [x x] x KU | I am well; in ... ... |
| 6 | i-lam a-sza-al-ma a-na KA# il# [...] | I ask the god and ... to the gate ... |
| 7 | sza al ma ni _giri3-hi-a_ x HI [...] | who ... the feet ... |
| 8 | a-na KA IL HI i-ba-asz-szu# [x] | ... there is ... |
| 9 | s,i2-bu-ti e-pu-sza-am-[ma] | he performed the ṣibtu-offerings and |
| 10 | ar-hi-isz at-ta-la-kam# | quickly I came. |
| 11 | ma-ti e x ma am ma [x] | The land ... |
| 12 | a-na zimbir{ki#} x x x | to Sippar |
| 13 | [a]-wu-u2-um u3 [...] | a man and ... |
| 14 | [x x] ta [...] | ... ... |
| 15 | szi#-ma-am szu-[x-...] | The fate of ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1(disz) iti_ i-na mi-isz-la#-[x] | 1 month in ... |
| 2 | u2-qi2!(DI)-ka-ma u2-ul x [...] | I prayed to you, but ... not ... |
| 3 | ta-asz-pu-ra-am [x] | you wrote me ... |
| 4 | u2-ul szi-mu-um i-ba-asz-[szi] | there is no definite answer |
| 5 | a-sza-am ri-isz-ka u2-ka#-[al] | I will hold your hand. |
| 6 | a-szu-usz-ma e-te-bi-ir | Ašū-šamê, he has gone down. |
| 7 | s,i2-bu-ti e-pu-sza-ma | he performed the ṣibtu-rites, and |
| 8 | ar-hi-isz at-ta-la-kam# | quickly I came. |
| 9 | ma-ti e x ma | The land ... |
| 10 | ma-ru-ti-ka e-pu-usz# | I did your great deeds. |
| 11 | u4-um tup-pi2 u2-sza-bi-la-[ku-um] | On the day that he sends me my tablet |
| 12 | a-na KA IL HI at-ta-la#-[kam] | I went to ... |
| 13 | x [x] x x x x x ASZ SZI | ...... ... |
| 14 | [x] x x x x [x-x-x] | |
Sources & licences
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