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CT 52, 009 (P481758)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481758 |
| Museum no. | BM 080324 |
| 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-ki-ia-a qi2-bi2#-[ma] | Speak to me thus: |
| 2 | um-ma {d}nanna-ma#-an#-sum#-ma | Thus Nanna-mansum: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk lu da-ri asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz# [u4-mi] | May Šamaš and Marduk be everlasting for my sake, forever! |
| 4 | a-ki-ia-a li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | May they live like me! |
| 5 | ki-ma sza-mu-u2 u3 er-s,e-tum da-ru-u2 | like heaven and earth, eternal. |
| 6 | a-ki-ia-a lu da-ri | May my life be long!” |
| 7 | dingir na-s,i-ir a-ki-ia-a s,i-bu-tam | (Sum) The god who guards like me (Akk) The divine guardian of my life |
| 8 | a-ia ir-szi | may he not arise! |
| 9 | asz-szum me-e _bur3 6(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ me-e asz-ta-qi2 | Concerning the water, I dug 6 iku of field water. |
| 10 | ki-ma a-ki-ia-a a-na ba-la-t,i il-li-ku | Like me, they went to live. |
| 11 | {disz}ta-ri-bu UM SZA sza-pir _aga-us2-mesz_ | Tarību, the ... of the troops |
| 12 | me-e s,a-bi-it-ma mu-u2 | (Sum) I am the one who seized the water and ... (Akk) I have been captured and .... |
| 13 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is none. |
| 14 | _u8-udu-hi-a_ i-na ka-s,a-ri-i{ki} | sheep and goats in Kaṣarî |
| 15 | [ih]-ha-ab-ta-ma# | he seized, and |
| 16 | al#-li-ik-[ma] | I went and |
| 17 | [_u8]-udu-hi-a_ usz-ta# [x x x] | sheep and goats ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _sipa-mesz_ ul# [x x x] | and the shepherds did not ... |
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