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CT 52, 012 (P481761)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481761 |
| Museum no. | BM 080664 |
| 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 geme2-{d}utu | to Geme-Utu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma lu2-dingir-mah-ma | thus Lu-dingirmah: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 be-el-ki | Šamaš and your lord |
| 5 | li-ba-li-t,u2-ki | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}{d}utu-be-el#-i3-li2# | Herewith, Šamaš-bēl-ili |
| 7 | _1(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki-hi-a_ qa-at-na-[tim] | 13 minas of fine wool |
| 8 | u3 RI KU ZA# UD | and ... ... |
| 9 | sza# bu-s,i2-ni-hi-a | of būṣinihia |
| 10 | [usz]-ta#-bi#-la-ki-im# | I sent to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | a x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | [x] a la [x] im# | ... not ... |
| 4' | asz-szum _a-sza3_ | concerning the field |
| 5' | sza# [ta]-asz-ta-na-pa-ri | that you keep sending to me |
| 6' | a-na# mi-nim | what |
| 7' | ta-ta-na-sza-szi | you will give her. |
| 8' | u3 ku-du#-[la?] | and Kudula(?) |
| 9' | s,u2-ha-ar# x | Ṣuhar x |
| 10' | [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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