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CT 52, 016 (P481765)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481765 |
| Museum no. | BM 080400 |
| 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-dingir-mah: |
| 4 | at#-ti# u2-ul <ti>-de-e | You did not know |
| 5 | [la] sza#-tu-um | not the other |
| 6 | u3 nu-ku-ur-tu-um | and Nukurtum |
| 7 | ik#-szu-da-an-ni-ti | he imposed upon me. |
| 8 | ba-ab-ti u2-sza-da-an-ni#-[ti] | he made me a slave. |
| 9 | a-pa-qi2-da-ki | I have appointed you. |
| 10 | la# ta-szu-szi | do not take it away! |
| 11 | mi#-im-ma la ta-ha#-szi | Do not be negligent! |
| 12 | i-ta-wi-ra-ni-szi-im | he smote her |
| 13 | a-na szi-pi2-ir-ti-ki | for your work assignment |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-hi u2-ul a-na-di | I did not know the other side. |
| 2 | {disz}ku-nu-ra-am | Kunuram, |
| 3 | s,a-ab-ti-ma ka-ar-sza-am | seized, and a siege |
| 4 | szu-di-ni-szu 1(ban2) ka-ar-sza-am | šudinīsu, 1 seah of karsam-beer, |
| 5 | ah-bu-su2-um | Ahbusum |
| 6 | szum-ma i-ta-ki-ir# | If he has been negligent |
| 7 | ki-a-am qi2-bi2-szu-[um] | thus his command |
| 8 | um-ma at-ti-i-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | sza be-li2-ia 1(ban2) ka-ar-sza#-am | of my lord, 1 seah of karšam-beer |
| 10 | u2-ul ih-x-x-ku-um | did not ... |
| 11 | i-na _{gesz}ban2_ ki?-[it?-tim?] | with a lower seah |
| 12 | sza _e2?-gal?_ x x x | of the palace |
| 13 | x x x x | |
| 14 | ah-bu-su2-um | Ahbusum |
Sources & licences
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