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CT 52, 017 (P481766)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481766 |
| Museum no. | BM 081043 |
| 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 geme2-{d}[utu] | to Geme-šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma u-bar-rum [a-hu-ki]-ma | Thus Ubarrum, your brother: |
| 4 | {disz}dingir-dingir-sze-me-e-[a i]-la#-kam | Ilī-dingir-šemea will come. |
| 5 | s,u2-ha-ra-tum [x x] in hu-ra-ti-im | ṣuharatum ... in the huratum |
| 6 | i-la-ka-[...] | he will come |
| 7 | gi-im-ra-[...] | I want to ... for you |
| 8 | sza a-[...]-x | of ... |
| 9 | a-na ga?-[...] | What should I do? |
| 10 | i-ga-ma# [x x x x] | there is ...... |
| 11 | i-di-sza-am szu-t,e4-ri-im#-[ma] | write me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-bi-lim | send! |
| 2 | a-ki-i-ma i-na a-la-ki-im | like on the road |
| 3 | hi-sze-eh-tam na-szi-a-nu | “If he brings šēḫtam, |
| 4 | u3 at-ti t,e4-em-ki lu s,a-ab-ta-a-[ti] | And you, may your report be released. |
| 5 | szum-ma pa-ar-s,u2 sza ni-qi2-a-tim | If a pig of a gift |
| 6 | i-ba-asz-szi szu-up-ri-im-ma | there is, send me! |
| 7 | i-na pa-ni-ni lu-u2 na-szi-a-nu | May they be brought before us. |
| 8 | mi-hi-ir tup-pi2-ia ar-hi-isz | quickly received my tablet. |
| 9 | szu-bi-lim | send! |
Sources & licences
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