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CT 52, 018 (P481767)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481767 |
| Museum no. | BM 078414 |
| 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-pil2-{d}mar-tu | to Apil-Amurru |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni#-ma | thus Sîn-išmeanni: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk [asz]-szum#-ia | Šamaš and Marduk my fathers |
| 5 | li-sza-li-mu#-[ka] | May they keep you well! |
| 6 | asz-szum t,e4-e-em [x x] | Concerning the report ... |
| 7 | u3 sze-a-am sza asz-[pu-ra]-kum# | and the barley about which I wrote to you |
| 8 | a-di-ni sze-a-am# [x] x ki? x x | until now, barley ... |
| 9 | t,e4-ma-am u2-ul [asz-pu]-ra#-kum | I did not send you a report. |
| 10 | mi-nu-um sza at-ta# | What are you? |
| 11 | ka-qa2-di tu-ka-ba-tu# | You smear (it) on the ground. |
| 12 | [x x] x-ka ka-qa2-di# | your ... is high. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | u2-ul a-qa2#-ab#-bi# | I shall not say |
| 3' | u3 sze-a-am sza a-hu-ni | and the barley of Ahuni |
| 4' | iq-bu-u2 um-ma szi-ma | they said, thus: |
| 5' | u2-ul a-na-di-kum | I will not give you. |
| 6' | hu-bu-li-ma | had been destroyed, and |
| 7' | mi-nam lu-pu-ul | What should I do? |
| 8' | u3 a-li i-[na-as,]-s,a-ar | and where he will guard |
| 9' | at-ta we-du#-[u2-ti] ti-de-e | You know the wisdom |
| 10' | t,e4-em-ka szu-up#-ra#-szi-im | Send us your report! |
| 11' | _8(asz) sze gur_ a-na x a x x | 8 kor of barley for ... |
| 12' | ni-na-di-in | we will give. |
Sources & licences
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