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CT 52, 020 (P481769)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481769 |
| Museum no. | BM 082363 + BM 082364 |
| 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 a-wi-il-{d}iszkur | To Awil-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dumu-munus-e-le-e-ma | Thus (says) Dumunus-ellê: |
| 4 | be-li2 u3 be-el-ti asz-szu-mi-ia | My lord and my lady concerning me |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum hu-za-la-tum _lukur_ {d}utu | Concerning Huzalatum, nadītu of Šamaš |
| 7 | _dumu-munus_ su-mu-ra-ah | daughter of Sumurrah |
| 8 | sza u2-la-mi-du-ka | that he will kill you, |
| 9 | am-mi-ni at-wa-sza | Why her husband |
| 10 | la ta-ag-mu-ur-ma | do not be negligent, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-da-na-ba-ab | he shall give. |
| 2 | a-nu-um-ma asz-tap-ra-ku-um | Herewith I am writing to you: |
| 3 | _aga-us2_ szu-pu-ur-ma | a soldier send, and |
| 4 | {disz}ib-ni-{d}mar-tu | Ibni-Amurrum |
| 5 | _ugula a-gar3_ li-it-ru-ni-ku-ma | the foreman of the meadow may they bring to you, and |
| 6 | at-wa-sza gu-mu-ur | her breast-bone is thick. |
| 7 | ni-di a-hi-im | the nīdi of Aḫum |
| 8 | la ta-ra-asz-szi | do not abandon her! |
| envelope | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wi-il-{d}iszkur | To Awil-Addu |
| 2 | a-hi-ia | Ahiya |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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