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CT 52, 021 (P481770)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481770 |
| Museum no. | BM 080423 |
| 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 {munus}be-le-su-nu | to Bēlessunu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-ad-da-tum-ma | Thus Addatum: |
| 4 | i-na tup-pi2-ki sza tu-<sza>-bi-lim | On your tablet that you sent |
| 5 | u3 ma-da-tim-ma | and the lands |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ri#-im# isz-MI-e-ma | As to what you wrote, he heard and |
| 7 | a-wi-lum {disz}a-wi-il-{d}iszkur | Awīl-Adad |
| 8 | a-di u4-um-mi-im# an#-ni-im | as long as this |
| 9 | u3-za-bi-il-ma ki#-ma a-wa-tim | I cleared away, and like a word |
| 10 | i-na _ka2_ {d}en-lil2 as,-ma!(BA)-tu-ma | at the gate of Enlil I seized, and |
| 11 | mi-ih-ri#-it# a-wi-le#-e ma-du-tim | “If a man’s limbs are many— |
| 12 | asz-szum s,e#-[eh]-ri#-im | Concerning the flock |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | at-wa-am as,-ba-at-su#-[nu-ti]-ma# | I seized them and |
| 2 | ki-a-am i-pu-lu-ne-ni | thus they made me |
| 3 | um-ma szu-nu-u2-ma ni-nu-u2-ma | Thus they, we, |
| 4 | a-na sza a-ha-ti-ni sza ne-IL-qu2-u2 | for the ahatinnu that we took, |
| 5 | ma-di-im ne-la-ak-ma ni-pa-al-szi | We will go to the country and we will eat. |
| 6 | be-le-e i-pu-ul-szu#-nu#-ti#-ma | the lady performed against them, and |
| 7 | um-ma szu-u2-ma# [at-tu-nu]-ma | Thus he: you yourselves |
| 8 | sza ra-ma-ne#-ku#-nu la ta#-na-di-na-szi | You will not give us that which you love. |
| 9 | sza a-wi-lum {disz}me-es3-ki-nu | of a man, Meskinu |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ar-ta-am sza iq-bu-u2 | The ṣuḫartam that they said |
| 11 | a-na le-ti-sza na-szi-im iq#-bi#-szi#-im | to her own life he spoke to her. |
| 12 | id-na-szi-im-ma li-ta-[asz-szi-(i)-szi] | he gave her, and may he carry her off. |
| 13 | um#-ma szu-nu-u2-ma ne-[la]-ak#-ma | Thus they: we will go and |
| 14 | sza# na-da-nim ne#-na-di#-[in] | we will give to him. |
| 15 | [{disz}]a-wi-il-{d}iszkur x ri-iq | Awīl-Adad |
| 16 | a-na ka-ab-tim ra [x] x | to the netherworld |
| 17 | li-li-IH-ma li-pu-usz-su-ma | [Let him] scream, let him do it, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | [sza] na-da-ne-em | of the tribute |
| 2 | [i]-na#-di-nu-ne-ki-im | they will give to you |
Sources & licences
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