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CT 52, 027 (P481776)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCT 52, 027
IDP481776
Museum no.BM 080980
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotSippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates33.0605, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1[a]-na# e-ri-isz-tumto Erishtum
2qi2-bi2-maspeak!
3um-ma ha-AD-ba-ni-maHa-abu-bani speaks thus:
4a-na mi-nim a-na ia-szi-imWhy to me?
5ta-asz-pu-ri-imyou wrote me.
6a-na {d}na-bi-um-ma-likto Nabium-malik
7sza _a-sza3_-am u3 _{gesz}kiri6_of the field and orchard
8ta-di-ni-szumgiven to him
reverse
1qi2-bi-szum-maspeak to him
2a-na {d}marduk-mu-sza-limto Marduk-mušallim
3li-isz-pu-ur-mamay he write, and
4{disz}ia-ku-ma-darIa-kumadar
5li-it-ru-ni-szum-malet him return to him, and
6li-pu-ul-kilet them do.

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