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CT 52, 029 (P481778)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481778 |
| Museum no. | BM 081526 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 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 hu-na-ba-tum | to Ḫunabatum |
| 2 | _dumu-munus_ {d}en-lil2-ma-lik | daughter of Enlil-mālik |
| 3 | sza-mi-ra-wi-tim | Šami-rawītim |
| 4 | u3 ma-at-ta-ki | and your land |
| 5 | _dumu-munus_ bu-tum | daughter of Butum |
| 6 | a-ta-sza-wi-tim | Atašawītum |
| 7 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma ur-me-nu-um-ma | Urmenum (speaks) thus: |
| 2 | {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | Šamaš and Aya |
| 3 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki-na-<ti> | May they keep you alive! |
| 4 | {disz}kalag{an}-dingir-szu ha-li-iq | Kalbi-ilīšu was killed |
| 5 | szum-ma i-la-ka-ak-ki-na-szi-im | If he goes to her, |
| 6 | pa-da-a-szu | his face |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}me-kal-kal | Ur-Mekalkal |
| 2 | _dumu_ bu-tum | son of Batum |
| 3 | _ARAD#_ s,il2-li2-{d}suen | servant of Ṣillī-Sîn |
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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