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CT 52, 038 (P481787)

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

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Designation	CT 52, 038
ID	P481787
Museum no.	BM 080308
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 li-pi2-it-{d}iszkur	to Lipit-Addu
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim-ma	Marduk-mušallim speaks thus:
4	asz-szum _1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza a-na _sa10 duh duru5_	Concerning the 15 shekels of silver that for the purchase price weighed out,
5	in-na-ad-na-ak-kum	will be given to you.
6	_sza3# [1(u)] 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ szu-a-ti	from 15 shekels of silver that
7	[x] _duh duru5-ta_ isz-tu _iti ne-ne-gar u4 4(disz)-kam#_	x durû-flour from month "Negar," 4th day;
8	[a]-di# _iti# gan#-gan#-e3_ u4 3(u)-kam_	until the month of Kislimu, the 30th day
9	[...] ta#?-a-al	... what?
10	[... _iti gan]-gan#-e3_ szi-ta-at ub?-sze?-nim	... month: “Gan-gan-e’e, the eponymy of Ubšenum,…
11	[...] a-na# _na#-asz-bar_	... for the decision.
12	[...]-x

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