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CT 52, 044 (P481793)

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

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Designation	CT 52, 044
ID	P481793
Museum no.	BM 080257
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 dumu-{d}utu qi2-bi2-ma	Speak to Dumu-Šamaš,
2	um-ma nu-ra-tum-ma	Nuratum speaks thus:
3	{d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka	May Šamaš keep you alive!
4	_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-bi-la-ku	1 shekel of silver I sent to you.
5	am-mi-nim _9(disz) ma-na siki-hi-a_ dam-qa2-tim	why 9 minas of good wool
6	a-na bi-tim la ta-di-in	It is not given to a household.
7	sza _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza mah-ri-ka	of 1 shekel of silver before you
8	_9(disz) ma-na siki-hi-a_ a-na bi-tim	9 minas of wool for the household
9	i-di-in la ta-ka-[la]	You should not eat bread.
reverse
1'	[x] x x x [...]
2'	[i]-na#-an-na _siki-hi-a_ dam#-qa2#-tim#	Now, the good wool
3'	i-di#-in	gave

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