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CT 52, 048 (P481797)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481797 |
| Museum no. | BM 064287 |
| 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 {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim | to Marduk-mušallim |
| 2 | {disz}{d}marduk-la-ma-sa3-szu | Marduk-lamassašu |
| 3 | u3 {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | and Sîn-bel-aplim |
| 4 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 5 | um-ma am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-ma | thus Ammī-ṣaduqa: |
| 6 | masz2#-szu#-gid2#-gid2# sza i-na {uru}ba-s,um{ki} wa-asz-bu | an extispicy that is in Baṣum, |
| 7 | [ki-a-am isz]-pu#-ra-am um-ma szu#-ma# | Thus he wrote to me: "He is |
| 8 | [...] im? ki-a-am iq#-bi#-[a-am] | ... said thus: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _iti sze-gur10-ku5 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam | The month of Addarum, the day 11 |
| 2 | [mu] am#-mi-s,a-du-qa2 lugal-e | year: “Ammi-ṣaduqa, the king, |
| 3 | [alam]-a-ni szu silim-ma_ | his image is of well-being. |
Sources & licences
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