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CT 52, 053 (P481801)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481801 |
| Museum no. | BM 080347 |
| 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 ma-ta-ki qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to your land! |
| 2 | um-ma a-hu-szi-na-ma | Thus Aḫušina: |
| 3 | be-el-ki u3 be-le-et-ki | Your lord and your lady |
| 4 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | may they keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum t,e4-em sze-im sza _gu2-un a-sza3_-ki | Concerning the news of the barley of the talents of your field |
| 6 | sza# ta-asz-pu-ri-im | of which you wrote |
| 7 | a-wi-lum e-ri-isz-ki | the man of Eriški |
| 8 | sze-a-am sza e-bu-ri-ki | barley of your harvest |
| 9 | a-na _dam-gar3_-ri-szu | to his merchant |
| 10 | im#-ta-da-ad | he will measure out. |
| 11 | u3 sze-a-am sza-ni-a-am | and another barley |
| 12 | sza um-ma-szu a-na ka-szi-im | of his mother to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ba-ba-lam iq-bu-szum | he said to him: |
| 2 | a-na sa3-bi-ti-szu im-ta-da-ad | he has counted it as his debts. |
| 3 | i-na-an-na sze-a-am | Now the barley |
| 4 | it-ti _dam-gar3_-ri-im | with the merchant |
| 5 | ba-at-qa2-am u3 ma-as2-ka-am | he is ill and ill. |
| 6 | i-sa-hu-ra-ki-im | Isaḫura |
| 7 | i-na li-bu _a-sza3_-ki | in the middle of your field |
| 8 | _sze-gesz-i3_ i-ri-isz-ma | sesame he roasted, and |
| 9 | _1(asz) gur sze-gesz-i3_ sza le-qe2-ki | 1 gur of sesame that I took |
| 10 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is |
| 11 | a-na ra-bi-a-nu-um szu-up-ri-im-ma | Send it to the chief of the troops! |
| 12 | ma-s,a-ar-ki li-is,-s,u2-ur-ma!(ZU) | May your guard be guarded and |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | mi-ik-si-ki | “It is youršû, |
| 2 | li-ib-lu-ni-im | may they bring. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | lu e-re-szu-tum-ma | or a slave |
| 2 | ma-la i-ka-sza-du le-qi2-i | Take as much as he can achieve. |
Sources & licences
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