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CT 52, 054 (P481802)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481802 |
| Museum no. | BM 080916 |
| 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)
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 ma-ta-ki | to your land |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ku-ru-um-ma | thus Kurum: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu asz-szu-mi-ia | May Šamaš and Marduk listen to my prayers. |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | _1(disz) tug2_ u3 _na4 {gesz}ban2_ | 1 garment and stone for the bow |
| 7 | sza _dumu_ ap-pa-an-dingir | of the son of Appan-il |
| 8 | szu-bi-lim | send! |
| 9 | szum-ma i-na ki-na-tim# | If in truth |
| 10 | a-ha-ti-i | Ahatî |
| 11 | at-ti-i | You, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 x [...] | and ... |
| 2 | BE x [...] | If ... . |
| 3 | x [...] | |
| 4 | ASZ [...] | ... ... |
| 5 | x [...] | |
| 6 | x [...] | |
| 7 | sza ta-aq#-[bi]-im# | of what you said |
| 8 | lu-pu-usz | I shall do. |
| 9 | ku-ku-ba-am# szu-bi-lim | “It is enough, send it here!’ |
| 10 | u3 nu-du-un-na-am | and the dowry |
| 11 | szu#-up-ri-im-ma | send, and |
| 12 | a-na-ku lu-pu-usz | I shall do. |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | a-na ra-bi-a-nu-um | to the chief cook |
| 2 | szu-up-ri-im-ma | send, and |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | sze li-<di>-nam | may he give me barley. |
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
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