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CT 52, 058 (P481806)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481806 |
| Museum no. | BM 080870 |
| 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 {d}]nanna#-in-du8 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Nanna-indu |
| 2 | [um-ma] {d}iszkur-szar-rum-<<ma>> a-hu-ka-ma | Thus (says) Adad-šarrum, your brother: |
| 3 | [{d}utu] u3 il-ka li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and your god keep you alive! |
| 4 | asz-szum t,e4-em ki-si-im sza ni-li-kam | Concerning the kisim report of the eunuch, |
| 5 | ki-su-um i-na qa2-ti e-ka-li-im | “Kisum in the hand of the ekallû |
| 6 | bu-ra-at u3 a-wi-lu-u2 | a man and a woman |
| 7 | i-na nu-pa-ri-im ka-lu-u2 | in the nupārim kalû |
| 8 | u3 ma-ar szi-ip-ri t,e4-ma-am | and before the writing of the report |
| 9 | sza-tu i-mu-ru a-na be-li-szu-nu | that one saw, to their lord |
| 10 | t,e4-ma-am sza-tu na-szu-<<nu>> | That report is given. |
| 11 | {disz}szar-ru-um sza ni-li-ka-szu | Šarrum, whose command |
| 12 | ki-a-am i-pu-la-ni-a-ti | as he imposed upon me, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 2 | a-wi-lu-u2 szu-nu il-li-ku-ni-im-ma | they are men, they came and |
| 3 | a-di# ma-ti ma-ha-s,i2-im | as far as the land of Mahaṣum |
| 4 | it#-ta#-al-ku# a-nu-um-ma | they went. Herewith |
| 5 | [x x x x] _ugula# dam-gar3_ | ..., foreman of merchants; |
| 6 | [x x x x x] usz-ta-bi-lu-ni-im | ...... brought to me |
| 7 | [x x x] x x x x UD tum | ...... day |
| 8 | [x x x x] TU szu-ta-ak-LIM-ma | ... ... is shataklamma |
| 9 | [...] NI? TE IM? | ... ... |
| 10 | [x x x x x] UD tum | ...... day |
| 11 | [x x] x x li#-tu | ... litu |
| 12 | [x x] x i? ni-bi-it | ... the nibit |
| 13 | [x x x] x ZU u2 | ... ...; |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [x x x] x x | |
| 2 | [x] x [x] x x DI | ... ... |
| 3 | [...] | |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | szi-ip-ka-tim | šipkātum |
| 2 | ma-la szi-ip-<ka>-tim | as much as the work-rate |
| 3 | [a-hu]-um# ma-la a-hi-im isz-[ta-na]-ap-pa-ak# | as much as a brother he will keep in mind. |
| 4 | asz-szum mi-ni-im bi-it-ku-nu u2-ba-ZE2-hu | “Because of what you have done, they will cut off your property. |
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