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CT 52, 064 (P481812)

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

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Designation	CT 52, 064
ID	P481812
Museum no.	BM 080694
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 ru-ut-tum	to the kingship
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma {d}asz-ta-ba-li-tum-um-mi-ma	Thus (says) Aštabalitummi:
4	be-el-ki u3 be#-le#-et-ki	Your lady and your lady
5	da-ri-isz u4-mi#-[im x x]	forever, day ...
6	li-ba-al-li#-[t,u2-ki]	may they keep you alive!
7	sza-al-ma-a-[ku]	I am well.
8	u3 ma-ra-at-ki sza-al-ma-at	and your wife is well.
9	a-la-ki qu3-ru-ub	“Let me go, let me cry out!
reverse
1	u3 ma-ra-at-ki sza-al#-[mu]-sa	and your land is well.
2	i-la-ka-ak-ki-[im]	Illakkim
3	asz-szum a-bu-sza wa-asz-bu	because her father is living
4	um-ma a-na-ku-ma la-le-e	Thus (says) Lalê:
5	a-bi-sza li-isz-bi	her father may he be.
6	asz-szum ki-a-ma ak-la-a-szi	Because I am like you,
7	ar-hi-isz ni-ta-la-kam	We went quickly.

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