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CT 52, 068 (P481816)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481816 |
| Museum no. | BM 080901 |
| 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}suen-re-me-ni | to Sîn-rēmēli |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-ma <um-ma> a-hu-szi-na-<<ma>> | Speak as follows: As for Aḫušina |
| 3 | [a]-hu#-ka-ma isz-tu u4-mi-im | your brother, from the day |
| 4 | [sza a]-na# _kaskal_ tu-s,u2-u2 | who went on a campaign |
| 5 | [wa]-ar#-ki-ka#-ma | I will send to you, and |
| 6 | {disz}a-ia-ba#-asz-i3-li2 | Aya-baš-ilī |
| 7 | il#-li-ka-am-ma um-ma szu-ma | came, thus he: |
| 8 | _2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ e-li-szu i-szu | 2 minas of silver against him |
| 9 | asz-sza-at-ka ma-ri-ka | Your lady, your daughter, |
| 10 | u3 a-ma-ti a-na ni-pa-ri-im | and the words to the shepherd |
| 11 | usz-te-ri-ib | he made enter. |
| 12 | hu-um-t,a3-am al-kam-ma | It is a ḫumṭām-demon. |
| 13 | a-na sze-ep _lugal_ mu-qu2-ut-ma | to the foot of the king he fell, and |
| 14 | asz-sza-at-ka ma-ri-ka | Your lady, your daughter, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-ma-ti-ka i-na | and your words in |
| 2 | ni-pa-ri-im szu-s,i | “Pār-immû-ṣūri’, |
| 3 | ap-pu-ta la te-gi | You will not return the reed-bed. |
| 4 | u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 5 | la ta-qa2-ab-bi | do not speak! |
Sources & licences
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