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CT 52, 076 (P481824)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 076 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481824 |
| Museum no. | BM 080676 |
| 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 ARAD-{d}suen a-bi-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Warad-Sîn, my father: |
| 2 | um-ma i-bi-{d}iszkur ma-ru-ka-a-ma | Thus Ibbi-Addu, your servant: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | asz-szum _ku3-babbar_ sza ta-asz-ta-na-ap-pa-ra-am | Concerning the silver about which you wrote to me |
| 5 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma _ku3-babbar_ u2-ul ma-ah-ra-ku | Thus you: I have not received the silver. |
| 6 | al-kam-ma _ku3-babbar_ id-nam | Come, and give the silver! |
| 7 | {disz}IZ-ZI-nu-um | Xerxes, |
| 8 | a-sza-al-ma um-ma | I asked, thus |
| 9 | {disz}IZ#-ZI#-nu-um-ma | IZ-ZI-num |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}su-ma-a-la-ba-sa _lu2_ tu-ur-szi{ki} | Suma-alabassa, man of Turši |
| 2 | [i]-na# _iri_ asz-szur{ki} _1(u) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | in the city of Assur 10 1/3 shekels of silver |
| 3 | [x x x] x DI id-di-nu-szum | ... gave to him |
| 4 | [x x x x] x KI | ...... with |
| 5 | [x x x x x] u2-sze-s,i | ...... brought out |
| 6 | [x x x x] _lu2# szu-ku6_ | ... fisherman |
| 7 | [x x x x] x | |
| 8 | [...] x | |
| 9 | x x x x x x | |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | an-ni#-tam# la# an-ni-tam | This is not the case. |
| 2 | [...] | |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | me-hi-ir tup-pi2-ia | Receive my tablet! |
| 2 | [x x] x HI la am | ... not |
Sources & licences
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