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CT 52, 084 (P481832)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481832 |
| Museum no. | BM 080381 |
| 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 sza-pi2-ri-ia# | to my feet |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-el-szu-nu ip-qa2-tum {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir u3 e-tel-pi4-{d}AG-ma | Thus (says) their owner: Ipqatum Marduk-nāṣir and Etel-pî-Nabu |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu asz-szu-mi-ni da-ri-isz u4-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk grant me a long life. |
| 5 | be-el-ni li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | our lord may live. |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir be-li-ni s,i-bu-tam a-ia ir-szi | May the god who guards our lord be my friend. |
| 7 | ki-ma sza-mu-u2 u3 er-s,e-tum# da-ru-u2 | Like heaven and earth, eternal |
| 8 | be-el-ni asz-szu-mi-ni lu# da#-ri | Our lord, may our name be eternal. |
| 9 | asz-szum t,e4-em sze-im sza nu-za-ak-ku-u2 | Concerning the news of the barley that we did not clear, |
| 10 | sza be-el-ni isz-pu-ra-an-ni-a-szi-im | which our lord wrote to us, |
| 11 | [i-na] li-ib-bu gu-un-nim sza-ni-im | in the midst of another battle |
| 12 | [x x] x nu-za-ak-ki#-ma# | ... we will clear and |
| 13 | [...] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | sza#-ru-um [...] | The šarrum priestess |
| 3' | u2-ul a-na _|KAxKAR2|-guru7_ [...] | not to the granary ... |
| 4' | u2-ul nu-sze-ri-<ib>-ma t,e4-em _masz2# e2_ x [...] | We did not send, and the report of the interest of the house ... ... |
| 5' | a-na be-li-ni# u2-ul ni-isz-[pu]-ra#-am | We did not write to our lord. |
| 6' | sza-ru#-um ki-ma isz-ta-ak-nu | The šarrum-vessel is as it was set. |
| 7' | lu-u2 mu-szum-ma nu-sze-re-eb-ma | “May it be the name, so that we shall not enter and |
| 8' | t,e4-ma-am ni-sza-pa-ra-am | we will send a report. |
| 9' | asz-szum sze-im sza i-na _|KAxKAR2|-guru7_ sza-ak-nu | Concerning the barley that is placed in the granary |
| 10' | sze-um gi-ir-ra-am pa-ri-ik | The barley is repaid in full. |
| 11' | i-ta-ti-ni ik-tam-su we-de-e-nu | he sealed it with our seals. |
| 12' | sza i-na e-te-qi2-im u3 ba-i-im | that in the passing and the passing |
| 13' | sze-am i-na-t,a-lu-u2 | they will measure out the barley. |
| 14' | ni-ir-tam i-ni-ir-ru | “It is the nirtam-demon, it is the inirru-disease. |
| 15' | sza sze-im ta-ba-lim | of barley you will measure out. |
| 16' | be-el#-ni i-na qa2-ti-szu | our lord in his hand |
| 17' | li-is,-ba-at | may he seize |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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