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CT 52, 086 (P481834)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481834 |
| Museum no. | BM 078307 |
| 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 a-wi-lim | to a man |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi#-um#-ma | thus Etel-pî-Nabium: |
| 4 | {d}utu {d}marduk da#-ri#-[isz] _u4#_-mi li-ba-al#-[li-t,u2]-ka# | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | lu sza-al-ma#-[ta lu ba-al-t,a]-ta# | Be it pure or pure, |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-[ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da-mi]-iq?-tim! | The god who guards you, your head, for good fortune. |
| 7 | li-[ki-il] | may he bind. |
| 8 | a-na szu#-[ul-mi-ka asz-pa-ra-am] | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 9 | szu-lum#-[ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}marduk] | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 10 | lu# [da-ri] | may it be long! |
| 11 | x [...] | |
| 12 | x [...] | |
| 13 | x [...] | |
| 14 | x [...] x | |
| 15 | [...] x | |
| 16 | x [...] | |
| 17 | is?-ba#?-[...] | Isba- |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sa10 1(disz) sag-geme2_ elam-ma{ki} qa2-du _dumu-munus gaba_-sza | the purchase of 1 slave woman of Elam together with her daughter, |
| 2 | _2(u) 9(disz) u8-udu-hi-a_ a-ri-a-tim szu-u2-ra-tim# | 29 rams, surplus, |
| 3 | ad-di-in-szu | I gave him. |
| 4 | _si-bi_ su2-tu-u2 | the horn of Sutû |
| 5 | u3 ka-ni-ik szi-mi-sza ga-am-ri | and the sealed document of her full name |
| 6 | ik-nu-kam | sealed it. |
| 7 | it-ti-szu a-na le-qe2-e _geme2 u3 dumu-munus gaba_-sza | with him to take a slave woman and her daughter, |
| 8 | at,-ru-ud-ma | I sent, and |
| 9 | um-ma szu-u2-ma {munus}t,a3-ba-at-a-ha-ti qa2-du _dumu-munus gaba_-sza | Thus Ṭabat-ahati together with her daughter, |
| 10 | sza i-na ka-ni-ki-szu sza-at,-ra-at ih-ta-li-iq | [Which] was written [in his sealed document] has been lost. |
| 11 | _1(disz) geme2_ u3 um-mi _geme2_ szu-a-ti | 1 female slave and mother of that slave woman |
| 12 | a-na sza at,-ru-du-szu id-di-in-mas | to whom I sent him, he gave. |
| 13 | i-na _e2_ be-li2-ia-tum usz-te-szi-ib-szi-na-ti | in the house of my lord I made them dwell. |
| 14 | an-ni-tam iq-bi-a-am t,up-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum# | This he said to me, and I have sent you a tablet. |
| 15 | {disz}na-bu-du-um _erin2_ su-tu-u2 | Nabû-šum, the Sutean troops |
| 16 | a-na ma-ah-ri#-ka li-qe2-er-ri-bu-nim | They should take me before you. |
| 17 | i-na mu-uh2-hi-szu# szi-si-ma | on his head he swore, and |
| 18 | _geme2 u3 dumu-munus gaba_-sza a-na sza at,-ru#-du# | a slave woman and her daughter, her breast, to that of an aṭrudu |
| 19 | pi2-qi2-id-ma a-na ma-ah-ri-ia li-ru#?-[u2?-ni]-im? | entrusted to me so that they may enter into my presence. |
| 20 | szum-ma da-ba-ba-am u2-pa-ar-ra-ak | If a claim he will litigate |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | szu-a-ti u3 2(disz) _munus_ ne2-pa-ti-szu | that one and 2 women of his extispicy |
| 2 | sza ma-har be-li2-ia-tum | which before my lord |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | {disz}pa-t,e4-er-e-i-il-ti | Paṭer-iltī, |
| 2 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ia li-il-qe2-a-asz-szu | He must take him before me. |
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