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CT 52, 087 (P481835)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481835 |
| Museum no. | BM 080843 |
| 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' | qi2#-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 2' | [um]-ma ib-ni-{d}iszkur-ma | thus Ibni-Addu |
| 3' | {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu da-ri-isz u4-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 4' | li#-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 5' | lu sza-al-ma-a-ta lu ba-al#-t,a#-ta | Be it pure or pure, |
| 6' | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka | The god who guards you, your head, |
| 7' | a-na da-mi-iq-tim li-ki-il# | May it be firmly established for good fortune. |
| 8' | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am | I have written to you for your well-being. |
| 9' | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu lu da-ri# | May your health be long before Šamaš and Marduk! |
| 10' | {disz}pir-hi-{d}mar-tu _di#-ku5_ | Pirhi-Amurrum, judge |
| 11' | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | _mu 2(disz)-kam_ u2-ul u2-sza-s,i#-a-am# | for 2 years he did not bring out |
| 3' | at#-ta ti-di | You know. |
| 4' | _1(asz) gu2 siki_ sza {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni | 1 talent of wool belonging to Sîn-išmeanni |
| 5' | sza _3(u) u8 udu hi-a_-szu te-el#-qu2-ma | of 30 ewes and his sheep you took, and |
| 6' | [i]-na# li-ib-bi _u8 udu hi-[a]_-ka# | in the heart of your sheep and goats |
| 7' | i-la-ka | he will come |
| 8' | a-na _3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza an-pi2-sza | for 3 1/2 shekels of silver belonging to An-piša |
| 9' | le-qe2-e asz-pu-ra-am-ma | I wrote to you, and |
| 10' | x u-bar-rum a-hi i-na pu-uh2-ri a-lim | [x], Ubarrum, brother, in the assembly of the gods; |
| 11' | [x x x] x am-ha-as, | ... I struck |
| 12' | [...] hu-ZU | ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1' | [at-ta ti]-de-e-ma | you know, and |
| 2' | [...] KU USZ SZE# [...] | ... ... barley |
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
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