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CT 52, 088 (P481836)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481836 |
| Museum no. | BM 078330 |
| 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] be-li-ni | to our lord |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma ib-ni-{d}suen | Thus Ibni-Suen |
| 4 | u3 _di-ku5-mesz_ zimbir{ki}-ma | and the judges of Sippar |
| 5 | ki-ma be-el#-ni i-du-u2 | as our lord knows |
| 6 | szar-rum sza# la-ma-sa3#-szu a-na be-li-ni ka-ta | The king whose lamassu is known to our lord |
| 7 | i-ka-ar-ra-bu | they shall bind. |
| 8 | szu-ba-ru-ut# _sag#-ARAD-mesz lukur {d}utu-mesz_ isz-ku-un | he established the šubarût of the slaves of the nadītu of the gods. |
| 9 | {disz}x-x-x-ti#-NI# sza-pi2-ir zimbir{ki} | -ti-NI, the šapir of Sippar |
| 10 | x x x x x _1(disz) mu 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda-ta-am3_ i-le-eq-qe2 | shall take 1 year 3 1/2 ninda each |
| 11 | x x x [x x] x la i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | ... there is no |
| 12 | _lukur {d}utu-mesz_ i-na# x x x me NI DI ta is,-ba-ta-a-ma | a nadītu of the gods, in ... ... took, and |
| 13 | tup-pi2 _sanga {d}utu u3 sanga_ {d}a-a il-li-ka-an-ni-a-szi-im | A tablet of the priest of Šamaš and the temple administrator of Aya came to us. |
| 14 | te-qi2-it a-wa-a-TUM esz-ta? x x | The recitation of a new word |
| 15 | pi2-i-ni u2-ul ni-pu-usz | we did not do our word. |
| 16 | u3 ki-ma be-el-ni i-du-u2 | and as our lord knows, |
| 17 | _[lu2]-kur2#?_ i-na li-ib-bu ma#-tim na-di | a foreigner in the middle of the land was given |
| 18 | [a-na x] x _hi-a_ ba#-ba-lim-ma wa-ar-ka-ti [pa-ra]-si-im | for ... wages, after the remission of debts, |
| 19 | [x x x] x x nu-UZ-[...] | ... we ... |
| 20 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [x] | |
| 2' | x [x] x nim-ma | ... high |
| 3' | {disz}{d}utu-ba-ni _dumu_ dingir-szu#-mu-ba-li2-it, | Šamaš-bāni, son of Ilu-zumu-balliṭ |
| 4' | a-na la szu-a-ti i-na pu-uh2-ri-im | Without him, in the assembly |
| 5' | ma-har {d}suen-szesz-i-din-nam _gal-ukken-na_ | before Sîn-aḫa-iddinam the chief minister |
| 6' | {disz}ip-qu2-{d}na-bi-um _szu-i_ | Ipqu-Nabium, the barber |
| 7' | u3 ma-ah#-ri-ni | and before us |
| 8' | u2-sze-sze-er-ma# ma-ga-al | he brought out, and he presented it (this statue). |
| 9' | a-na {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _di-ku5_ | to Nanna-manšum the judge |
| 10' | id-bu-ub | spoke, |
| 11' | be-el-ni li#-it,-ru-da-am | May our lord protect me. |
| 12' | wa-ar-ka-at da-ba-bi-im szu-a-ti | After that speech |
| 13' | li#-ip-pa-ri-is | he should inspect. |
| 14' | _dub#_ il-ka-tum la isz-sza-ak-ka-an-ma | The tablet of the ilkûtu-offering shall not be placed and |
| 15' | la u2-qa2-al-la-lu-ni-a-ti | they shall not slander me. |
Sources & licences
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