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CT 52, 104 (P481852)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481852 |
| Museum no. | BM 080320 |
| 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 Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wi-lim ša {d}MARDUK u₂-⸢ba⸣-al-la-ṭu₂-šu | to the man whom Amurru shall remove |
| 2 | qi₂-bi₂-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ma-an-nu-um-ba-lu-uš-ša | Thus (says) Mannum-baluša |
| 4 | u₃ {d}ŠUŠINAK-še-mi-ma | and Šamaš-šeme |
| 5 | {d}UTU u₃ {d}MARDUK aš-šu-mi-ni da-ri-iš u₄-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk grant me a long life. |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-ṭu₂-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | lu ša-al-ma-a-ta lu ba-al-ṭa-a-ta | Be it a šalma or a bālṭa, |
| 8 | lu da-ri-a-ta | May you be everlasting! |
| 9 | DINGIR na-ṣi-ir-ka re-eš-⸢ka⸣ a-na da-mi-iq-tim li-ki-il | May the god who loves you, your shepherd, keep you in good health. |
| 10 | a-na šu-ul-mi-ka ⸢ni⸣-iš-pu-ra-am | I have written to you for your well-being |
| 11 | šu-lum-⸢ka ma⸣-har {d}UTU u₃ {d}MARDUK lu da-ri | May your well-being be everlasting before Šamaš and Marduk! |
| 12 | u₂-ul ⸢ah⸣-hu-ka-a ni-i-nu | We are not your brother-in-law |
| 13 | bi-ta-⸢tu⸣-ni u₂-ul bi-it-ka-a | “Bitta-etu-ēni is not yours, |
| 14 | a-ah-ka i-na mu-uh₂-⸢hi⸣-ni | Your brother, in our assembly |
| 15 | a-⸢na⸣ mi-nim ta-[na-ad-di] | What else can you give me? |
| 16 | ⸢a-nu⸣-um-ma e-⸢ri⸣-[x x x x] | Anu-eumma, Eri-e-x ... |
| 17 | ⸢ṭup⸣-pa-ni nu-uš-⸢ta⸣-[bi-la-ak-kum] | He did not send you his tablet. |
| 18 | ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ ša 1(diš) MA.NA ⸢ša⸣ 2(diš) ⸢MA.NA⸣ | sesame for 1 mina of eša-e23-plant, 2 minas for |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | ki-ma i-ba-aš-šu-u₂ | like a man |
| 20 | u₃ 1(diš) ŠE.GUR ŠE.GUR ki-ma ta-aq-bi-a-an-ni-a-ši-im | and 1 ŠE.GUR |
| r | ||
| 21 | šu-bi-la-an-ni-a-ši-im-[ma] | send to me, and |
| 22 | KU₃.BABBAR 2(diš) MA.NA 3(diš) MA.NA | Silver, 2 minas, 3 mina(s). |
| 23 | ma-la ta-ha-aš-še-hu | as much as you smear |
| 24 | a-na ⸢ša⸣ ṭup-pa-ka tu-ša-ab-⸢ba⸣-la-⸢an⸣-ni-a-ši-[im] | To the one who sees your tablet, you will bring it to him. |
| 25 | i ni-id-di-in-ma | we gave, and |
| 26 | ⸢li⸣-ib-la-ak-kum | Elī-iblakkum |
| 27 | ŠUKU u₂-ul ni-šu | Hand of no fear |
| 28 | še-um an-nu-u₂-um ša ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ an-nu-tum | This is the oil of this oil |
| 29 | li-ra-hu-ni-a-ši-im | may they requite him |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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