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CT 52, 110 (P481858)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 110 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481858 |
| Museum no. | BM 080250 |
| 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⸣ SANGA {d}UTU | Anae, priest of Šamaš |
| 2 | qi₂-bi₂-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ni-id-na-at-{d}SUEN-ma | Thus Nidnat-Sîn: |
| 4 | {d}UTU u₃ {d}MARDUK li-ba-al-li-ṭu₂-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | aš-šum LUKUR {d}UTU MUNUS kar-{d}UTU{ki} | If a nadītu of Šamaš (is) a woman of Kar-Šadân |
| 6 | ša u₂-lam-mi-du-ka-a-ma | that he had made you, and |
| 7 | ta-aš-pur-ra-am | you sent. |
| 8 | ki-ma ti-du-u₂ e-bu-rum | like a tiddû-demon, ebum |
| 9 | i-na ki-ma i-na-an-na | in the same way now |
| 10 | ma-an-nu-um ma-an-na-am | “Who is there, who is there? |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | i-pa-al | he will weigh out. |
| 12 | ⸢aš-šum⸣ 2(aš) IKU A.ŠA₃ ⸢bil-ti⸣ | 2 iku field, field of Bilti-e23 |
| r | ||
| 13 | a-na ra-bi-a-an kar-{⸢d⸣}UTU{ki} | to the governor of Kar-Eštar |
| 14 | aq-bi-i-ma | I said, and |
| 15 | um-ma šu-u₂-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| 16 | A.ŠA₃-um šu-u₂ a-⸢na⸣ ERIM ⸢GI⸣.IL₂.MEŠ | That slave, Aya-ena-e, a team of esagil men |
| 17 | es-ha-am | |
| 18 | i-na-an-na ša ta-aš-tap-⸢ra-am⸣ | Now, what you wrote to me |
| 19 | a-na ma-aš-ka-nim | to Maškanum |
| 20 | ma-aṣ-ṣa-ra-am li-iš-ku-un | may he put in order. |
| 21 | iš-tu i-na-an-na U₄.1(u).KAM U₄.1(u).KAM | From now on, the first day, the second day |
| 22 | uṭ-ṭe₄-tim ki-ma e-li-im | (a kind of insect) like a elīm tree |
| 23 | a-na-ku u₃ at-ta | I and you |
| t.e. | ||
| 24 | nu-uš-ta-at-ta-⸢a-ma⸣ | we have sworn. |
| 25 | ra-bi-a-an kar-{d}UTU{ki} | chief of Kar-Šamaš |
| 26 | i-ta-ar-ru-nim | they shall return. |
| l.e. | ||
| 27 | ⸢ka⸣-ni-ik be-li₂-ia a-am-ma-ar-ma | I will see your lord, and |
| 28 | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ A.ŠA₃-um šu-u₂ i-na ra-ZA-BI-im | That slave in the ra-za-bim |
| 29 | ⸢šu⸣-uk-nu-uk A.ŠA₃-ša i-ta-ar-ši-im | he will return his field |
Sources & licences
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