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CT 52, 112 (P481860)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 112 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481860 |
| Museum no. | BM 080401 |
| 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 x]-x-x-tum qi₂-bi₂-ma | Speak to ... |
| 2 | [um-ma {d]}SUEN-ha-zi-ir-ma | thus Sîn-hazir: |
| 3 | {[d]}UTU u₃ {d}MARDUK li-ba-al-li-ṭu₂-⸢ki⸣ | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | ša-al-ma-ku la ta-na-ku-di | I am well; you should not be afraid. |
| 5 | a-na ma-an-ki-si{ki} ERIM ak-šu-ud | I marched to Mankisi. |
| 6 | [x] ŠE.GUR ŠE.GUR i-na E₂ ku-nu-ki-ia | x (shekels of) gold, gold in the house of Kunukiya |
| 7 | ⸢pi₂⸣-ti-e-ma a-na i-ni-a-tim id-ni | and he gave it to the gods. |
| 8 | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ še-im pe₂-ti-a-am | The one who opens the barley |
| 9 | [x x] x ti-di 1(diš) ṣu₂-ba-tam id-ni-ma | ... he gave me one scepter |
| 10 | ⸢šum-ma⸣ še-am šum-ma KU₃.BABBAR | If he (the buyer) has bought (a house) |
| 11 | ša-mi-ma a-na i-ni-a-tim id-ni | that one to this one gave |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | {urudu}qu₂-ud-da-tim u₃ {urudu}pa-aš-<<x>> | a kind of bellows and a ...-bowl |
| 13 | pa DI ma | ..., |
| r | ||
| 14 | {lu₂}HUN.GA₂ a-na ITI.1(diš).KAM.MA ITI.1(diš).KAM.MA | Hirelings for one month (and) one month |
| 15 | ag-ri-ma {gi}qa₂-nu-um ma-li i-li-a-am | “Agriĝm, the reed-bed of the gods, |
| 16 | lu ka-si-im | be it Kasim, |
| 17 | TUG₂ ar-ru-ra-am ki-ma ta-ap-ta-ar-si | “If you open the garment like a taptarsû, |
| 18 | I₃.GEŠ u₃ šu-a-ti i-di-ni-ma | He gave me oil and that oil |
| 19 | [x] pu-ur-šu-mi-ia ša IRI GIBIL | ... of my city that is to be rebuilt |
| 20 | [x] x hu ni KI | ... ... |
| 21 | [x] ⸢si⸣ ša aš-šu-ra-ak-ki | ... esî-plant of Assyria |
| 22 | [x x] a-⸢na⸣ pa-ni-ia ep-ši | ... done before me |
| 23 | a-na a-⸢gi⸣-[ir-tim] a-ga-ri-im | to the A’egirtum of Agarim |
| 24 | la tu-⸢ma-qi⸣ x [x] x SIKI.HI.A | Do not ... the wool |
| 25 | i-id-ni 2(aš) GUR DUH | 2 kor of sourdough |
| 26 | a-na še-im ša-mi-ma | to that (house) |
| t.e. | ||
| 27 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ṣe-er UDU si₂-ir-ki | a sheep's headdress |
| 28 | [x x] i-na mu-hu-ri-im i-za-zu | ... stand in front of me |
| l.e. | ||
| 29 | [x x x] ⸢TU⸣ KU/ma ba ⸢tim⸣ | ... of the temple ... and the temple |
| 30 | x x x x (...) | |
| 31 | li-⸢ba⸣-(...) | may he |
| 32 | [x] x x ⸢li⸣-ku-lu | ... elikulu |
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
- 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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