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CT 52, 115 (P481863)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 115 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481863 |
| Museum no. | BM 080649 |
| 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 ...] | to ... |
| 2 | [qi2-bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma {d}]suen#-eri-ba#-[am ...] | Thus Sîn-eribam |
| 4 | {d#}[utu] u3 {d}marduk da-ri#-[isz _u4_-mi] | Shamash and Marduk forever. |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-[ka] | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | lu sza-al-ma-a-ta lu ba#-al#-[t,a-ta] | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 7 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a#-[na da-mi-iq-tim] | The god who guards you, your head, for good fortune. |
| 8 | li-[ki-il] | may he bind. |
| 9 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-[am] | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 10 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 11 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 12 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 1(disz) _sag-nita2-ta-am3_ | like a tidû, 1 male slave |
| 13 | a-na <a>-ra-ar-ru-ti a-na _e2_ {d}marduk | for the extispicy to the temple of Marduk |
| 14 | _lu2-tin-na-mesz_ babila2{ki} i-ri-szu | the Babylonians he conquered. |
| 15 | 1(u) 7(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ i3-li2-e-mu-qi2 _ARAD_-ka | 17 shekels of silver: Ilī-emuqi, your servant |
| 16 | a-na a-wi-lim {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim a-bi-ia | to a man, Sîn-bēl-apli my father |
| 17 | a-na 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ ta-ak-li-im | for 1 slave of Taklium |
| 18 | a-na <a>-ra-ar-ru-ti a-na _e2_ {d}marduk | for the extispicy to the temple of Marduk |
| 19 | sza-mi-im-ma szu-bu-li-[im] | the heavens and the earth |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-sza-bi#-la-am# | he sent to me |
| 2 | ma-har a-wi-lim {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim a-bi#-ia | before a man, Sîn-bēl-apli my father |
| 3 | szu-ta-ar-di-a-an-ni | send to me! |
| 4 | tap-pu-ut szi#?-pi2#?-ir?-ti-ia a-li-im-ma | I am the companion of my scribal art, |
| 5 | 1(disz) _sag-nita2_ ta-ak-la a-na a-ra-ar-ru-ti | 1 sagnītu, takla-disease, for the ārārûtu-festival, |
| 6 | qa2-ti ra-ma-ni-ka szi-ta-a-am-ma | Give me a firm positive answer! |
| 7 | sza-ma-am-ma# szu-bi-lam | Send me a report! |
| 8 | _si-bi_ i-[x?]-x-di ka-ni-ik-szu le-qi2 | The horn ..., take his seal. |
| 9 | u3 ka-ni#-[ik]-szu# szu-bi-lam | and send him his sealed document. |
| 10 | uz-na-ia i-ba-asz-szi-a-ni-ik-ku | my limbs are bound. |
| 11 | i#-dam# la tu-sza-ar-sza-am-ma | he is dead; you shall not release her, and |
| 12 | [la ta]-sza#-ap-pa#-ra#-[am x?] | You should not write ... |
| 13 | [a-na] sza# asz-pu-ra-[ak-kum] | to what I wrote to you |
| 14 | [ni-di] a#-hi#-im# [la ta-ra-asz-szi] | Do not abandon the companions! |
Sources & licences
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