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CT 52, 116 (P481864)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 52, 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481864 |
| Museum no. | BM 080253 |
| 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 UGULA ha-ba-ti qi₂-bi₂-ma | Speak to the overseer of the robbers. |
| 2 | um-ma {d}SUEN-na-di-in-šu-mi-im-ma | Thus (says) Sîn-nādin-šumi: |
| 3 | {d}UTU u₃ {d}MARDUK li-ba-al-li-ṭu₂-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | aš-šum ki-ma du-un-ni ha-ab-tu | If he is seized like a strong one |
| 5 | te-eš-mu-u₂-ma ta-ak-ku-du-ma | You heard, you saw, and |
| 6 | ta-aš-pur-ra-am um-ma at-ta-ma | you wrote me, thus: |
| 7 | šu-up-ra-am-ma hu-bu-ut-ka li-ša-li-mu-ka | Send (word) so that your debts may be forgiven to you. |
| 8 | ha-ba-ti-ia aṣ-ba-at-ma | I seized my limbs, and |
| 9 | a-na i-bi-{d}SUEN DUMU SIG-an-nu-ni-tum | to Ibbi-Sîn son of Ipiq-annunitu |
| 10 | u₃ GI₆-li₂-ia IR₃ ša nu-ra-⸢tum⸣ | and my black-headed ones, the ones of Nuratum |
| 11 | ⸢ap⸣-qi₂-id um-ma šu-nu-ma | he entrusted, thus he: |
| 12 | hi-ṭi₃-it du-un-nim | |
| 13 | u₃ hu-ub-ti-ka | and your debts |
| r | ||
| 14 | ni-pa-al-ka [x x x x] BU x | We are waiting for you ... |
| 15 | a-na KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣.[RA{ki} x x x] | to Babylon |
| 16 | u₂-ul x (...) | I did not |
| 17 | IGI UGULA ŠU.I a-na ša-ka-nim a-za-az | Witness: the overseer of prisoners of war. I stand in service. |
| 18 | ša ta-aš-⸢tap⸣-ra-am 5(diš) ṣu₂-ha-ru-ia | of which you sent, 5 of my messengers |
| 19 | ša i-na du-⸢un-nim⸣ wa-aš-bu | who is present in the Du’unnim |
| 20 | 5(diš) ṣu₂-ha-ra-tu-ia | 5 (mana wool for) Šuharatuya |
| 21 | a-na i-ṣi₂ na-ši-e-em il-li-ka-ma | He came to the eye of the sailor, and |
| 22 | ṣu₂-ba-tu-šu-nu {tug₂}bar-ši-šu-nu | their necks, their hems |
| 23 | 4(diš)/ZA ma-DA-tum 1(diš) {giš}MAR{urud} | 4 (pieces of) ma-DA-tum (and) 1 “carpenter's knife’, |
| 24 | 1(diš) ha-ṣi₂-nu 2(diš) MA.NA SIG₂ | 1 hazinu, 2 minas of wool |
| t.e. | ||
| 25 | EŠ₂.GAR₃ GEME₂ i-na ma-aš-li-im | The extispicy of a she-ass in a grave |
| 26 | 4(ban₂) 4(ban₂) ZID₂.DA 1(diš) ŠE.ŠUKU ṣu₂-ha-<<ri>> | 4 ban2, 4 ban2 flour, 1 ŠE.UKU (for) Buḫa |
| 27 | 6(diš) UDU.NITA₂ | 6 sheep, |
| l.e. | ||
| 28 | 5(diš) MA.NA ⸢šar-tum an⸣-nu-um ša i-na du-un-nim il-qu₂-u₂ | 5 minas of ešartu-plant, annum-plant that they took from the threshing-floor. |
| 29 | aš-tap-ra-kum ki-ma ra-bi-tim E₂.GAL la a-ka-<<aš-ša-ad>> | I have sent to you, but I will not be able to enter the palace like a big one. |
Sources & licences
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