CT 52, 043 (P481792)

Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080770

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na dumu-zimbir{ki}
2. qi2#-bi2-ma
3. [um]-ma {d}utu-na-s,i-ir-ma
4. [asz]-szum# _esir_ sza aq-bu-kum
5. [a-nu-um]-ma s,u2-ha-ra-am sza {disz}{d}marduk#-na-[s,i]-ir#
6. at,-t,ar-da-kum
7. [esir szu]-a-ti a-na qa2-ti-szu mu-du-ud-[ma]
8. [a-na ({gesz})ma2] szu-ur-ki-ba-asz szum-ma i-na [x x x]
9. [x x x x] bu? szum li? zi x [...]
10. [x x x x x x] x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
1. [x-x] ni-id-na-tum
2. u3 al-lu-ka [...]
3. [x] x x x zi?-ba?-nim# [...]
4. [x]-a-ni-im-ma
5. [a]-la#-kam ep-sza-nim
6. [x] x _gesz_ ma-asz2?-ki?-la-tim#
7. [x]-ki?-a-am

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 52, 43

    [Walker1976CT52] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1976. Old Babylonian Letters. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 52. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: AbB 7, 43

    [Kraus1977AbB7] Kraus, Fritz R. 1977. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (CT 52). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 7. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 080770
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0908

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-05-05 at 07:46:14 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2015-10-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 52, 043 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481792.
CT 52, 043 artifact entry (No. P481792). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481792 (Original work published 2015)
CT 52, 043 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481792 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {CT 52, 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481792},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P481792},
}


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