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CT 43, 006 (P313296)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313296 |
| Museum no. | BM 016810 |
| 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 a-wi-lim sza {d}amar-utu u2-ba#-[...] | to the man of Marduk |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-i-[...-ma] | Thus Ilī-i...: |
| 4 | [{d}]utu# u3 {d}amar-utu [...] | Shamash and Marduk |
| 5 | [lu sza]-al#-ma-a-a-ta [...] | May you be pure . . |
| 6 | [lu] da-ri-a-ta | may you be everlasting! |
| 7 | _[dingir_ na]-s,i#-ir-ka ri#-[...] li#-ki-il | May the god, your guardian angel, ..., keep you alive! |
| 8 | [a-na szu-ul]-mi-ka [asz-pu-ra-am] | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 9 | [szu-lu]-um#-ka# [...] x x | Your limbs ... ... |
| 10 | [lu] da-ri# [...] | May he be everlasting, ... |
| 11 | _[dingir]_-ka la-ma-as-sa3-ka u3 x [...] | May your god be reconciled with you, and ... .... |
| 12 | sza# i-ka-ra-ba-ak-kum [...] x x x | that he will burn for you ... |
| 13 | asz-szum qa2-ti _ninda_ sza za-[ma-ar]-da#-bu-tim | Concerning the hand of the bread for the zamardabûtum offerings |
| 14 | sza ma-ah-ri-ka qa2-tam szu-a-ti# | which before you that hand |
| 15 | u3 im x x x la te ZI x x | And ... not ... |
| 16 | x x x x qi2-sza-am-ma szu [x] | ... hand ... |
| 17 | [...] a-na pu-uh-hi [...] | ... on behalf of ... |
| 18 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu#-up#-ra-am-ma# | send me, and |
| 2 | a-na-ku sze-a-am i-na babila2{ki} x [...] | I barley in Babylon |
| 3 | u2-ul-li-ki-a-am sze-um a-na s,i-bu-[tim] | he brought back to you the barley as a gift |
| 4 | ri-szi li-ki-il!(IN) | may he pacify the heart |
| 5 | {disz}dingir-sza-he2-gal2 sza _tug2_ s,u2-ba-tam u3 _tug2_ [...] | Ilī-šaḫegal, who the ṣubatam garment and the ... garment |
| 6 | [sza] be-el-ti-sza a-na SZI BI u2 il-qu2 x | of her lady to that ... and took ... |
| 7 | [it-ta]-al#-ka isz-tu _u4 2(u)-kam_ i-na zimbir{ki} szi-i | From the 20th day she is in Sippar. |
| 8 | [x x x] mu-usz-ke-nim sza a-na te-ni-qi2 x | ... the muškēnu-priest who for the enquiring ... |
| 9 | [il-qu2]-u2 an-ni-ki-a-a-am i-ma-at | they took, this one is dead. |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [sza usz]-ta#-bi-la-ak-kum | which I have sent to you |
| 12 | [x x] _ninda_ sza za-ma-ar-da-bu-tim | ... bread for the zamardabûtum-festival |
| 13 | [{disz}]dingir#-sza-he2-gal2 a-na dingir-szu-ba-ni | Ilī-šaḫegal to Ilu-shubani |
| 14 | pi2-iq-da-am-ma | take, and |
| 15 | it-ti-szu li-il-li-ik#-ma | with him go, and |
| 16 | me-hi-ir _dub_-pi2-ia szu-bi-lam# | send me my inscription! |
| 17 | u3 ir-bi sze-e sza a-na x [...] | and the interest of the barley that to |
| 18 | i-na-di-nu# qu2-ut-ti-a-am# [...] | They gave me a scepter |
| 19 | [(...)] | |
Sources & licences
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