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CT 43, 016 (P313306)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313306 |
| Museum no. | BM 017376 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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] sza#-pi2#-ri-ia# | to my lips |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e2-a-be-el-i3-li2-ma# | Thus Ea-bēl-iluma |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | lu-u2 ba-al-t,a-a-ta lu-u2 sza-al-ma-ta | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 7 | lu-u2 da-ri-a-ta | May you be everlasting! |
| 8 | _dingir_-lum na-s,i-ir-ka s,i-bu-tam ia ir-szi | O god, your guardian of life, I rise up high. |
| 9 | a-na sza-pi2-ri-ia mi-nam u2-ga-al-li-il-ma | Why did he fill my nostrils with tears? |
| 10 | sza#-pi2-ri i-ih-t,i-a-am#-ma# | The šapīru-demon seized me, and |
| 11 | [x x x] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] x nu-um x [...] | ... not ... ... |
| 2' | u3 i3-li2#-sukkal i-na-an-na | and Ili-sukkal, now |
| 3' | a-wi-lum u2-wa-e-ra-kum-ma | “If a man will kill you and |
| 4' | it,-t,ar-da-kum | has sent to you, |
| 5' | ma-hi-ra-tim 2(ban2) _sze-ta_ a-na 1(disz) _gin2_ | received; 2 seahs of barley for 1 shekel |
| 6' | ki-ma ma-ha-ar a-wi-lim | like before a man |
| 7' | an-nam szu-pu-la-ta | “Anam, from the šupula |
| 8' | _ku3-babbar_ s,i-im-dam-ma | the silver is to be paid. |
| 9' | [x] x x tu-ur-ra-asz-szu#-nu-ti | ... return them |
| left | ||
| 1 | x i hi a i-na _e2_-ia u2-ul ak-la x [...] | ... in my house I did not sleep ... ... |
| 2 | [i]-ni#-a-tu-u2 du-um-mu-qa2# [...] | These are the good things that ... |
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