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CT 43, 017 (P313307)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313307 |
| Museum no. | BM 120073 |
| 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-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i la ta a SZI ma | saying: “It is not ... |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu da-re-esz _u4_-mi a-bi ka-ta | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my father’s. |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | a-bi# lu# sza-lim lu# ba-li-it, | May my father be well, may he live! |
| 7 | _dingir_ na#-s,i#-ir a-bi-ia re-esz a-bi-ia a-na da-mi-iq-tim | The god who guards my father and the head of my father for good fortune |
| 8 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 9 | a-na szu-lum a-bi-ia asz-pu-ra-am | for the well-being of my father I wrote. |
| 10 | szu-lum a-bi-ia ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu | the well-being of my father before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 11 | lu# da-ri | May it be forever! |
| 12 | i-na ma-ah-rum tup-pi2 a-na a-bi-ia | in the presence of the tablet to my father |
| 13 | u2-sza-bi-la-am-ma | he sent me, and |
| 14 | asz-szum sze#-e ni-ip-re-tim _erin2_-ia | Concerning the barley of the niprētum offerings of my troops |
| 15 | u3 _a-sza3#_-ia asz-pu-ra-ak-kum-ma | and my field I sent to you, and |
| 16 | t,e4-mi sze-e ni-ip-re-ti-ia | News of the barley of my extispicy: |
| 17 | u3 _a-sza3_ sza asz-pu-ra-ak-kum | and the field about which I wrote to you |
| 18 | tup-pa me-hi-ir tup-pi2 | A tablet of acceptance of the tablet. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ul tu-sza-bi-la [(x)] | you did not send ... |
| 2 | i-na-an-na a-na a-bi-ia | Now, to my father |
| 3 | asz-tap{ap}-ra-am | I have written to you |
| 4 | it-ti bu-la-tu be-el | with the lord’s cattle |
| 5 | tap-pu-ti-ia | my companions |
| 6 | szu-ta-ti-ma t,e4-mi _gu4 hi-a_ | Send me news of the oxen! |
| 7 | u3 _numun_ sza isz-ku-nu | and the seed that they established |
| 8 | li-iq-bi-a-kum-ma | may he tell you, and |
| 9 | szum-ma _numun_ i-ha-asz-sze-eh | If the seed has sown |
| 10 | _numun_ i-na _e2_-ti-ka i-di-im-ma | the seed in your house he planted, and |
| 11 | li-ri-szu ni-me-et-tam | “May his fearsomeness be forgotten!’ |
| 12 | i-na mu-uh2-hi-ia | on my account |
| 13 | la i-ra-szi ki-a-am qi2-bi-szu | does not love, thus his command |
| 14 | um-ma at-ta-ma i-ni-a-ti | Thus (says) you: these |
| 15 | sza pa-aq-da-ta te-el-te-qi2 | You have taken away the one who is entrusted. |
| 16 | u3 i-ni-a-ti ma-la a-na _a-sza3_ | and these as much as to the field |
| 17 | isz-sza-ak-na ri ID ta#? am ri | The river, what is the river to me? |
| 18 | su2-un-ni-iq u3 _numun_ su2-un#-ni-iq | he shall remove, and the seed shall remove. |
| 19 | ul-la-nu a-bi-ia ka-ta# | Now, my father, you are my friend. |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na ma-an-ni-im <a>-sza-ap-pa-ar t,e4-em-szu ga-am-ra | I will write to anyone and give him a firm positive answer. |
| 2 | szu-up-ra-am-ma tup-pa me-hi-ir tup-pi2 szu-bi-lam | Send me a suitable tablet, so I can send my tablet to you. |
Sources & licences
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