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CT 43, 018 (P313308)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CT 43, 018
ID	P313308
Museum no.	BM 086399
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 sza-pi2-ri-ia	to my messenger
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma sig-an-nu-ni-tum-ma	Thus (says) Sîn-annītum:
4	{d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi	May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends.
5	sza-pi2-ri li-ba-al-li-t,u2	May my limbs be healthy!
6	sza-pi2-ri asz-szu-mi-ia lu sza-lim lu ba-li#-it, lu da-ri	May my inscriptions be well, may they be long lasting.
7	_dingir_ na-s,i-ir sza-pi2-ri-ia re-esz da#-mi-iq-ti	O god, guardian of my limbs, foremost of goodness,
8	sza-pi2-ri-ia li-ki-il	May my limbs be bound.
9	szu-lum sza-pi2-ri-ia ma-har {d}utu u3 i-li-ka lu# ka-ia-an	May the well-being of my lips be constant before Šamaš and your god.
10	ki-ma sza-pi2-ri i-du-u2 isz-tu _iti 1(disz)-kam_	they know as šapiru. From the 1st month
11	mar-s,a-a-ku-ma na-di-a-ku	I am sick and I am ill.
12	i-nu-ma sza-pi2-ri isz-tu babila2{ki}	when the šapiru from Babylon
13	a-na zimbir{ki} a-na ma-har {d}utu ra-i-mi-szu	to Sippar, before Šamaš his love
14	il-li-kam mar-s,a-a-ku-ma	came. I am sick, and
15	it-ti sza-pi2-ri-ia u2-ul an-na-me-er	I will not be able to reconcile with my enemies.
16	sza-pi2-ri a-na hi-t,i-im la i-s,a-ab-ba-tam	He shall not seize the šapiru-vessel for a crime.
reverse
1	1(disz) _sag-geme2_ x x	1 female slave ,
2	ma x x x x x x	"[......]
3	a-na x x x [x x] x x x x	to ......
4	szum-ma _sag-geme2_ i-na _e2_ a-gi-ri-sza	If a slave woman in the house of her husband
5	uq-ta-al-la-al	he smote.
6	ba-lum-ma-a be-li-sza x x x x	without her lord [......]
7	ha-at,-t,a-am i-na mu-uh-hi-sza i-na-ad-di	He shall carry a ḫaṭṭūm-garment on her head.
8	u3 u2-sza-aq-ba-a-szi	and he shall speak to her
9	isz-tu i-na-an-na _u4 4(disz)-kam_	from now the 4th day
10	mi-ni-a-ti-ia u2-da-an-na-nam-ma	“I will renew my limbs,
11	a-na ma-har sza#-pi2#-ri#-ia a-al-la-kam	I will go before my messenger.
12	sza-pi2-ri x x _sag-geme2_	the šāpiru of the slave woman
13	sza# ba-lum be-li-sza ha-at,-t,a-am	Without the consent of her lord she is dead.
14	i-na mu-uh-hi-sza id-du-u2 u3 u2-sza-aq-bu-szi	they have imposed upon her, and they have made her swear.
15	di-nam sza-pi2-ri u2-sza-ah-ha-za-an-ni	(Sum) The šapīru-priestess, the judge, has slain me (Akk) The judge slackened me
16	a-di a-na _u4 5(disz)-kam_	until the 5th day
17	a-na ma-har sza#-pi2#-ri-ia a-al-la-kam	I will come before my šapirīya.
18	sza-pi2-ri di-nam# szu-a-ti	Judge this case.
19	la i-ga-am-ma-ar	he shall not return.

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