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CT 43, 019 (P313309)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313309 |
| Museum no. | BM 013169 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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' | {d}utu# u3 {d}amar-utu da#-ri-isz _[u4_-mi li-ba-al]-li#-t,u2#-ka# | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 2' | lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al#-[t,a-ta] | Be it pure or pure, |
| 3' | _dingir_ na-s,ir{ir}-ka ri-isz-ka a-na# [da-mi]-iq#-tim | O god, your guardian angel, your love for good fortune, |
| 4' | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 5' | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am# | I have written to you for your well-being. |
| 6' | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 7' | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 8' | _ninda_ sza isz8-tar2 i-na _szu_-ia-a-ma | bread of Ishtar from my hand |
| 9' | _ab2_ u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is no cattle. |
| 10' | HAL LAM _ab2_ i-na _{gesz}ma2_ ra-ma-ni-ia# | HAL-LAM means “fisherman. In my own boat |
| 11' | szu-up-ka-ma szu-bi-lam | send to me and I will send it to you. |
| 12' | a-na sza asz-pu-ra-ak-kum | to what I wrote to you |
| 13' | la tu-usz-ta-a | do not abandon! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na an-ni-tim at-hu-ut-ka lu-mur | [In th]is [pr]ayer, may I see your face. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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