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CT 43, 020 (P313310)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313310 |
| Museum no. | BM 017143 |
| 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)
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' | um#-ma x-[...-ma] | Thus ...: |
| 2' | {d}utu u3 {d}amar#-[utu ...] | Šamaš and Marduk |
| 3' | li-ba-al#-li#-t,u2#-[ku-nu-ti] | may they keep you alive! |
| 4' | lu sza-al-ma-tu-nu lu [ba-al-t,a-tu]-nu | be they pure, be they shattered |
| 5' | lu da-ri-a-tu#-nu# | may they be forever! |
| 6' | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ku-nu s,i#-bu#-tam# [a]-ia# ir-szi | May the god who protects you be my friend. |
| 7' | a-na szu-ul-mi-ku-nu asz-pur#-[am] | I sent to you for your well-being. |
| 8' | asz-szum _sze_-im u3 _ku3-babbar_-[im] | Concerning the barley and silver |
| 9' | a-na _lu2-kurun2-na-mesz#_ [...] | to the brewers ... |
| 10' | _duh duru5_ a-na# [...] | You ... sour cream to ... |
| 11' | ku-ul-li#-[im] | of Kullum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [{d}]amar-utu-la-ma-sa3-szu | Marduk-lamassašu |
| 2 | [a-na] be-li2-ia iq-bi-i-ma | to my lord said, and |
| 3 | [i-na] qa2#-be2-e be-li2-ia asz-pur-ak-ku-nu-szi#-[im] | I have written to you at the command of my lord |
| 4 | u3 _ra2-gaba_ it-ta-al-kam ku-nu-szi-im | and the courier has come, sealed documents |
| 5 | _sze#_-am# u3 _ku3-babbar_ ki-ma i-mi-it-ti | the barley and silver according to the exchange rate |
| 6 | [u3 szu]-me-lim | and Sumelim |
| 7 | [...] x-lim | ... thousand |
| 8 | [...] x x | |
| 9 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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