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CT 43, 021 (P313311)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313311 |
| Museum no. | BM 017392 |
| 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 a x [...] | to ... |
| 2 | qi2-[bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma szu#-[...-ma] | Thus Šu...: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 [...]-mi# | Šamaš and |
| 5 | li-ba-al#-[...] | May he ... |
| 6 | lu sza-[...] | May it be ... |
| 7 | lu ba-al-t,a#-[(a)-ta _dingir_ na]-s,i#-ir-ka | May you be healthy, O god, your guardian. |
| 8 | re-esz-ka a-na da#-mi#-iq#-ti | Your head is good for good fortune. |
| 9 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 10 | a-na szu-lum-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 11 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 12 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 13 | i-nu-ma a-na-ku u3 ka-ta | When I and you |
| 14 | asz-szum _munus_ s,e-eh-he-<er>-tim i-na | Concerning the woman of the ṣḫēcertum in |
| 15 | _ka2_ zimbir{ki} nu-usz-ta x | from the gate of Sippar |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 s,u2-ha-ri-i a-hi-ia | and my brother-in-law, |
| 2 | nu-usz-ta-tu-u2 | nuštātû |
| 3 | u3 a-hi at-ta ki-a-am | and your brother, thus |
| 4 | ta-aq-bi-a-am um-ma at-ta-ma | you spoke to me thus: |
| 5 | s,e-eh-<he>-er-ta ka-ta-am3 | <(It is)> a ṣeḫērta-demon, it is true. |
| 6 | e-ez-ba-am me-e a-na li-it-ti | (Sum) I want to utter an arazu prayer to him (Akk) To the ēzaba prayer to me, to the littu prayer |
| 7 | me-e li-iq-qi2 | may water flow. |
| 8 | i-na-an-na szu-up-ra-am | Now send me! |
| 9 | 5(disz) x lu-sza-bi-la-ak-ku | 5 ... I shall send to you. |
| 10 | um-mi i-na a-lim is-su2-ha | my mother in the city he removed, |
| 11 | u3 tup-pi2 a-na szi-bu-ti-ia | and a tablet for my reading |
| 12 | ki-il-la | |
| 13 | u3 i-na mu-uh2 s,u2-ha-ri | and on top of the ṣuḫaru |
| 14 | szu-a-ti ti-si-ma | “That one, you answered, and |
| 15 | ar-hi-isz a x x x x [...] | quickly |
| 16 | x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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