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CT 43, 023 (P313313)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313313 |
| Museum no. | BM 013973 |
| 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 | a-na a-ta-a | to why |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-ha-mar-szi-ma | thus Ahamarši: |
| 4 | {d}nin-szubur# asz-szum-ia | Ninšubur concerning me |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba#-al-li-it,-ka | May they keep you alive forever! |
| 6 | asz-pu-ra-ak#-ku#-um-ma | I sent to you, and |
| 7 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 8 | am-mi-ni un-ne-du-uk#-ka-ka | Why did you not kill me? |
| 9 | la il-li-ka-am# | did not come |
| 10 | a-na-ku sza un-ne-du-uk-ki-i-im | I am the one who swore by you. |
| 11 | szu-bu-li-im | Šubulum |
| 12 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}i3-li2-i-din-nam | Now, Ilī-iddinam |
| 13 | asz-ta#-ap-ra-ak-ku-um | I have sent to you |
| 14 | 5(disz) _[gin2] ku3-babbar#_ id-na-asz-szum | 5 shekels of silver he gave to him |
| 15 | _a-sza3_-li la in-na-an-di | the field he shall not divide. |
Sources & licences
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