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CT 43, 026 (P313316)

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

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Designation	CT 43, 026
ID	P313316
Museum no.	BM 013324
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 ru-tum qi2-bi2-ma	Speak to Rutum
2	um-ma {disz}{d}asz-ta-ba-li-tum#-um#-mi-ma	Thus (says) Aštabalitum
3	be-el-ki u3 be-le-et-ki	Your lord and your lady
4	li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ki	may they keep you alive!
5	ma-ra-at-ki sza-al-ma#-at	Your limbs are well.
6	a-nu-um-ma 2(disz) s,u2-ha-ra-tum	Herewith, two ṣuharatum-vessels
7	ma-ah-ri-ki usz-sza-ba#	I established before you.
8	la te-gi-szi-na-szi-[im]	do not abandon them!
9	i-na ni-qi2-i na-mu#-[ur-ti]-im#	At the offering of the sacrificial sheep
10	lu-u2 ka-a-a-na# [(x)]	or constantly ...
11	ku-ru-ma-ti-szi-na#	their kurumati
12	ta-ma-ha-ri#	you will receive.
reverse
1	a-lum sza wa-asz-ba-a-ku#	Honorable one, who I am.
2	mi-im-ma a-lim la-le-e	all the important ones,
3	u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi-i-ma	there is none,
4	u2-ul u2-sza-ba-la-ak-[ki-im]	he shall not release you.

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