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CT 43, 027 (P313317)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313317 |
| Museum no. | BM 016494 |
| 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 be-le-su-nu qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Belessunu |
| 2 | um-ma a-wi-il-_{d}iszkur_-ma | Thus Awīl-Adad: |
| 3 | be-el-ki u3 be-le-et-ki li-ba-li-t,u2-ki | Your lady and your lady may they keep you alive. |
| 4 | wa-ar-da sza _ku3-babbar_ ta-<sza>-qa2-li-ma ta-sza-mi | After that of silver you will weigh out and you will hear. |
| 5 | ki-ma ia-ti u2-ul usz-ta-ma-ra-s,a-ak-ki | Like me, I will not keep you awake. |
| 6 | asz-szum _munus_ si-ip-pi2-<ri>-tim sza ta-asz-pu-ri | Concerning the woman Sippirum about whom you wrote |
| 7 | am-mi-nim a-na be-el-szu-nu ta-aq-bi-a | Why did you speak to their lord? |
| 8 | _geme2_ u2-la-a-mi a-na-ad-di-na-ku-nu-szi-[im] | a slave woman I shall give to you. |
| 9 | a-na-ku-ma-mi a-na a-ha-ti-ia u2-ta-ar#-ra | I will return to my brother. |
| 10 | asz-szum {disz}_munus {d}sza-la_-um-mi ak-la#-szi-ma | Concerning the woman Šala-ummi, I killed her and |
| 11 | _geme2_ um-mi id#-di-na-asz-szi u2-ul a-na-ad#-di#-isz-szi | The nursemaid gave her, but I did not give her. |
| 12 | a-di wa-asz-ba-[ku] i-na ru-ug-bi isz7-[ta]-si#-ma | as long as I live, he sat down in the throne, and |
| 13 | wa-ar-ka-nu-ma ki-ma at-lu-ki isz-mu-u2 | After that, they heard as if they were your servants. |
| 14 | ur-dam-ma u2 a-na-ku at-ta-ah-la-al-ma | “I will come here, and I will come, and |
| 15 | _u4 5(disz)-kam e2_ i-di-il-ma u2-ul ip-te | on the 5th day the house has been sold but has not opened |
| 16 | {disz}_munus {d}sza-la_-um-mi as,-ba-at-ma | the woman Šala-ummi took, and |
| 17 | ha-ab-ta-ku is3-si um-ma szi-[ma] | I am afraid, he said, thus: |
| 18 | _geme2#_ sza be-el-szu-nu a-na-[ku x] | the slave woman of their owner I ... |
| 19 | be-el-ti i-qi2-sza-an-ni [x] | My lady gave me ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ha-ap-pi2-szi-ma at-ta#-[la-ak] | he split her, and I went. |
| 2 | na-ah-ra-rum wa-ar-ki-ia il-[li]-ku | the enemy after me went |
| 3 | a-du-uk-szu-nu-ti-ma it-tu-ru | I killed them and returned. |
| 4 | a-nu-um-ma _{d}sza-la_-um-mi | Now, Šala-ummi |
| 5 | usz-ta-ri-a-ki-isz-szi ma-asz-ka-na | he made her bow down at his feet. |
| 6 | sza 5(disz) _ma-na_ i-di-szi-ma ki-le-e-szi | of 5 minas he gave to her and her weight |
| 7 | _geme2_ u2-na-sza an-ni-isz#-ma | the slave woman shall bear. This |
| 8 | i-ha-al-li-iq-ki ma-asz-ka-nu | they will kill you. The tiara |
| 9 | li-ba-at-ti-iq-szi u2 sza-ni-tam | let her pass, and another |
| 10 | asz-szum {disz}_munus_ si-ip-pi2-ri-tim at-ti | Concerning the woman Sippirītum, you |
| 11 | u3 {disz}be-el-ta-ni a-ha-at-ki | and Bēltani, your sister, |
| 12 | a-na _dumu-munus_ xxxx ki-a-am | to the daughter of ... thus |
| 13 | qi2-bi-a-szi-im a-wi-lum a-hu-ni | Say to her: “A man, my brother, |
| 14 | sza a-sza-ri-<isz> wa-asz-<<ba>>-bu sza-at-ti-sza-ma | whose name is ašarēš, is her name. |
| 15 | _5(disz) geme2-mesz_ i-tar-ar-ru-u2 sza-ad-da-aq-di | 5 female laborers they shall return, they shall shave. |
| 16 | _1(disz) geme2_ a-ha-at-ni ik-la-a-ma | 1 female slave he bound, and |
| 17 | pu-ha-am szu-ba-ri-tam a-na# a-hi-ni | a reed bundle of šubarītu-wood to our partners |
| 18 | id-di-in-ma a-hi an-ni-isz ub#-la#-szi-ma | he gave, and this brother brought to her, and |
| 19 | <<u2-ul>> a-na-ku szu-ba-ri-tam u2-ul as,-bat | I did not take the šubārītu. |
| 20 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _geme2_-ti-ma-ma-an | Thus I, the maidservant |
| 21 | isz-pu-ra-am-ma um-ma szi-i-ma | wrote to me, thus she: |
| 22 | _geme2_-ti te-ri-im-ma _geme2_-ki tu-ri-ma# | your female slaves you have sent, and your slave woman you have returned, and |
| left | ||
| 1 | _geme2_-sa3 u2-sza-ri-szi-ma _geme2_-sza3 it-ba-al u3 _geme2_-ti ik-ta-la | her slave woman brought her, and her slave girl he carried away, and my slave woman he bound. |
| 2 | _dub_-pa-ki li-li-ik-ma _geme2_-ti u3 i-di _geme2_-ti-ia sza-ni-i | your tablet may he go and my slave woman and the rent of my slave girl another |
| 3 | sza _mu 7(disz)-kam_ li-sza-ad-di-nu-ni# | of the 7th year may they give me. |
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