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CT 43, 028 (P313318)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313318 |
| Museum no. | BM 080435 |
| 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-su2-nu | to Bēlessunu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-wi-il-_{d}iszkur_ be-el-ki | Thus Awil-Adad, your lord: |
| 4 | u3 be-le-et-ki li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | and your lady may they keep you alive. |
| 5 | asz-szum a-na-ku an-ni-ki-a-am wa-asz-ba-ku-ma | Because I am living here, and |
| 6 | _geme2_-ki-na ha-li-iq-tam na-bu-ut-ta-[am ...] | Your female laborers are destroyed, slander ... |
| 7 | u3 sza i-ni-ib-szi-na i-ma-ru-ma | and who saw them, and |
| 8 | i-ka-al-lu-u2 a-na-ku ki-ma ki-na-ti | they will weigh out. I like a reliable one, |
| 9 | a-da-ab-bu-bu ma-ru-us2-si | I will speak to you, my friend. |
| 10 | um-ma szi-ma ma-an-nu is-si-i-ka | Thus she: "Who is with you?" |
| 11 | u3 t,e4-mi-ti-ia ta-sa-ah-hu-ru | And you have received my report. |
| 12 | an-ni-ki-a-am wa-asz-ba-ti-ma | I sat down here, and |
| 13 | a-na-ku ki-a-am a-pu-ul-szi wa-s,i _e2_-ti [...] | I, like a shepherd, the shepherd of the house ... |
| 14 | asz-szum bi-ti-ia u2-ul a-da-ab-bu-ub | Concerning my house, I will not speak. |
| 15 | um-ma szi-ma {disz}a-ha-ti | Thus (says) Ahati. |
| 16 | asz-szum {disz}_{d}sza-la_-um-mi | Concerning Šala-ummi |
| 17 | u2-ul isz-pu-ra-am | he did not send. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | at-ta am-mi-nim _geme2_ [ta]-ta-ar-ru-szi | You, why have you abandoned the slave woman? |
| 2 | i-na na ki x [...] | In ... |
| 3 | a-di {disz} [...]-ar-ra | until ...-arra |
| 4 | um-ma x [...] hi ni | Thus ... |
| 5 | am-mi#-[nim ...] nu | Why ...? |
| 6 | ab [...] um-ma DISZ | ..., thus ... |
| 7 | x [...] | |
| 8 | la [...] | not ... |
| 9 | [...] x | |
| 10 | [...] x | |
| 11 | [... x]-kam-ma | ... the ...th |
| 12 | [...]-IG-ti-sza | ...-IG-tiša |
| 13 | [...]-am-ma | ... and |
| 14 | x x x [...] x | |
| 15 | a-ha-as2-sa sza a-sza-ri-isz wa-asz-ba-at | her brother, who is assassinated, is living. |
| 16 | a-na na-di-tim ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-[am] | he wrote to me thus: |
| 17 | _geme2_-ti szu-ri-im-ma | a female slave, a slave |
| left | ||
| 1 | _geme2_-ki lu-sza-ri-a-ki na-di-tum _geme2_ u2-te-er-ma | your slave woman let me release you. The naditum slave woman returned and |
| 2 | <<_geme2_ u2-te-er-ma>> _geme2_ na-di-tim ik-ta-la _dub_-pi2 i-na a-ma-ri-im | a slave woman returned and the slave woman he bound. A tablet in the morning |
| 3 | _geme2#_ [na-di-tim szu]-ri-a-am | a female slave, a gift of the king |
Sources & licences
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