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CT 43, 030 (P313320)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313320 |
| Museum no. | BM 016501 |
| 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 a-wi-il-_{d}iszkur_ | To Awil-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-le-su2-nu-ma | thus Belessunu: |
| 4 | be li ia x lu ka sza# am x [x] x x | ... ... |
| 5 | sza _sag-geme2_ a-na {p}be-el-[...] | of the slave woman to Bēl- |
| 6 | _sag-geme2_ a-ni-ki-a-am i-[na ...] | the slave woman of yours in ... |
| 7 | szu-ma-am i-sza-ka-na-an-x [...] x | (Sum) My name is ... (Akk) The name of ... |
| 8 | u3 i-na bi-it szi-it-ti-ba [x szu]-ur-qa2-am | and in the house of the šītib priestess ... |
| 9 | isz-ri-iq um-ma a-na-ku-ma | He said thus: "I |
| 10 | a-na _{disz}{d}utu_-a-bi _sag-geme2_ i-ti-ka tu-ru | To Šamaš-abī, the slave woman, return it to you. |
| 11 | um-ma szu-ma u2-ul a-ta-ru | Thus (says) he: I did not return. |
| 12 | pi2 a-wi-il-_{d}iszkur_ u2-ul sza-me-a-ku | The mouth of Awīl-Adad is not mine. |
| 13 | _sag-geme2_ u2-ul a-ta-ru | the slave woman shall not return. |
| 14 | t,a3-ab an-nu-um sza te-pu-sza-an-ni | This is the good that you have done for me. |
| 15 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 16 | isz-tu i-na-<an-na> _u4 2(u)-kam_ a-la-ka-am-ma | from now on the 20th day I will go and |
| 17 | i-na-an-na ta-al-li-ik-ma | Now you are going and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _itu 3(disz)-kam_ i-te-er-ba a-la-ka-am-ma | on the 3rd day returned, I shall go and |
| 2 | le-mi-at u3 a-nu-u2 na-ab-ru qe2-er-bu | Evil and awe-inspiring are inside. |
| 3 | ia-ti li-da-bi-bu-ni-ni | may they speak to me. |
| 4 | asz-szum s,u2-ha-ar-tim | Concerning the ṣuḫartum |
| 5 | a-mi-nim la ta-la-ka-am | Why don't you come? |
| 6 | al-ka-am-ma lu-la-bi-si-ma | Come, and let me bring it to her, and |
| 7 | lu a-pi2-ir-szi-ma s,u2-ha-ar-tam | I smote her, and the ṣuḫartam |
| 8 | lu-di-in la-ma na-ab-ru | Let me give (them) to the nabru priestess! |
| 9 | i-la-ku-nim-ma bi-ib-la ub-ba-lu-nim | they will come to me and bring (them) down. |
| 10 | u3 i-na ki-sza-ad _sag-geme2_ sza-la-szi-szu | and on the neck of the slave woman his second wife |
| 11 | _{tug2}bar-si_ is,-ba-tu _sag-geme2_ [...] | A cloak seized it, the slave woman ... |
| 12 | tu-ra-am-ma _sag-geme2_ li-ta-la-ak | return, and the slave woman may she go |
| 13 | _sag-geme2_ la i-ma-at | the slave woman shall not die |
Sources & licences
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