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CT 43, 031 (P313321)

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

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Designation	CT 43, 031
ID	P313321
Museum no.	BM 016942
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 _dumu-mi2_-bi-tim	to her daughter
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma be-el-ta-ni-ma	Thus Bēltani:
4	_{d}utu_ u3 {d}a-a da-ri-isz _u4_-mi-im	Šamaš and Aya forever.
5	asz-szu-mi-ia li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki	May they keep you alive because of me!
6	a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im la te-gi	Do not turn it into a pile of bricks!
7	an-na-nu-um ki-a-am a-na _{disz}mi2_ ta-ri-ba-tum	this, thus to Tarībatum
8	aq-bi um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma na-ak-li-i	I said: "I am the enemy."
9	um-ma {disz}{_mi2_}a-su-tum-ma u2-ul im-gur	Thus Asutum: he did not return.
10	u2-la-nu-um {disz}{_mi2_}ta-ri-ba-tum mu-usa	Ulanum, Tarībatum, the woman
11	u3 s,u2-ha-<ri>-ra-tim a-ta-ra-am-ma a-la-kam	and ṣuḫārītum I will return and go.
12	i-na-an-na {d}{_mi2_}ta-ri-ba-tum t,u2-ur-di-im	Now, Tarībatum, the ṭurdim
13	u2-ul ta-at,-ru-di-im	you did not send.
14	i-na-an-na szum-ma ni-t,i3-il-ki	Now, if your niṭil-service
15	[{disz}{_mi2_}]ta#-ri-ba-tum t,u2-ur-di-im	Tarībatum, the ṭurdim
16	[x x x x] ta#-ad#-di# x [x]	... you gave ...
reverse
1	[...] x
2	{disz}{_mi2_}a-am-[ma]-a nu-i-[di]-ma	Ammâ did not know, and
3	s,u2-ha-ra-am i-x ih-ta-ia-at,	(Sum) The ṣuḫarām demon has seized (Akk) It seized the ... demon
4	a-na sze-a-am u3 _i3-gesz_ la ta-ha-asz-szi	for barley and oil you shall not take.
5	sze-a-am u3 _i3-gesz_ a-na-ku u2-sza-ba-la-ak-ki	barley and oil I shall send to you.
6	a-na {disz}{_mi2_}a-am-ma qi2-bi2-ma	Speak to Amma:
7	szum-ma ta-ta-ap-la-AS2-ma tu-lu-sza la da-mi-iq	§ 2: If you have sinned and her recovery is not good,
8	a-na mu-sze-ni-iq-ti sza-ni-ti-im-ma	For another mušēniqtu,
9	s,u2-ha-ra-am id-ni	he gave the ṣuḫarām.
10	1(u) _gur sze_ i-na mi-sze-qi2-im u2-sza-bi-la-ak-ki	10 gur of barley by the measure I sent to you.
11	sza mi-ik-sa-am la im-ku-su	(Sum) The one who does not eat bread (Akk) Who does not drink bread
12	5(ban2) _sze gesz i3 1(u)-3(disz) gesz nag2-hi-a 4(disz) gi_ pa-nu-u2	5 ban2 of barley, wood, oil, 13 reeds of naghu’a-wood, 4 prebend-shekels
13	1(disz) _sag-ah-li{sar}_ u2-sza-bi-la-ak-ki	1 sag-aḫ-li-sar I sent to you
14	an-na-nu-um ku-ru-ma-tu ma-asz-ti-tu	“These are the kurumātu-demons, the maštitu-disease.
15	u3 i-[di] ma-[la-hi-im] li-ib-bu t,a3-ab	and the rent of the millers is good.
16	a-[na szu-ti-im sza {disz}{_mi2_}]a-su-tu-um il-qi2-a-am	to that of Asutum he took
17	ni-[di a-hi-im la ta]-ra-asz-[szi-i]	Do not abandon the help of a stranger!
18	a-na szu-ti-im le-qe2-em [x x]	take for himself ...
19	i-la-ku-ni-ik-ki	will come to you
20	[ma]-ha-ar be-li-ki ku-ur-bi-ma	in the presence of your lord, enter and
21	[asz-szu]-mi-ki lu sza-al-ma-a-ku	I am well; you can be glad.
22	a-li-ku sza i-la-[ka]-am	the way that he goes
23	szu-lu-um s,u2-ha-ri-im	šulum means “flesh.‭
24	szu-up-ri-im	send!

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