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CT 43, 038 (P313328)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313328 |
| Museum no. | BM 080622 |
| 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-bi-ia sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-al-[x ...] | to my father whom Marduk ... |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma e-t,i-rum-ma | Thus (says) Eṭirum: |
| 4 | [_{d}utu_] u3 _{d}marduk_ asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi [x] | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 5 | [a]-ba ka-ta li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | Who can keep you alive? |
| 6 | [lu] sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta | Be it good, be it faulty |
| 7 | lu da-ri-a-ta | May you be everlasting! |
| 8 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz da-mi-iq-ti | O god, your guardian of the best of health, |
| 9 | a-bi-ia ka-ta li-[ki-il] | my father may he bind with you. |
| 10 | a-na szu-lum a-bi-ia asz-pu-ra-am | for the well-being of my father I wrote. |
| 11 | [szu]-lum a-bi-ia ka-ta ma-har _{d}utu_ lu da-ri | May the well-being of my father be forever before Šamaš! |
| 12 | [asz-szum] sza-gur-ru-um | Concerning the šagurrum |
| 13 | ta-asz-pu-ra-am | you wrote me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wi-lim [...] x | to a man |
| 2 | x [x x] x [x x] x re-esz _itu_ | ... beginning of the month, |
| 3 | [...] IG | ... ... |
| 4 | [...] x re-esz _itu_ | ... ... beginning of the month, |
| 5 | [...] x | |
| 6 | [...] a-wi-lum i-qa2-ab-bu | ... a man says |
| 7 | [... il]-la-kam | ... will come. |
| 8 | [...] x asz-pu-ra-am | ... I wrote. |
| 9 | [...] x-in-ma | ... and |
| 10 | [...] x [x]-ak-kum | ... ... you |
| 11 | [x x x x]-ia x x [x] x am | ... my ... |
| 12 | [...] um a-na a x [...] | ... to ... |
| 13 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 14 | [...] a-wi-lum [...] | ... a man |
| 15 | li-sza-an-ni x [...] | May he pacify me ... |
Sources & licences
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