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CT 43, 047 (P313337)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CT 43, 047
ID	P313337
Museum no.	BM 087398
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Letter

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 ra]-bi-a-an _an-[za-gar3]_-ku-na-nu-um{ki}	to the governor of Anzagarkunanum
2	[qi2]-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am-[ma]	thus Ilī-ippalsam:
4	_{d}utu_ li-ba-al-[li-it,-ka]	May Šamaš keep you alive!
5	i-na bi-[tim] sza na-ba-al-ka-tam i-szu-u2	in the house of the nabalkanû-priest he is.
6	a-wi-lam ta-ak-la-a-ma	“If a man is weak—and
7	bi-it _ir3 e2-gal_ na-asz-KU-u2-tim	the house of the city, the palace of naškûtum
8	ul-ta-qi2-it hu-ul-qa2-zu sza ih-li-qu2	(Sum) He took your stolen property, which had disappeared (Akk) I took your destroyed property that had disappeared
9	li-ri-bu	may they enter.
10	[x x] x x x
11	[...] x x x
12	[x x x] x x x
reverse
1	[x hu-ul]-qa2-am sza-a-[ti]	... that loss
2	a-na-an-di-isz-szu	I shall give him.
3	la i-ta-ar-ma	he shall not return, and
4	la-i-ma-ha-ra-an-ni	may he accept me.

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