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CT 43, 049 (P313339)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313339 |
| Museum no. | BM 016963 |
| 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 a-bi-ia [qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to my father: |
| 2 | um-ma i3-li2-ma-a-[bi]-ma# | thus Ilī-ma-abi: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szum-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk for my life forever |
| 4 | a-bi li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | their fathers may they live. |
| 5 | s,i#-bu-ti-ma i-na esz3-nun-na{ki} zi-ki-ir szu-mi | “I have been seized, and in Ešnunna my name is called. |
| 6 | u2-qa2-ab-ba-asz-szum a-na sza a-na a-bi-ia | I shall speak to him, as to what to my father |
| 7 | asz-pur-am a-bi la usz-ta-ah-ha-am | I have written to my father, but he has not heeded me. |
| 8 | KU BU USZ tim 1(barig) 1(ban2) _i3-sag_ re-esz 2(disz) | ... 1 barig 1 ban2 of first-class oil, the second |
| 9 | x x x szu usz a-bi-ia a-bi li-sza-bi-lam | ... my father may my father send me. |
| 10 | [x x] x i-na gi x x im? | ... in ... |
| 11 | [a-bi] li#?-ik-nu-kam-ma li-[sza-bi]-lam | May my father seal it and send it to me. |
| 12 | [x] x ri ga x x [x x] ar a-bi-ia | ... my father |
| 13 | [x] x x [...] x | |
| 14 | [...] x KA x x | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x x [x x x] u2 | ... ... grass |
| 2 | {disz}{d}utu-sza-ta-ka-lim u2-ul na-ka-ra-am | Utu-ša-taklālim is not to be negligent. |
| 3 | {disz}ib#-ni#-{d}iszkur _ra2-gaba_ | Ibni-Adad, courier |
| 4 | sza ib-ni-{d}marduk sza-pir zimbir{ki} | of Ibni-Marduk, the šapir of Sippar, |
| 5 | a-na {d}utu-i-din-nam {disz}hu-za-lum qe2#-ru-um-ma | to Šamaš-iddinam, Huzalum, the slave |
| 6 | pa-ni-szu s,a-bi-it-ma a-na sza-pir zimbir{ki} | his face was seized and to the work of Sippar |
| 7 | u2-t,a-ah-ha-szu | shall remove him. |
| 8 | ki-a-am qi2-bi-szum um-ma at-ta-ma | Thus (says) his lord: |
| 9 | x um sza i3-li2-ma-a-bi | ... of Ilīma-abi |
| 10 | ur-ra-am mah-ri-ka szu-u2 | In the future, he will come before you. |
| 11 | a-nu-um-ma IB x x | Now, ... |
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