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CT 43, 050 (P313340)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313340 |
| Museum no. | BM 015420 |
| 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 nu-ra-tim | to Nūrātum |
| 2 | u2 a-wi-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Say to my man: |
| 3 | um-ma _dingir_-na-da | “Ilum-nada |
| 4 | u3 na-bi-i3-li2-szu-ma | and Nabi-ilišu |
| 5 | ta-li-[ka]-ni-im-ma | come, and |
| 6 | ma-ha-[ar] _{disz}ir3-{d}nanna_ | before Ir-Nanna |
| 7 | 1(disz) _bur x gud_ a-ha-za-am | 1 bur x ox, the mayor |
| 8 | u2-la ti-de-e | do not know! |
| 9 | a-mi-ni-im | his name |
| 10 | ta-al-li-ik-ma | you went, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ba-szu x [x] x | his father ... |
| 2 | ta x [x]-ri-im | from ... |
| 3 | tu-sze-ri-ib | you will bring in. |
| 4 | al-kam-ma i nu-szi-di-ma-an-ma | Come, and we shall go and |
| 5 | a-wi-lam ta-ru | “(If) a man’s tāru-bowl |
| 6 | szum-ma la-ki-a-am | If a lakīm |
| 7 | a-di _ir3-{d}nanna_ | until Ir-Nanna |
| 8 | i-la-kam-ma ta-sza-lu-usz | will come and you will feed him. |
| 9 | a-ba-szu wu-szi-ir | his father is a lord |
| 10 | a-wa-ta-am | a word |
| 11 | e-li-ka | up to you |
| 12 | _ir3-{d}nanna_ | Ir-Nanna |
| 13 | la i-ra-asz-szi-i | shall not raise a claim |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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