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CT 43, 051 (P313341)

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

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Designation	CT 43, 051
ID	P313341
Museum no.	BM 016887
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 bi-ti-i qi2-bi2-ma	Speak to Bitî:
2	um-ma i-ni-ib-szi-na-ma	Thus they are:
3	_{d}suen_ u3 _{d}inanna a-ha ki_ asz-szu-mi-ia	Sin and Ištar together with my name
4	li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki	may they keep you alive!
5	asz-szum _sag geme2_ sza ta-asz-ta-na-ap-pa-ri-im	Concerning the slave woman who you keep sending to me
6	um-ma at-ti-ma _sag geme2_ te-er-ri-im	Thus (says) you, the slave-girl of the extispicy
7	asz-ta-al-ma um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma	I asked, thus I:
8	ah-ha-tu-sza _sag geme2_-tim dam-qa2-tim	her slave-girls, the good female slaves
9	i-sza-a szi-i _sag geme2_ na-wi-ir-tam	that she is the slave-girl of Nawirtam
10	u2-ul i-szu i-na zu-mu-ur ki-a-am	he did not have, in the same way
11	isz-ta-na-ap-pa-ra-am	keeps sending,
12	a-nu-um-ma _dub_-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak-ki-im	Herewith I have sent you my tablet.
13	a-na sza _dub_-pi2 ub-la-ak-ki-im	to that of a tablet I shall bring
14	_sag geme2_ id-ni-isz-szum	the slave woman gave to him
15	u3 a-na sza _sag geme2_ ta-na-ad-di-ni-szum	and to that of the slave woman you gave him
16	ru-uk-ki-si-i-szu	his guarantor
17	um-ma at-ti-i-ma _sag geme2_	Thus you, the slave woman
18	u2-ul tu-sza-ra-am-ma	you will not send, and
19	tu-szu-u2-um ta-na-ad-di-in	You will give the tušum-vessel.
20	it-ti sza _sag geme2_ ta-na-ad-di-isz-szum	with that of the slave woman you gave him
reverse
1	ma-ru szi-[ip-ri-ki] t,u2-ur-di-im-ma	Your work is accomplished, and
2	_sag geme2_ lu-[sza]-ri-a-ak-ki-im	the slave-girl I shall send to you.
3	[pi2-qa2-at-lu]-u2 a-bu-sza	her father's tribute
4	lu-[u2 um-ma-sza] _ku3 [babbar_] u2-[ka-al]-lu-ni-ik-ki-im	or her mother silver he shall hold for you
5	um-ma szu-nu-ma ma-ra-at-ni	Thus (says) Maratni.
6	ni-pa-at,-t,a-ar la ta-ma-ga-ri	We will keep watch, but you will not be satisfied.
7	_sag geme2_ pa-aq-da-ak-ki-im	the slave-girl who is entrusted to you
8	a-na _sag geme2_ la te-gi-i	to the slave woman did not return
9	pi2-qa2-at a-wi-lum i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ki-im	the responsibility of a man he shall send to you
10	um-ma szu-u2-ma lu-u2 _sag geme2_	thus he: either the slave-girl
11	lu-u2 _ku3-babbar_ u2-ka-al-la-ak-ki	or silver he shall hold.
12	la ta-ma-ga-ri	do not delay!
13	pi2-qa2-at i-na pi2-i-im i-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-ki	He will send you a message in the mouth.
14	um-ma at-ti-ma a-na a-ha-ti-ia	Thus (says) yo[u]: to my brother
15	u2-ul ad-di-in a-na ka-a-szum	I did not give to you.
16	a-na-ad-di-na-ak-kum	I will give to you.

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