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CT 43, 056 (P313346)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313346 |
| Museum no. | BM 114348 |
| 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 ba-le-ra-ah | to Balaḫ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ia-an-ti-nu-um-ma | Thus Yatinum: |
| 4 | e-pe-szum sza te-pu-szu da-mi-iq | What you have done is good. |
| 5 | i-nu-u2-ma a-na szi-ip-ri-im | when for the work |
| 6 | u2-WA-e-ru-u2-ka | they shall remove you. |
| 7 | ki-a-am aq-bi-[kum] um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I said to you: "I myself |
| 8 | _eren2-hi-a_ ma-la it-ti-i-ka i-pe-szu | troops as much as he does with you |
| 9 | ka-lu-szu-nu ag-ru-u2-ma | all of them I entrusted, and |
| 10 | a-na _{gesz}gag_-a-at isz-[ka]-ri-im | to a scepter |
| 11 | sza ag-ru-um i-na-as-sa3-hu-ma | that the agrum-official shall remove, and |
| 12 | isz-ka-ra-am la ik-szu-du | he swore, but he did not achieve. |
| 13 | sza-lu-usz-ti isz-ka-ri-im | “The second iškarûtu |
| 14 | ri-ba-a-at isz-ka-ri-im | the princess of Iškarum |
| 15 | ma-la i-pu-szu | as much as he built |
| 16 | _esz2-gar3 u4 1(disz) kam_ ma-la ik-szu-du | an ešgar offering for 1 day, as much as they gathered |
| 17 | up-pisz-ma ki-in-kam i-di-in | I have made a firm positive answer. |
| 18 | ki-in-kam la na-da-nam i-[li-ka] ti-szu | The truth is that he does not give up his life. |
| 19 | [x x x] szi-ip-ra-am-ma ma [x x] x um | ... the work ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ki]-in-kam x x x [...] | It is the truth ... ... |
| 2 | [x _lu2] hun-ga2 {d}suen_-[x ...] | ... hired man, Sîn- |
| 3 | [sza] it-ti-i-ka szi-ip-ra-[am ...] | Whom you have sent a message ... |
| 4 | x szu-ut-ra-am-ma | re-measured and |
| 5 | [x x]-am szu-bi-lam-ma lu-usz-me-e | Send me ... so that I may live! |
| 6 | [x x] x la i-he-su-u2 | ... they will not obey |
Sources & licences
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