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CT 43, 057 (P313347)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313347 |
| Museum no. | BM 114347 |
| 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 ip-qu2-_{d}iszkur_ | to Ipqu-Adad |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ia-an-ti-nu-um-[ma] | Thus Yatinum: |
| 4 | _{d}iszkur [mu] 1(szar2) kam_ li-ba-[al-li]-it,-ka | May Adad keep you alive for a thousand years! |
| 5 | asz-szum t,e4-e-em har-ra-[nim] | Concerning the instructions of the road |
| 6 | sza ni-il-li-ku | that we went |
| 7 | ip-ta-at,-ru-ni-a-ti | they have released me. |
| 8 | u3 um-ma-mi bu-qu2-u2-mu-um | and the mother of the buqūmum |
| 9 | a-na _eren2-hi-a_-ku-nu ru-ug-ma | to your troops he sent, and |
| 10 | u3 a-di i na x x gu-na-ak-kum | and until the ... of Gunakku |
| 11 | u2-nu-ut ta-ha-zi-im | the clothing of battle |
| 12 | sza i-ru-bu | who entered |
| 13 | _{gesz}mar-hi-a {urudu}ha-zi-in-hi-a_ | a wagon, a hazin-sheep |
| 14 | _{urudu}ha-bu-da di-ig-szum-hi-a_ | a kind of diqšumḫītu-container |
| 15 | u3 _esir_ ma-la im-hu-ru | and a bitumen as much as he received |
Sources & licences
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