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CT 43, 067 (P313357)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313357 |
| Museum no. | BM 103073 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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] e-tel-pi2-_{d}marduk_ qi2-[bi2-ma] | Speak to Etel-pî-Marduk: |
| 2 | [um]-ma mu-na-wi-rum-ma | Thus Munahwirum |
| 3 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 4 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | forever may they keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum sza ki-a-am ta-asz-pur-am um-ma [at]-ta-ma | Concerning what you wrote to me thus: "You, my lord," |
| 6 | _dub_-pa-am a-na i-na-at,-t,a-al-_dingir_ sza ki-i-ik-ru-u2 | A tablet for Inattal-ilī of the kikrû prayer. |
| 7 | usz-ta-bi-lam _gud-hi-a_ u2-su-uh-ma | he sent, the oxen he removed, and |
| 8 | it-ti sza {disz}ki-i-ik-ru-u2 li-ku-[lu] | they should eat with that of Kikirû. |
| 9 | a-na ib-la-ad-x{ki} al-li-ik-ma | I went to Iblad-, and |
| 10 | _gud-sza3-gud_-szu u2-ul ak-[szu]-ud | his oxen he did not slaughter. |
| 11 | a-na _uru_ zi-ib-na-at it-ta-as2-hu | to the city Zibnat he fled. |
| 12 | u3 _u2-hi-a_ u2-ul im-hu-ra-an-ni-ma | and the supplies did not receive me, and |
| 13 | _gud-hi-a_ u2-ul as-su2-uh | I did not remove the oxen. |
| 14 | [a-na] _{d}utu_-x-im x aq-bi-ma | I said to Šamaš-... and |
| 15 | [asz-szum] _gud-[hi-a]_ szu-nu-ti a-na _bad3-{d}suen_-mu-ba-li2-it, | Concerning these oxen to Dūr-Sîn-muballiṭ |
| 16 | [na-sa]-hi-[im] a-an-nam i-pu-la-an-ni | Why did he make me tremble? |
| 17 | [at-ta]-sa-ah | I have been frightened |
| 18 | [...] x ri | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x x a-al-li-a-am | ... I want to go |
| 2 | [{disz}da-ad]-da-ru _ugula mar-tu_ isz-tu _uru im{ki}_ | Daddāru the Amorite foreman from the city of Im |
| 3 | [i-ta-al]-li-a-am-ma asz-szum _sag-geme2_ an-ni-tim | he went to me, and concerning this slave woman |
| 4 | x-bu-uz-zu-uh u3 a-na-ku le-em-ni-isz | ... and I am evil. |
| 5 | ep-sze-e-ku | |
| 6 | _sag-geme2_ szu-a-ti a-wa-za a-mu-ur-ma | that slave woman my words I saw, and |
| 7 | szum-ma a-na da-ad-da-ri-im | if for the battle |
| 8 | a-na da-ad-da-ri-im li-te-er-ru-szi | May they return her to the threshing floor. |
| 9 | _sag-geme2_ i-na _e2 dingir_-szu-ba-ni wa-asz-ba-at | the slave woman in the house of Ilu-šubāni is living. |
| 10 | u3 an-ni-ki-a-am szu-u2 e-te-eq-szu a-na-ku i-szu | And he is yours, I am his son. |
| 11 | _e2_ u2-da-ab-ba-ab | he shall redeem the house |
| 12 | li-in-ni-si-ir-ma ki-ma i-na sza-ni-i-im | May he be as pure as in the other. |
| 13 | _e2_ la u2-da-ab-ba-bu a-wa-zu li-ik-tap-pi-ir | May your word be heeded. |
| 14 | _{disz}dumu_-a-ki-tum _nagar_ at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent Mar-akitum, the carpenter. |
Sources & licences
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