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CT 43, 072 (P313362)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313362 |
| Museum no. | BM 016472 |
| 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 ku-uk-[x ...] | to Kuk... |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma na-ra-am-ta-ni ma-[ra-at]-ka | Thus Narāmtani, your wife: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ asz-[szu]-mi-[ia] [da]-ri-[...] | Šamaš and Marduk to me |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-[t,u2]-ka | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | lu sza-al-ma-a-ta lu [ba-al]-t,a-a-[ta] | Be it pure or pure, |
| 7 | lu [da]-ri-[a-ta] | may you be everlasting! |
| 8 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka s,i-[bu-tam] ia [ir-szi] | O god, your guardian of life, I rise up high. |
| 9 | a-na szu-ul-mi[ka asz-pu]-ra-[am] | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 10 | szu-lum-ka ma-har _{d}utu#_ u3 _{d}inanna_ [szar]-ra-[at] _zimbir{ki}_ | Your health before Šamaš and Ishtar, queen of Sippar |
| 11 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 12 | asz-szum _me_ sza _{d}inanna_ szar-ra-at _zimbir#[{ki}_] | Concerning the water of Ištar, queen of Sippar |
| 13 | na-da-ni-im | to be given. |
| 14 | a-na-ku sza-ah-ta-ku-ma | I am frightened, and |
| 15 | a-na a-wi-lim qa2-ba-am u2-ul e-[li-i] | I did not speak to a man. |
| 16 | u3 asz-szu 4(u) _sze gur_ sza ma-ah-ri-x | Further, concerning the 40 kor of barley that before |
| 17 | a-na mi-ni-im ka-szi-id | “How much longer will you be able to reach me? |
| 18 | i-na _dub_-pi2-ka pa-ar-s,i2 | in your sealed tablet is absent |
| 19 | sza tu-sza-bi-lam | that you sent to me |
| 20 | [szu-pu]-ur-ma | send, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] szi ma | ...... she said: |
| 2' | [x x x mu]-ur2-ri-s,a-am-ma | ... he brought out, and |
| 3' | [szu-bi-la]-asz-szum-ma | send to him! |
| 4' | [x x] sza bi-il-ti sze-e | ... of the harvest of barley |
| 5' | x bi ub [...] | ... ... |
| 6' | [ul-la]-nu a-na a-bi-[ia] u3 be-li2-ia | Now, to my father and my lord |
| 7' | [ka]-a-ti tak-la-ku a-na ma-an-ni ta-ak-[la-a-ku] | You are the king, you are the leader. Who are you to take care of? |
| 10' | szi-na-ti | šinatu |
| 11' | a-nu-um-ma x x x x x x | Now [......] |
| 12' | 6(disz) _geme2-mesz_-ma it-ti _dingir_-szu-ba-ni | 6 female slaves with Ilu-shubani |
| 13' | at,-t,a-ar-da-ak-kum | I have sent to you. |
| 14' | i-na li-ib-bi-szi-na _sal lu2_ x ra | in their hearts ... |
| 15' | _szuku_-tam u2-ul ma-ah-[ra-at x x] | the rations are not received ... |
| 16' | x x na a an x x [...] | sunrise to moonset: ... |
| 17' | x x x u3 ma-ar-ti-[sza] | ... and her daughter |
| 18' | x x x x x x | |
| 19' | a-na-ku i-na an-ni-i x x x x | I in this [......] |
| 20' | x x x [...] | |
| 21' | x x x x x [...] | |
| 22' | x an ni a x x x x | ... [......] |
| 23' | at-ta tu-sza-ad-[di-na]-an-ni | You have given me |
| 24' | x x [...] | |
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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