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CT 43, 080 (P313370)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313370 |
| Museum no. | BM 016507 |
| 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 _ugula-dam-gar3-mesz_ sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-[al-la]-t,u2#-szu# | to the merchants of Marduk they shall release him. |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}suen#_-i-din-nam# [x x] SAR? [x] | "Sîn-iddinam |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ asz#-szu#-mi# [...] _u4#_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk because of ... day |
| 5 | li-[x ...] | May ... . |
| 6 | lu sza-al-ma# [...] x | May it be well ... ... |
| 7 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir#-ka# s,i-[bu-tam a-ia] ir#-szi | May the god who protects you be my friend. |
| 8 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra#-am | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 9 | szu-lum-ka# szu-up-ra-am | Send me your well-being! |
| 10 | _{disz}{d}utu_-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ [x-x] | Šamaš-nāṣir son of |
| 11 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | he said thus: |
| 12 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 13 | a-na-ku ka-li-a-ku | I am all of them. |
| 14 | ah-hu-ia sze-e-ia [x x x] | my brother, my barley ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}ip#-qa2-tum lu-ut,#-ru#-[dam-ma] | Ipqatum let me return, and |
| 2 | ut,-t,e4-ti-ia | my slander, |
| 3 | li-is,-s,u2-ur | may he guard. |
| 4 | a-na a-wi-lim szu-pu-ur-ma | send to a man, and |
| 5 | ah-hu-ia la i-sa-[x-x-x] | my brothers did not ... |
| 6 | u3 a-na ip-qa2-tum | and to Ipqatum |
| 7 | mi-im-ma la i-qa2-bu-u2 | they shall not say anything |
| 8 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | he said thus: |
| 9 | {disz}ip-qa2-tum it-ta-al-kam | Ipqatum has come. |
| 10 | sze-am sza _{d}utu_-na-s,i-ir | barley of Šamaš-nāṣir |
| 11 | li-ik-mi-is | may he seal. |
| 12 | [x x x x] la i-sa-[x x x] | ... has not ... |
Sources & licences
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