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CT 43, 082 (P313372)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313372 |
| Museum no. | BM 012813 |
| 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 _{d}suen_-i-din-nam | to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}suen-dingir_-[ma] | Thus says Sîn-ilum: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba#-[al-li]-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | isz-tu pa-a-na | from the front |
| 6 | bi-it-ni u3 bi-it-ka# | our house and your house |
| 7 | isz-te-en-ma | a third |
| 8 | asz-szum _sag-ir3_ sza u2-na-hi-du-ka | because of the sag-ir-offerings that they have given to you |
| 9 | _sag-ir3_ szu-u2 la-ma _ka2-gal uh3{ki}_ | he is the eunuch, before the gate of Uḫ |
| 10 | ip-pe2-et-tu-u2 | they shall remove. |
| 11 | il-li-kam | came. |
| 12 | i-na _bad3-szu-asz-asz{ki}_ | in Dūr-Šūa-šadû |
| 13 | i-na _a-sza3_-ia | in my field |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x-x-x-x-x]-ma | ... and |
| 2 | [...x]{ki} | ..., |
| 3 | _ir3#_ [...x] | ... flood ... |
| 4 | {disz}[x-x-x-x-x-x-x] | PN |
| 5 | _dumu_ [x-x-x-x-x-x-x] | son of ... |
| 6 | _sag-[ir3]_ szu-a-[ti] | that eunuch |
| 7 | li#-ir-ba-asz-szum-ma | may he bring him, and |
| 8 | li#-ir-di-a-am | may he lead me |
| 9 | la tu-usz-ta-a | do not abandon! |
| 10 | u3 be#-li2-li-di-isz# | and Beliliš |
| 11 | a-na pi2-i ka-ni-ki# | according to the wording of the sealed document |
| 12 | ar-hi-isz ap-la-asz-szu-ma | quickly I looked at him and |
| left side | ||
| 1 | t,u2-ur-da-asz-szu | Ṭurdašu |
| 2 | la ik-ka-al-la-a-am | he shall not hold back. |
Sources & licences
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