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CT 43, 090 (P313380)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313380 |
| Museum no. | BM 113218 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma s,i-li2-_{d}utu_-ma | Thus Ṣillī-Šamaš: |
| 4 | 6(gesz2) _sze gur a-sza3_ mu-un-hi-a-tum | 600 gur of barley, the field of Munhiatum, |
| 5 | 5(gesz2) _gur a-sza3 su7_ | 5 00 gur field |
| 6 | 2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) _gur a-sza3 igi uru{ki}_ | 122 gur field before the city |
| 7 | 2(gesz2) 1(u) _gur a-sza3 hi-isz sar_ | 210 gur field, sar; |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 4(asz) _gur a-sza3 a-gar3 gu-la_ | 64 gur field, Great Field; |
| 9 | 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) _gur_ | 9626 gur |
| 10 | sze-um ip-pa-sze-er a-nu-um-ma | he will measure out the barley. Now |
| 11 | _{disz}{d}suen_-da-mi-iq it-ta-al-kam | Sîn-dammiq has come. |
| 12 | li-pu-ul-ka u3 ma-asz-ka-ni-i-ka | May they provide for you, and may they keep you alive. |
| 13 | at-ta ta-a-mu-ur | You saw |
| 14 | a-wi-lu-u2 be-el _esz2-gar3_-im | the man, the owner of the ešgarum |
| 15 | u3 ni-PI-i-im szum-ma i-na bi-ti-ka | And if in your house |
| 16 | u3 ma-asz-ka-ni-i-ka qa2-a-tum ha-li-ip-tum | [and] your [hands] are swollen. |
| 17 | sze-um 1(asz) _gur 2(asz) gur_ ib-ba-a-szi | the barley: 1 gur 2 gur he shall weigh out. |
| 18 | li-iq-bu-u2-kum | may he say to you |
Sources & licences
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