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CT 43, 092 (P313382)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313382 |
| Museum no. | BM 016971 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 _geme2_-ka-la-tim | to a female slave |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}utu_-mu-sze-zi-ib-ma | Thus Šamaš-mušēzib: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum _a-sza3_-im sza at-ti | Concerning the field of you |
| 6 | u3 na-ra-am-ta-ni ti-is,-bu-ta-ti-na | and the love of our lives, |
| 7 | a-na _dumu-zimbir{ki}_ t,up-pi2 u3 t,up-pi2 _tab-ba_-tum | to the citizen of Sippar a tablet and a second tablet |
| 8 | u2-da-ni-nam-ma usz-ta-bi-lam | he gave to me, and he sent me. |
| 9 | a-di a-la-kam _a-sza3_-am u2-ul i-zu-za-ki-na-szi-im | as long as he goes the field shall not let her dwell |
| 10 | i-na a-la-ki-ia | on my way |
| 11 | a-na _di-ku5 zimbir{ki}_ | to the judge of Sippar |
| 12 | u2-t,a-ha-ki-na-ti-na | they have imposed upon them. |
| 13 | a-wa-ti-ki-na i-ma-ru-u2-ma | they see your words, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _e2-gal_ i-ka-sza-du-ma | the palace shall conquer, and |
| 2 | hi-bi-il-ta-ki u2-ga-ma-ra-ki-im | “It is your fault that I am slandering you’, |
| 3 | ap-lu-tum s,e-he-er-tum u3 ra-bi-tum | apl[utu], ṣeḫertu and rabītu, |
| 4 | i-na _zimbir{ki}_ u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is no in Sippar. |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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