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CT 43, 093 (P313383)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313383 |
| Museum no. | BM 016991 |
| 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 _sig_-er-s,e-tim qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to the west, and |
| 2 | um-ma sze-le-bu-um-ma | Šēlebum (speaks) thus: |
| 3 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2-[ka] | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | asz-szum t,e4-em _{gesz}ma2_ sza _dumu-me_ [x-x-...] | Concerning the news of the boat of the sons of |
| 5 | ra-ak-bu-u2 _{gesz}ma2 aga-us2_ [x-...] | The mighty one, the boat of the soldier |
| 6 | a-as,-ba-at-ma a-na _ka2-dingir-ra{ki#}_ | I took, and to Babylon |
| 7 | at,-ru-ud-ma _ugula-aga-us2_ [x-x-...] | I sent, and the foreman of soldiers |
| 8 | _{disz}ir3_-i3-li2-szu im-hu-ru-ma | Ir-ilišu received, and |
| 9 | ni-pa-tu-ia na-pa-a | “My lips are swollen, |
| 10 | [x-x-x-x-x-x]-RI | ...-RI |
| 11 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x-...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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