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CT 43, 095 (P313385)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313385 |
| Museum no. | BM 016941 |
| 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}marduk_-na-s,i-ir | to Marduk-nāṣir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _tab-ba_-tum-ma | Thus (says) Tabatum |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}e-tel-_ka_-{d}na-bi-um a-hu-ka | Etel-pî-Nabium, your brother |
| 6 | il-li-kam-ma um-ma szu-u2-ma | came, thus he: |
| 7 | s,u2-ha-ru-u2-ia _sig2-hi-a_ na-szu-u2-ma | my ṣuḫarū’s wool was taken, and |
| 8 | {disz}da-da-a i-mu-ur-szu-nu-ti-ma | Dada saw them, and |
| 9 | ki-ma ia-ti qa2-be2-e | speak as follows: |
| 10 | it-ti-szu-nu isz-ta-BI-ma | he sat down with them, and |
| 11 | _sig2-hi-a_ im-ta-sza-ah | he weighed out the wool. |
| 12 | u3 _ku3-babbar um-mi-a_ uh2-ta-al-li-iq | and the silver of my mother he has stolen |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-ur-qu2-um i-na mu-hi-ka | a šurqû-vessel on your account |
| 2 | na-a-di | he shall carry. |
| 3 | al-kam-ma a-wi-lum an-ni-tim | Come, and this man |
| 4 | a-mu-ur-szi-na-ti | I saw them. |
| 5 | {disz}sza-at-_{d}marduk_ | Šat-Marduk |
| 6 | _dam_ {disz}i-bi-_{d}nin-szubur_ a-hi-ka | wife of Ibbi-Ninšubur, your brother |
| 7 | um-ma si-i-ma a-na s,e-er | Thus (says) Sîn, to the flock |
| 8 | ri-qu2-u2-ma wa-asz-bu | they are privileged, and they are living |
| 9 | s,i-di-tam ni-sza-ap-pa-ak-ma | we will send a message, and |
| 10 | sze-a-am sza i-na i-bu-ri | barley that at harvest time |
| 11 | il-qu2-u2 li-ku-ul | they took, they must eat. |
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