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CT 43, 106 (P313396)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313396 |
| Museum no. | BM 017495 |
| 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 | _{d}marduk_ ra-i-im-ka a-hi ka-ta | Marduk, your love is the side of you. |
| 2 | asz-szu-mi-ia li-la-ab-bi-ir-ka | May my (own) name be proclaimed to you. |
| 3 | a-hi at-ta lu sza-al-ma-ta | May you be well! |
| 4 | ki-ma a-hi at-ta ti-du-u2 | Like a brother, you know. |
| 5 | sza-at-ta-am u2-ul _sum{sar}_ | that year he did not write. |
| 6 | u2-ul _sum el-lum{sar}_ | he shall not pay. |
| 7 | u2-ul si-ir-bi-it-ta-am | It is not a širbittu |
| 8 | tu-sza-bi-lam | you sent me. |
| 9 | a-na-ku u2-ul a-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-kum | I will not write to you. |
| 10 | u3 at-ta szu-mi u2-ul ta-za-ak-ka-ar | And you did not write my name. |
| 11 | {disz}mu-ba-li2-it,-_{d}marduk_ | Muballiṭ-Marduk |
| 12 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ka at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent to you. |
| 13 | sza 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar sum{sar}_ | of 1 shekel of silver, the price |
| 14 | sza 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar sum el-lum{sar}_ | of 1 shekel of silver, the price of the ellum plant |
| 15 | u3 si-ir-bi-it-ta-am | and sirbittam |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [s,i-im-da]-am#-ma szu-bi-lam | Send me a report! |
| 2 | [ka]-la# sza#-at-ti a-na _ki-si3-ga_ | all of it to the throne |
| 3 | bi#-ib-bu-li-im sza _e2_ a-bi-ka | of the house of your father |
| 4 | [mi]-na-a a-na-ad-di-in | why did I give? |
| 5 | e#-si#-ir-ma _gu2-un a-sza3_ u3 _ka-sir3 e2_ | he erected, and the yield of the field and the bond of the house |
| 6 | i#-na#-di-im-ma 2(gisz) _gin2 [x] gu2?_ ma | he shall measure out, and 2 shekels ... |
| 7 | a#-na _{d}utu#_ u3# be-el-ti-ia | To Šamaš and my lady |
| 8 | _szuku_-ti [...] | Received by .... |
| 9 | u3# sza usz-ta-bi-lam | and that he had brought |
| 10 | [x]-da# a-na _e2-babbar-ra_ | ... to the Ebabbar |
| 11 | [x]-da a-na _e2 ul-masz_ u3 _e2 {d}utu_ | ... for the house of Ulmaš and the house (of) Šamšītum |
| 12 | [x]-ad?-ig? li-sza-ki-lu | ... may they cut off. |
| 13 | {d}na#-bi-um be-li | Nabium, my lord |
| 14 | [da]-ri#-isz u4-mi li-la-ab-bi-ir-ka | May the days of your reign be long! |
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