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CT 43, 109 (P313399)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313399 |
| Museum no. | BM 012856 |
| 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' | asz-szum t,e4#-em# _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-ni-tim sza ta#-asz#-[pur] | Concerning the news of the large river about which you wrote |
| 2' | i-nu-ma i-bi-_dingir_ t,e4-em _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-ni-tim a-na be-li2-ia u2-te#-er#-[ru] | When Ibbi-il sent the news of the vast river to my lord, |
| 3' | t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia ki-a-am il-li-kam um-ma | The tablet of my lord came thus: |
| 4' | asz-szum pi2-i _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-ni-tim sza isz-sza-ap-ra-ak-kum | because of the mouth of the wide river that he sent to you |
| 5' | at-ta a-na pi2-i _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-ni-tim la ta-al-la-ak | You did not go to the mouth of the wide river. |
| 6' | {disz}i-bi-_dingir_-ma a-na pi2-i _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-ni-tim li-il-li-ik-ma | Ibbi-ilum to the mouth of the wide river go, and |
| 7' | ma-har _{disz}{d}suen_-i-din-nam li-iz-zi-iz li-isz-ta-lu-ma | before Sîn-iddinam may he stand, and |
| 8' | ki-ma er-s,e-et _im{ki}_ u3 er-s,e-et _id2 edin-na_ la na-an-di-im li-pu-szu | May they do as in the plain of the city and the plains of the plain that cannot be reached. |
| 9' | u3 a-na szi-pi2-ir _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-ni-tim | and for the construction of the wide river |
| 10' | _erim_-am a-na i-bi-_dingir_ e-si-ih-ma [...] | … the enemy attacked Ibbi-ili and ... |
| 11' | ki-a-am t,up-pi2 be-li2-ia [...] | Thus my lord's tablet |
| 12' | u3 a-na ka-szi-im t,up-pu-um [...] | and for the money of the tablet |
| 13' | {disz}i-bi_dingir_ ki-ma be-li2 u2-wa-[...] | Ibbi-ili like my lord |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | il-li#-[ik-ma] | went, and |
| 2 | _u4 1(u) kam_ u2-szi-im-ma szi-[...] | On the 10th day ... and ... |
| 3 | be-li2 a-na s,i-bu-tim# [...] | My lord to the ṣibūtum-priestess |
| 4 | a-na _ka2-dingir-ra{ki#}_ [...] | to Babylon |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-nu-ma a-na _ka2-dingir#-[ra{ki}_ ...] | when to Babylon |
| 2 | it-ti-ia in-na-me-er# | has become hostile to me. |
| 3 | asz-szum pi2-i _id2_ ra-pi2-sa-[ni-tim ...] | Because of the mouth of the vast river ... |
| 4 | sza# be-li2 it,-ru-da-an-ni t,up-pu# [...] | which my lord sent to me, a tablet ... |
| 5 | u3 a-na-ku a-na a-wi-lim asz-ta-[...] | and I to a man |
| 6 | a-wi-lum u2-ul il-li-kam asz-szum a-wi-lum la il#-[li-kam] | The man did not come, because the man does not come |
| 7 | ni-isz-ta-al-ma a-na szi-ip-ri-im szu-a-ti qa2-tam# [u2]-sza#-asz-ki#-in#-[ma] | We asked, and he placed a hand on this work. |
| 8 | i-ip-pu-szu szi-ip-rum szu-u2 a-na _u4 3(disz) kam_ ig-ga-[am-mar] | he will do. That work for 3 days he shall complete. |
| 9 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am-ma a-na [s,e-er be]-li2-ia | thus said to me, and to my lord |
| 10 | it-ta-la#-ak | has gone |
| 11 | i-na-an-na i-bi-_dingir_ ki-a-am isz-pur-am um-ma szu-ma | Now, Ibbi-ili has written to me as follows: |
| 12 | be-li2 u2-te!-e-ra-an-ni ur-ra-am a-na s,e-ri-ka | My lord has returned me to your country. |
| 13 | a-sa-an-ni-qa2-am ki-a-am {disz}i-bi-_dingir_ isz-pur-am | I have written to you, thus Ibbi-ilu wrote: |
| 14 | wa-ar-ki t,up-pi2-ia an-ni-i-im | After this tablet |
| 15 | [...] x x x | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [sza-asz]-pur#-asz-szu li-iq-bi-kum-ma | let him write to you, and |
| 2 | [sza ta]-sza#-ap-pa-ra-am lu-pu-usz | I will do what you wrote me. |
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