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CT 43, 119 (P313409)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313409 |
| Museum no. | BM 017002 |
| 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' | asz-szum _{d}iszkur-dingir_ sza-pir# [ma-tim] | Concerning Adad-ilum, the messenger of the land |
| 2' | ar-ka-tam ap-ru-us2#-[ma] | After I had finished the extispicy |
| 3' | _sze-gisz-i3_ sza _{d}iszkur-dingir#_ [sza]-pir# ma-tim | sesame belonging to Adad-ilī the governor of the land |
| 4' | _sze-gisz-i3_ szu-nu-ti szu-lu-u2 [x] szu-nu | these sesame are purified, they are ... |
| 5' | at-ta-a | you |
| 6' | ta-sza-ak-ka-an | you will place. |
| 7' | [a]-wi-lum szu-u2 a-hi ki-ma ti-du-u2 | That man, his brother, as you know |
| 8' | na#-ap-li-is-ma ki-ma a-wi-lu-[ti]-ka# | Look upon me as your man |
| 9' | ra-bi-tim _sze-gisz-i3_ i-na sz-ku-si# | the chief of the sesame in the šukusu-vessel |
| 10' | la# i-a-ab-ba-tu-szu | they shall not seize him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i#-na# ma-har _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ | before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 2 | u3 be-li2-ia _{d}bu-ne-<ne>_ | and my lord Bunene |
| 3 | a-ka-ar-ra-ba-ku | I shall kill. |
| 4 | a-ma-tam sza asz-pu-ra-ak-ku | the word that I wrote to you |
| 5 | la USZ-ha-at,-t,i | “(If) he does not slacken, |
| 6 | mi-di a-ma-tum ma-ah-ri-tum | “How much did the previous word |
| 7 | i-na li-ib-bi-ka ib-ba-la-ka-at | in your heart he will bring you. |
| 8 | asz-ta-ap-ra-ak-kum a-wi-lu!(KU)-tam | I have sent to you a man |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
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