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CT 43, 121 (P313411)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313411 |
| Museum no. | BM 017383 |
| 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 [...] | to ... |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}utu_-[x ... x-ma] | Thus Šamaš-... |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li#-[ba]-al#-li-t,u2-ki | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | [x] _gur#_ sze#-a-am [x] ka-lu-mu-um | x kurru of barley, x of kalûm-beer; |
| 6 | [x x x] a [x x] i#-szu-u2 | ... he has |
| 7 | [x x x] e te [x x x] a-na na | ... to ... |
| 8 | [x x]-di-szu-u2 [...] | ... his ... |
| 9 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2#-ul#-i#-[x ...] | I did not ... |
| 2 | u2-sze-SU-ni-a-ti# [...] | ... they brought to me ... |
| 3 | szum-ma at-ti wa-s,a#-[a-am] | If you are a wanderer |
| 4 | la# te-li-i s,u2#-ha#-[x ...] | If you do not obey, ... . |
| 5 | pi2-qa2-at# szi-si-tum [...] | Received by Šisītum |
| 6 | lu-ut,-ru-ud# _gal mar-tu_ a-na be-[li2-ia] | May the great Amorite gods bless my lord! |
| 7 | iq-bi-i-ma ka-ni-ka | he said, and your word |
| 8 | u2-ul [id]-di#-nu-szu | they did not give him |
| 9 | u3 a-na la-KA-HI u2-ul e-li-a-ki-im | and I did not go up to you. |
| 10 | mi-it-ha-s,i2-im-ma pa-ni-ki | “Seize your face, |
| 11 | ib-hi-im | Ibhum, |
Sources & licences
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