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CT 43, 124 (P313414)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 124 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313414 |
| Museum no. | BM 114355 |
| 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 | a-na ba-le-ra-ah | to Balaḫ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-szur-e2-a-ma | Thus Išur-Ea: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 {d}[x-x] | Šamaš and |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | a-MA-um-MA-ra-a-[x] | A-MA-UM-MARa- |
| 7 | sza i-ra-mu-u2 | who loves |
| 8 | usz-mi-id | he made surpassing. |
| 9 | i-na u2-ma a-na ta-ak-lu-tim | when for combat |
| 10 | ta-sza-pa-ra-am | you will send. |
| 11 | i-na pa-ni szu!-ku-si | in front of the šukusi |
| 12 | ta-sza-t,a-ra-an-ni | you wrote me, |
| 13 | a-wa-ta-am ki-a-am# | a word thus |
| 14 | asz#-pu-ra-kum# | I sent to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um#-ma a-na#-[ku ...] | Thus I: ... |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_-am x#-x#-[...] | The silver ... |
| 3 | lu-usz-qu2-ul [...] | May I not ... |
| 4 | la at,-t,a-ra-da-ak-kum#-ma | I have not sent to you, and |
| 5 | li-ib-bi la# it#-ta#-ni-ih# | The heart did not rejoice. |
| 6 | szum-ma i-na ki-tim | If in the land |
| 7 | a-hi u3 be-el na-pi-isz#-ti#-ia | brother and lord of my life |
| 8 | at-ta la i-ta-ar-[ma] | you did not return, and |
| 9 | re-du-u2-um a-na bi-tim | the shepherd to the household |
| 10 | la i-sza-si-a-am# | shall not raise a claim |
| 11 | szu-up-ra-am-ma _ku3-[babbar]_-am# | send me, and I will pay the silver |
| 12 | lu-sza-bi-la-kum | let me send to you. |
| 13 | u3# lu-u2 a-na ma-am-ma-an | or to anyone |
| 14 | sza ta-qa2-bu-u2# x# | which you said ... |
| top | ||
| 1 | lu#-usz#-qu2-ul | let me lay low! |
| 2 | _ku3-babbar_ sza-qa2-lu-um | the silver of Ša-qalûm |
| left | ||
| 1 | re-du-um a-na bi-tim | the shepherd to the household |
| 2 | la sza-su-um gi-mi-il-lum | “It is not šāsû, it is gimillum’. |
| 3 | sza e-li-ia | which above me |
| 4 | ta-sza#-[...] | You ... |
Sources & licences
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