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CT 44, 62 (P345567)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 62 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345567 |
| Museum no. | BM 080218 |
| 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 [x x x x x x] | to ...... |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma [... x-ma] | Thus ...: |
| 4 | be-li2 u3 be-el#-ti asz-[szu-mi-ia] | My lord and my lady concerning me |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-[ba-al-li-t,u2-ka] | may they keep you alive forever. |
| 6 | an-nu-u2 sza te#-te#-ep#-[szu ...] | This is what you have done ....... |
| 7 | a-na-ku u3 at-ta [...] | I and you |
| 8 | u3 u2-na-ah-[x ...] | and ... ... |
| 9 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma [...] | Thus (says) I: |
| 10 | ki-ma ta-at-ta [...] | Like a ... |
| 11 | uz-ni [...] | (Sum) My ..., my ... (Akk) The uzni ... |
| 12 | a-na la [...] | to not |
| 13 | u3 ia-ti# [...] | And my ... . |
| 14 | sza la [...] | who not |
| 15 | sze-am tu-sze [...] | ... barley rations |
| 16 | ki-[x]-AD?-li-[x ...] | Ki-...-abi-li-... |
| 17 | a-na pa-ni-ia [...] | To my presence |
| 18 | i-na qa2-ti-ia _ga2-gi4-a{ki}_ | in my hand Gagia |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li#-mu-ur [x] | May he see ... |
| 2 | sza su-ni me-hi-ir-ti-szi-na | of the šunu, their equal |
| 3 | u2-ba-ah-a-ma | shall remove, and |
| 4 | a-na# pa-ni ap-pi2-szi-na iz-za-az | in front of their eyes he stands. |
| 5 | at-ta _ku3-babbar_ te-el-qe2-e-ma | you took the silver, and |
| 6 | ta-at-ta-la-ak-ki | you have carried off. |
| 7 | ia-ti a-na bu-uz-zu-i-im | (Sum) For me, for the buzzû-demon (Akk) For my own life, for my life |
| 8 | i-na qa2-ab-li-[a]-at _ga2-gi4-a{ki}_ | in the middle of Gagia |
| 9 | ta-at-ta-ad-na-an-ni | has given to me, |
| 10 | i-na 8(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | from 8 shekels of silver, 1 2/3 shekel of silver |
| 11 | tu-sza-bi-lam | you sent me. |
| 12 | ki ia-ti a-as-se-er la _szuku_ [x] | As for me, I will seek a lawsuit but not succeed. |
| 13 | la _sig2-ba_ u3 la _i3-ba_ [...] | not good quality wool or oil ... |
| 14 | u3 a-na bu-uz-zu-i-[im] | and for cattle |
| 15 | ta-na-di-[x ...] | you will give ... . |
| 16 | i-na-an-na e-t,i-rum asz-tap-ra#-ak#-[x ...] | Now, I have sent a message ... |
| 17 | a-na ma-li sza i-na qa2-ti-ka# | To the one who in your hand |
| 18 | i-ba-asz-szu-[u2] | there is |
| 19 | lu-u2 sze-am lu-u2 _ku3-babbar#_ [x] | either barley or silver ... |
| 20 | szu-bi#-lam-ma | send to me! |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-wi-il-tam lu-ni-ih-hi u3 me-hi-ir t,up-pi2-ia | May a man reject me and accept my tablet. |
| 2 | szu-bu-lam | Šubulam |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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